MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 26th 2004
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile: Breaking News.
Headlines:
International tourism fair in Santiago; President Lagos in London's theatre; Metabolic residues lab for lamb exports; Minimum tariff level in Chile; Wildlife Conservation Society visit Tierra del Fuego; Solar awareness and solar energy traffic lights; Low levels of red tide; Incumbent optimism in Chilean municipal election. -
Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Antarctic fisheries TAC will be decided in Tasmania this week.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) is meeting in Hobart to discuss each of the Southern Ocean fisheries and set the coming year's allowances. The organization monitors stock levels and conservation measures and is responsible for allocating an annual total allowable catch (TAC) for each fishery.
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
WTO forecasts world trade to grow 8,5%.
Despite the sharp rise in oil prices the volume of world trade is likely to grow by 8.5% in real terms by the end of 2004, a significant improvement over 2003 according to World Trade Organization statistics
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan flock forecasted to rebound in 2005.
Uruguayan lamb production and wool clip is forecasted to rebound in 2005 after having reached its lowest in 2004 according to forecasts from the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat.
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Cuba bans US dollar transactions.
Cuban President Fidel Castro announced Monday that he was stopping circulation of the dollar as legal tender as of Nov. 8 and will substitute it with a convertible Cuban peso valid only on the island.
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay, U.S. sign trade and investment treaty.
Representatives for Uruguay and the United States signed here Monday a bilateral treaty on safeguarding foreign investment and promoting two-way trade.
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Tuesday, October 26th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chile honours EU Trade Commissioner.
European Union Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy was bestowed in Brussels Chile's greatest honour for his contribution to the association agreement signed between Chile and the EU in 2002.
