Stories for November 11th 2005

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

WTO Hong Kong accord delayed until early 2006

World Trade Organization Secretary General Paul Lamy defended Thursday the decision to delay until early next year a global free trade agreement warning that “the risk of failure was too great”.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Peru freezes Mercosur natural gas supply project

Peru denied Thursday that the current maritime limits conflict with Chile or the Fujimori incident were related to the cancellation of its participation in the regional energy network project which was to be addressed this week in Buenos Aires.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Free trade benefits estimates according to World Bank

Abolition of tariffs, subsidies and domestic support programs would boost global welfare by nearly 300 billion US dollars per year by 2015, says a new World Bank research study, Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

October record trade surplus for China

China's trade surplus jumped to a record 12 billion US dollars in October compared to 7,6 billion in September, reported Thursday China's Customs Office.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Katrina and oil blamed for US trade deficit

Record oil prices following the Katrina hurricane and a drop in exports soared United States trade deficit to 66.1 billion US dollars last September, the highest so far in 2005.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at 4,5%

The Bank of England left Thursday interest rates unchanged at 4,5% for the third month running as was anticipated by financial experts who nevertheless are divided as to the future cost of money in the UK.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Fujimori: Chile and Japan iron out differences

Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Ignacio Walter standing next to Japanese Ambassador in Santiago Jaime Ogawa said that in spite of the Fujimori case, diplomatic relations are going through an “excellent moment” and announced significant advances in the bilateral free trade treaty negotiations.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Candidates encourage ?more openness'; ?Something wicked this way comes' as students take to the stage.

News in brief
Police investigation; General Election 2005; Molchanov visiting today; Silent remembrance today.

Friday, November 11th 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Fisheries: Breaking News

Headlines:
Spanish fishing fleet down 15,7% in four years; 22.000 tons of hake in a month; Argentina unifies hake 3Q and 4Q quotas; Japanese/Argentine squid research cruise;
Eco-labelling guidelines become effective.