MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 12th 2016
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Monday, December 12th 2016 - 17:51 UTC
US, EU and Japan do not recognize China as market economy: Beijing anticipates retaliation
China's battle for recognition as a market economy that would help it avoid penalties from key trade partners has been thwarted, as a key clause in Beijing's deal to join the WTO expired on Sunday.
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Monday, December 12th 2016 - 15:57 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Next steps to identify Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin Cemetery agreed
The Falkland Islands government has issued a release relative to the meeting held last Friday, in Geneva, chaired by the Red Cross to address the identification of Argentine soldiers buried at the Falkland' Darwin cemetery. Falklands' lawmaker, MLA Mike Summers was in attendance for these talks as part of the UK delegation.
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Monday, December 12th 2016 - 15:17 UTC
Germany wants to extends unilateral border controls beyond EU's deadline
As EU's Interior Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos declined an extension beyond February and pushed for things to go “back to Schengen,” Germany prepares to go ahead on its own to maintain the border controls in Bavaria for a longer period of time. Border controls between the Schengen countries are only acceptable as a time-limited exception to the rule of open borders. Better protected EU external borders should make the controls in the interior of Europe superfluous.
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Monday, December 12th 2016 - 14:18 UTC
Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni is Italy's new Prime Minister
State President Sergio Mattarella commissioned the 62-year-old Social Democrat to form a new government. Gentiloni said his nomination was a “great honor,” which he wanted to fulfill with “consciousness of responsibility and dignity.” It is unclear whether he will remain in office until spring 2018.
