Economy

• Monday, April 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  US takes China to WTO and paves way for more demands

  

  United States on Monday dramatically sharpened trade tensions with China by launching a wide-ranging World Trade Organization complaint over copyright piracy and claims that Beijing restricts the distribution of foreign music, films and books.

• Monday, April 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's March inflation 0.8%;basic food basket 3.6%

  Argentina's March inflation was 0.8% but the basic food basket, which helps to measure indigence, climbed 3.6%, according to the latest release from the controversial Economics Statistics Office, INDEC.

• Sunday, April 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Lack of political will” to address climate crisis, claims Gore

  Former United States vice president Al Gore claims there's a lack of political will to solve the global climate crisis, including from United States. In an interview with Colombia's main daily, El Tiempo, he blamed several US corporations on the confusion surrounding the controversy.

• Sunday, April 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  China's plan to tackle industrial and farmland pollution

  Six thousand of China's top industrial polluters will be under closer scrutiny by the country's top environmental watchdog. The list, published on the website of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), includes well-known companies and factories, reports “China Daily”.

• Friday, April 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Canada celebrate 10th FTA anniversary

  

  Chilean and Canadian authorities celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries on Wednesday in Santiago.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Airline wars continue

  

  The battle between Chile's three principle domestic airlines, LAN, Sky and Aerolínes del Sur has become increasingly heated over the past months.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  US-Chilean trade booming, up 25% over January 2006

  

  During January 2007 trade between Chile and Untied States reached 1.29 billion US dollars, up 26% from the same month in 2006, according to the latest report on bilateral trade from the Chilean-North American Chamber of Commerce. (AmCham).

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  World's leading donors development assistance dropped in 2006

  The world's 22 leading donors cut their total official development assistance, ODA, by 5.1% in 2006 compared to 2005 with only 16 members complying with the 2002 Monterrey summit development financing objectives, according to the latest ODA report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

• Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Under intense pressure US and South Korea reach trade agreement

  United States and South Korea reached Monday a free trade accord involving 29 billion US dollars and if ratified by the two Congresses would be the largest for the US since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.

• Monday, April 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Montevideo chosen as the best city to live in Latinamerica

  

  While Zurich is considered the best city in the world to live in, Montevideo in Uruguay leads in Latinamerica followed by Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile according to the Mercer Human Resource Consulting Quality of Living ranking of 215 cities taking New York as reference, with 100 points.