The South American trade bloc, Mercosur is to slap the maximum rate imposable, 35%, on the import of one hundred additional goods, likely on a temporary basis until December 2014, Brazil's Minister for Finance has announced. The move will double the list of imports upon which the bloc levies a maximum 35% i

MUMBAI – As if undermining the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of global free-trade talks was not bad enough (the last ministerial meeting in Geneva produced barely a squeak), the United States has compounded its folly by actively promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

A recent IMF report emphasizes the gains that would flow from a successful completion of the Doha Round, and urges both developed countries and emerging markets to re-engage in the stalled process.Doha is worthwhile concluding, says the report, for two main reasons: (i) for its direct benefits through actual new

The European Union on December 30, 2011, confirmed its decision to extend exceptional autonomous trade preferences for all Western Balkan countries including Kosovo, until the end of 2015. Western Balkan economies will therefore continue as of January 1, 2011 to benefit from unlimited duty-free access to th

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia exported 30,000 tons of fresh and processed fish in 2011, down 14 percent from 2010 figure of 35,000 tons, Nao Thuok, director general of the Fisheries Administration, said Tuesday.The country's fish exports earning totaled 60 million U.S.

LONDON, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Managers in the British manufacturing sector reported an increase in exports in the sector for December over the previous two months in figures released Tuesday, the first economic indicator of 2012.The British manufacturing sector showed signs of stabilization at the end of 2011.

Taipei, Jan.

Vietnamese businesses have now many opportunities to export various commodities to Germany. Vietnamese businesses have now many opportunities to export various commodities to Germany, said experts at a seminar on “The Federal Republic of Germany- Vietnamese businesses gateway to European market” in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27. Germany now ranks at 6th place amongst the largest export markets in the world including the US, Japan, China, Australia and Singapore and is a member of the “billion dollar club”.

Russia exported about 18 million tons of grain in 2011, in line with earlier expectations, First Deputy Prime Minister Victor Zubkov said Thursday. Zubkov, speaking to farmers in Moscow, confirmed the figures provided by the Federal Customs Service, which said that in 2011 Russia exported 17.9 million tons of grain. Russia's grain production has recovered from a severe drought in summer 2010, when grain production shrank to 60.9 million tons, lower by 37.3 percent compared to that of 2009.