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Canada inks China trade deals, hails investor pact
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Canada on Wednesday signed a series of deals to boost modest levels of bilateral trade and finished negotiations on a foreign investment protection pact after 18 years of talks. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, keen to boost oil exports to China and thereby reduce reliance on the U.S. market, said the investment agreement would help increase trade. "This is ...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:47:11 -0800

NextTruck Announces Participation in 2012 Trade Shows
CROSSVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NextTruck, the nation's premier source for semi-trucks and trailers for sale, has released the list of 2012 industry trade shows and events in which it will ...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0800

Canada and China set table for possible free trade talks in the future
By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press BEIJING, China - A raft of agreements between Canada and China may see the two countries ready to set sail on free trade talks. But even as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao ...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:17:11 -0800

Barriers blunt trade within Africa: World Bank
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South African grocer Shoprite spends $20,000 a week in import permits to truck meat, milk and other goods to its stores in neighboring Zambia. One of its trucks may need as many as 1,600 documents to cross a border in southern Africa. Another major South African retailer Woolworths pays full tariffs to transport food and clothing to its franchise stores within the Southern ...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:34 -0800

Models Occupy Nasdaq, Ice Rink as New York Fashion Week Offers 328 Shows
This month, the publisher of the pink-paper Fashion Calendar , the trade’s must-read, had to fit as many as eight different runway shows and presentations into one time slot.

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:12 -0800