The Vietnam-Spain Investment and Business Cooperation Forum opened Tuesday in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City, drawing representatives from 127 Vietnamese companies and 30 Spanish firms, Vietnam News Agency reported. The forum was co-organized by Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Center, the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade and Spa...
US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has hosted a North American Industry Ministers meeting with Canada's Minister of Industry Tony Clement and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Bruno Ferrari that focused on boosting North America's economic competitiveness. They also aim to strengthen trilateral cooperation on trade and economic issues, including implementa...
Chinese authorities have taken measures to check soaring coal prices, directing coal miners and local governments to ensure stable coal prices. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's economic planner, has ordered coal producers to boost self-discipline, NDRC sources told Xinhua Monday. The NDRC has also ordered local governm...
An official with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Monday urged domestic and foreign firms to strengthen cooperation to develop the country's electric car industry. It was China's policy to encourage more foreign firms to increase cooperation with Chinese companies so both can enjoy the opportunities offered by China's burgeo...
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Monday told local bureaus to ensure ample supply of fuel amid rising inflation. Local commerce authorities should "coordinate oil producers to increase production to meet demand, and reasonably allocate resources to keep prices stable," the MOC said in a statement posted on its website. The ministry asked local...
The weekly average oil price of OPEC fell to 82.03 U.S. dollars per barrel last week, the first decline in three weeks, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday. During the last five trading days, the OPEC (or Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) daily average oil price kept falling from 83.39 dollars per barrel on Monday to 81.09 on Thursday, but ...
The European Union's (EU) economic growth is set to moderate until mid-2011 and economic recovery still fragile and uneven across EU member states, a top EU official said on Monday. "Look ahead, the pace of GDP growth in the EU is set to moderate somewhat until mid-2011, as the global economy goes through a temporary soft patch, damping EU export growt...
The current talks between the European Union (EU) and the Irish government are expected to complete by the end of November, a top EU official said on Monday. European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn told a conference in Brussels that the technical talks of the joint mission of the EU, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and th...
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