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U.S. to allow Zambian baby squash, courgette imports Dec 22, 2008

 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will amend its regulations to allow the import of baby squash and baby courgettes into the United States from Zambia, effective Jan. 20.    The commodities must be produced in line with a systems approach that includes requirements for pest exclusion at the production loca...

U.S. lamb exports to Caribbean growing Dec 22, 2008

   Exports of U.S. lamb muscle cuts to the Caribbean in 2008 have doubled in volume and tripled in value over the same period last year, the U.S. Meat Export Federation said.    The increase has further established the island region as the top destination for U.S. lamb in terms of value. Bermuda and the Bahamas are the leading individual markets. ...

Kirk nominated U.S. trade representative Dec 22, 2008

President-elect Obama announced he will nominate former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk to U.S. trade representative. Kirk is currently a partner for Vinson & Elkins, a Houston-based law firm. Today's Washington Post said Kirk is expected to carry out Obama's campaign promise to step up enforcement of trade agreements in the areas of labor and environmental...

Growth of China's Christmas-related exports skids in financial crisis Dec 19, 2008

China's exports for the Christmas season have taken a hit amid the financial crisis, the General Administration of Customs said on Thursday. From January to October, Christmas-related exports stood at 1.64 billion U.S. dollars, up just 8.3 percent year-on-year. The growth rate was 32 percentage points below the year-earlier level. In the July-Octo...

GM, SAIC open new car plant in China despite tough timesDec 19, 2008

General Motors and its China partner Shanghai Automative Industry Corporation (SAIC) launched a car plant on Wednesday in northeast China, making it one of the three production bases of Chevrolet Cruze cars in the world. As the second joint venture by GM and SAIC in Shenyang, the capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, the new plant involves a...

Priority given to processing trade SMEs Dec 19, 2008

The provincial government of Guangdong will budget 2 billion yuan in the next two years to help Hong Kong and Macao-funded SMEs across the province weather the difficult time. At a recent conference on the province's SME development, Governor Huang Huahua said Guangdong will adopt a series of measures to help the processing trade - especially those fu...

Gala held to strengthen bonds Dec 19, 2008

The Pearl River Delta (PRD) city of Jiangmen held a gala dinner for Hong Kong and PRD industrialists late last month with more than 1,000 senior officials, members of high society and business tycoons in attendance. Organizers said it was a good opportunity to exchange business ideas at a time when the global economy faces severe challenges. The par...

Mergers losing steam in China Dec 19, 2008

China's deal-making spree has witnessed significant retraction from July to November, with a nearly 47 percent decline in merger and acquisition deals, a report from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers said yesterday. Only 543 M&A deals have been announced in this period despite a 14 percent growth in the first six months, when over 920 deals worth ...

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