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Bananas sweeten Doha’s future

10 hours ago ago from GenevaLunch

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) Bananas have come close to being the fruit that broke the Doha Round's back, but they could in the end save the talks, says the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). The European Union (EU) and Latin American exporters are expected to initial an agreement Tuesday 15 December at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. It will settle their dispute over the banana trade and ...

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Red Alert: Lieberman Moves Closer to Siding with Democrats on Healthcare "Reform"

17 hours ago ago from Point/Counterpoint

This is an APB for all tea party movement members. Joe Lieberman is moving closer to siding with the Democrats on their purported "healthcare reform" bill, which would essentially be a Trojan horse to complete nationalization. Whether the misleadlingly termed "public option" is included, or an expansion of Medicare, it is irrelevant because the Democrats will simply find some way in committee or by amendment to undermine the free enterprise ...

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Joe Lieberman’s gag-inducing horse trade: Health care reform for cap and trade?

7 hours ago ago from Newsbroke

The root of the disaster (Getty Images via Daylife) Ezra Klein puts out the possibility that the Democrats are kowtowing to Senator Lieberman on health care reform because they want his backing on cap an trade down the road: And if you want proof, turn your attention to climate change, where Lieberman seems and seems is an important word there like he'll be a crucial ally. Six months from now, liberals may be rallying around ...

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Infosys Opens its First Delivery Center in Brazil

8 hours ago ago from Nearshore Americas | Independent reporting on outsourcing in the Americas

SOURCE: THAINDIAN.COM Infosys Technologies Tuesday said it has opened a development centre in Brazil to service clients in that South American country as well as Brazilian subsidiaries of global customers. The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Infosys Tecnologia Do Brasil, is located in Belo Horizonte, the third largest metropolitan area in Brazil after Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Infosys said in a statement. This is the third ...

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Supporting Yessika Hoyos Morales

10 hours ago ago from Liberal Conspiracy

It was a very great honour to meet Yessika Hoyos Morales of the Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados for lunch today. Yessika is a deeply inspiring character and has given me the energy to pressure the government into taking a tougher line with Colombia, particularly within EU negotiations on a possible free trade agreement with the country. I shall be asking questions of the Foreign Office about the extra-judicial killings of dozens ...

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Pact Ends Decades-Old Trade Fight Over Bananas

12 hours ago ago from The New York Times

BRUSSELS (Reuters) The European Union , the United States, and Latin American, African and Caribbean nations are expected to initial a deal on Tuesday ending a decades-old trade dispute over bananas, European officials said. The pact will end the longest-running trade dispute and remove a potential obstacle to a new deal to open global commerce in the World Trade Organization 's eight-year-old Doha round. Final signature is expected to take ...

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