Governor Jon Huntsman receives the “Internationalist of the Year” award at the Zions Bank eighth annual International Trade and Business Conference.
Source: Reuters By Jonathan Lynn GENEVA (Reuters) – A visit by U.S. trade chief Ron Kirk this month to the World Trade Organization has transformed the political atmosphere of long-running global commerce talks, kick-starting the negotiations, trade sources said on Wednesday. “It’s like the engines are being started up again after being in cold storage [...]
Source: IndustryWeek By Daniel Rook, Agence France-Presse Exports posted a second straight increase month-on-month Japan announced on May 27 an unexpected trade surplus as its export slump continued to ease, adding to hopes the world’s number two economy is through the worst of its deepest post-war recession. The trade surplus of 68.95 billion yen (US$728 [...]
Source: IndustryWeek By P. Parameswaran, Agence France-Presse Working on agreements with Panama, Columbia, South Korea The U.S. is working on finalizing a free trade agreement with Panama and resolve outstanding issues over similar long-delayed pacts with Colombia and South Korea, Trade Representative Ron Kirkthe said earlier this week week. The agreements with the three U.S. [...]
Source: Progressive Policy Institute The Numbers: Imports of manufactured goods from Arab states — August 2008: $950 million March 2009: $400 million What They Mean: The standard political definition of ‘Muslim world’ combines the 56 members of the Jeddah-based Organization of the Islamic Conference. Accounting for a quarter of the world’s countries, and home to [...]







