AS IT IS 2013-07-07 Obama Seeks to Increase African Electricity, Trade Hi again. Welcome back to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. President Barack Obama returned to the United States this week after visiting Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania with his...
Trade Tops US, China Talks Wednesday Chinese officials say an unexpected drop in trade, both imports and exports, reflects rising labor costs and weak overseas demand -- key concerns for the world's two largest economies as their foreign and finance...
US-EU Set to Pursue Trade Deal, Possibly Worlds Biggest British Prime Minister David Cameron stood with U.S. President Barack Obama and European Union leaders to make the announcement. We are talking about what could be the biggest bilateral trade de...
EU Solar Panel Ruling Sparks Fears of Trade War with China New estimates show Chinese-made solar panels account for about 80 percent of the worlds market share. But European manufacturers say thats because Chinese manufacturers are not playing fair -...
Jefferson Suspends Trade with Europe - Pgm No.34 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning English. Im Steve Ember. Last time, we talked about the presidential election of...
Syrian Rebels Eye EU Oil Trade In his backyard north of the city of Idlib, Ahmed Abu Taleb and his friend use handpumps to transfer a barrel of crude oil into a tank. A fire burns in a pit dug below the tank. Then drip by drip, through a simple syste...
Japan Joins Asia-Americas Trade Talks Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a framework for future prosperity in the Asia Pacific. Our participation is not just for the benefit of Japan's economy, but rather,...
Global Trade in Fake Drugs Tops $30 Billion Some 40 percent of the drugs available in many sub-Saharan African and South American countries are either fake or substandard - according to research by the World Bank and international public health group...
US Promotes Pacific Trade Pact The Trans-Pacific Partnership aims to bring together Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States to promote innovation and investment. Secretary Clinton says that is...
HARBIN, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- The trade volume between northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and Russia from January to July totaled 12.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 19.5 percent year on year, the provincial Bureau of Commerce announced Saturday. The vo...