Australia, Peru, Vietnam want to join trans-Pacific free trade deal Time is GMT + 8 hoursPosted: 23-Sep-2008 11:26 hrs US Trade Representative Susan Schwab at an OECD press event in Paris.
Malaysia's Lion Industries has received an investment licence for a joint venture with Vietnam's top shipbuilding group Vinashin to build a USD9.8-billion steel mill.
YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar's junta has freed 9,002 prisoners for good behavior so they can help build a new nation ahead of elections planned for 2010, state media reported Tuesday.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has asked the Ministry of Finance to cut the export tax on steel ingots, while increasing the import duty on laminated steel to help boost domestic production.
NEW YORK (AFP)--Australia, Peru and Vietnam have expressed interest in joining a budding Asia-Pacific tariff-busting plan that received a boost Monday with the participation of the U.S., officials said.
SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. said Tuesday it will issue its first annual report later in the day. The report will cover governance, asset allocation and investment returns, GIC said in a statement.
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