WTO not ready to deal with China’s industrial policies: US

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (PTI): China's economic system is not compatible with the norms of the WTO, the Trump administration has said, asserting that the international trade body is not ready to deal with Beijing and its industrial policies.The Trump administration is also seeking to redefine the term 'developing nations' as...

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German businesses losing patience with Brexit talks

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Oct 14 (AFP): With just under six months until Brexit day, German business is losing patience with negotiations ahead of a vital deadline, warning ever more stridently of the risks of a no-deal departure."Europe must stop a worst-case Brexit scenario," Joachim Lang, director of the Federation of...

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Egypt loses export market of cotton as outputs decline

CAIRO, Oct 14 (AFP): Treading carefully among his sprawling green plants in the Nile Delta, Egyptian farmer Fatuh Khalifa fills his arms with fluffy white cotton picked by his workers.Durable, fine and luxuriously soft, cotton sourced from Egypt has long been seen as the best on the market.But recent years...

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MoU signs between Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort and SCCI

Executive Director of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort Ltd Shahid Hamid FIH and President of The Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Khandaker Shiper Ahmed exchanging documents after signing an MoU recently at a function attended by Director of Sales Sheikh Ahsan Ishaque of Regency and others. Under the...

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SLBCCI and NCE signs agreement to promote investments

Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLBCCI) President Najith Meewanage and National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) Secretary General Shiham Marikar exchanging documents after signing an agreement to promote investments in both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in presence of senior officials from SLBCCI in Dhaka recently

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