Boiling point nears over China's trade tactics
"It's in our long-term interest to have a healthy, fruitful, productive relationship with China," said U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk
U.S., allies working on new North Korea strategy
The United States and its allies in Northeast Asia are trying to fashion an opening to North Korea out of concern that the current policy toward the isolated nuclear-armed nation could lead to war, U.S. and Asian officials said
Eesti Energia holds a major procurement to renovate local power grids
The Estonian state-owned Eesti Energia Distribution Grid is carrying out an international state procurement to find partners for regular maintenance and repair works, liquidating malfunctions and building new electricity networks
World Bank invests record sums in coal
Last year, $3.4bn was invested in the dirtiest fossil fuel despite international commitments to cut emissions
US takes two China trade cases to WTO
Trade tensions between the United States and China ratcheted up another notch Wednesday, as Washington called on the WTO to probe unfair Chinese trade practices.
Azerbaijan seeks price agreement with Iran to boost gas supply
Azerbaijan will be ready to boost supplies to Iran to 1 billion cubic meters a year once a pricing agreement is reached, an Azerbaijani Energy Ministry official said.
For the first time in 16 years Lukashenka cannot appeal to Moscow
The Belarusian authorities were obviously hasty to set the election date. According to the Constitution, the election is to be held two months before the expiry of the term of the president at the latest. Expiry of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s powers is on April 6, 2011. So the election could be set for February 6
Russia needs more help from Norway in building radiation security
The agenda for a planned Russian-Norwegian summit on Wednesday includes a Russian proposal for extending Russian-Norwegian cooperation in nuclear and radiation security, whose current site is northwestern Russia, to other Russian regions, including the Baltic area
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