In the news 121106

RUSSIA
Crisis in China Could Devastate the U.S. - By Alexei Bayer Moscow Times - The race for economic supremacy between Russia and China is over. China is the only country capable of undermining the U.S. economy. >>

ASIA
China to respond positively to Paulson - BEIJING (Reuters) - China promised on Monday to respond positively to the United States in high-level economic talks this week but drew a line in the sand by telling Washington that its exchange rate is a matter of national sovereignty.
Trade debate coming to the boil - 11 December 2006 - THIS week USA Inc visits China Inc. A friendly visit. The leaders of both teams want to create an upbeat message.
Trade remedies key to success of FTA talks: Seoul official Korea Herald, South Korea - A trade accord could help exports from the United States increase by $19 billion a year, and imports from Korea expand by about $10 billion, the US ...
FTA Talk Rounds Ends Stalled Over Sensitive Areas Chosun Ilbo, South Korea - More simply, 62 percent of Korean exports to the US will enjoy duty free status, and the same will go for 76 percent of American exports to Korea. ...
No breakthrough in latest FTA talks Korea Herald, South Korea - Dec 10, 2006 - Washington declared the full reopening of the Korean market to US beef as key ... to US industries is assessed by evaluating the cumulation of exports from various ...
War of words heats up with S. Korea – Meatingplace.com - USDA deputy under secretary Chuck Lambert's comments that "the U.S. beef industry is suspicious where the (bone) fragments came from," concerning three shipments of beef rejected by South Korea provoked an immediate response from South Korea.
US firm x-rayed beef, no bone - Washington, D.C. — A Des Moines meat processor accused the South Koreans of acting unfairly in blocking a shipment of beef from the company. Iowa Pacific Processors Inc. has found itself caught in a dispute between the United States and South Korean governments over trade. South Korea was once the third-largest market for U.S. beef.

OCEANA
NZ Third-Quarter Export Prices Fall 0.8% on Currency, DairyBloomberg - The nation exported 8.4 percent more sheep meat and beef, while fruit and vegetable exports surged 20 percent. Wood pulp ...

AMERICAS
An appetite for growth Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - ... orders from Russia, its No. 1 customer, and Middle Eastern countries. Overall, Brazil accounts for a quarter of global beef exports. ... 

RUSSIA
Crisis in China Could Devastate the U.S. - By Alexei Bayer Moscow Times - The race for economic supremacy between Russia and China is over. China is the only country capable of undermining the U.S. economy. >>

ASIA
China to respond positively to Paulson - BEIJING (Reuters) - China promised on Monday to respond positively to the United States in high-level economic talks this week but drew a line in the sand by telling Washington that its exchange rate is a matter of national sovereignty.
Trade debate coming to the boil - 11 December 2006 - THIS week USA Inc visits China Inc. A friendly visit. The leaders of both teams want to create an upbeat message.
Trade remedies key to success of FTA talks: Seoul official Korea Herald, South Korea - A trade accord could help exports from the United States increase by $19 billion a year, and imports from Korea expand by about $10 billion, the US ...
FTA Talk Rounds Ends Stalled Over Sensitive Areas Chosun Ilbo, South Korea - More simply, 62 percent of Korean exports to the US will enjoy duty free status, and the same will go for 76 percent of American exports to Korea. ...
No breakthrough in latest FTA talks Korea Herald, South Korea - Dec 10, 2006 - Washington declared the full reopening of the Korean market to US beef as key ... to US industries is assessed by evaluating the cumulation of exports from various ...
War of words heats up with S. Korea – Meatingplace.com - USDA deputy under secretary Chuck Lambert's comments that "the U.S. beef industry is suspicious where the (bone) fragments came from," concerning three shipments of beef rejected by South Korea provoked an immediate response from South Korea.
US firm x-rayed beef, no bone - Washington, D.C. — A Des Moines meat processor accused the South Koreans of acting unfairly in blocking a shipment of beef from the company. Iowa Pacific Processors Inc. has found itself caught in a dispute between the United States and South Korean governments over trade. South Korea was once the third-largest market for U.S. beef.

OCEANA
NZ Third-Quarter Export Prices Fall 0.8% on Currency, DairyBloomberg - The nation exported 8.4 percent more sheep meat and beef, while fruit and vegetable exports surged 20 percent. Wood pulp ...

AMERICAS
An appetite for growth Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - ... orders from Russia, its No. 1 customer, and Middle Eastern countries. Overall, Brazil accounts for a quarter of global beef exports. ...