Peter Mandelson

European biodiesel producers said they were asking Brussels on Friday to impose punitive import duties on United States biodiesel but their US rivals said they would hit back with a complaint of their own. The trade in biofuels has surged due to growing demand for alternatives to fossil fuels as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

By William Schomberg and Missy Ryan

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/ 12 March 2008

Shackled Simon Mann names names

Wearing handcuffs and leg-irons in an African prison, the former SAS soldier who tried to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in a coup d’état on Tuesday claimed the main instigator of the plot was the London-based Lebanese millionaire Ely Calil.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 6 March 2008

Mbeki: EU trade deals harm Africa unity

South Africa will continue engaging with the European Union to ensure new trade agreements with African countries do not harm regional integration, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday. Africa’s biggest economy has criticised the economic partnership agreements (EPA) designed to open up trade.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 7 December 2007

EU jamboree seeks fresh start, but Africa looks east

Kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, eurocrats and countless diplomats from 80 countries will mingle on Friday evening at a sprawling exhibition centre in the east of Lisbon, at the biggest gathering of European and African leaders ever staged.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 6 November 2007

African ‘elephant’ wants to block trade talks

Europe’s trade chief accused Nigeria and South Africa on Monday of trying to block negotiations for new trade and investment deals between the European Union and scores of former colonies. The EU wants to sign new Economic Partnership Agreements with nearly 80 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries before December 31.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 18 October 2007

EU says SA summit could help WTO talks

The European Union has given a cautious welcome to the outcome of a summit of three big developing countries. The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to seeking a deal in the long-delayed World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha round of global free-trade talks that was ”fair and acceptable to all”.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 5 October 2007

West Africa to miss EU trade partnership deadline

West Africa will miss a December 31 deadline to sign a new trade partnership with the European Union and hopes to keep its preferential commercial privileges for up to two years while it negotiates. Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States were meeting on Friday in CÃ´te d’Ivoire to agree a common approach ahead of talks later this month with the EU.

By Peter Murphy

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/ 5 October 2007

EU, China agree on way to avoid new ‘Bra Wars’

European Union and Chinese trade officials have agreed on a new way to handle Chinese textile exports to the bloc when quotas expire on December 31. Officials said the plan might help improve cooperation between the EU and China over the Asian economic powerhouse’s snowballing trade surplus with the 27-nation bloc.

By William Schomberg

Brown recruits old foe to tackle crisis

Brown bolsters Cabinet, Mandelson back

WTO talks enter tense endgame

Transatlantic trade row looms over biodiesel

Shackled Simon Mann names names

Mbeki: EU trade deals harm Africa unity

EU jamboree seeks fresh start, but Africa looks east

African ‘elephant’ wants to block trade talks

EU says SA summit could help WTO talks

West Africa to miss EU trade partnership deadline

EU, China agree on way to avoid new ‘Bra Wars’

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