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In a speech today at a conference organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn called on Asia to play a leading role in guiding the global economy to a new, more sustainable path for global growth.
Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil won the World Trade Organization’s approval to start retaliating against the U.S. to compensate for subsidies paid to American cotton farmers.
Stockholm - Russian leaders confirmed Wednesday that Moscow is determined to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) despite concerns that a planned customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan could derail the process, officials at a summit in Stockhol...
South Korea said Thursday it is ready for talks to ease US automakers' concerns about a stalled free trade agreement, as US President Barack Obama cautioned that several issues must still be settled.
(RTTNews) - China will help to lead the world out of recession and also has a critical role to play in reforming the global economy, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday.
(RTTNews) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has appointed Siddharth Tiwari, Indian economist and currently Director of the Office of Budget and Planning, as the Secretary of the Washington-based lender.
In Georgia, goods and services exported to South Korea total more than $390 million, making it Georgia's 12th largest trading partner.
More than two years ago, U.S. and South Korea signed a bilateral free trade agreement but lawmakers of both countries have yet to ratify the deal. Officials from both countries hope the deal will create new jobs and open up markets. However, auto trade is a major hurdle.
President Obama pledged to complete a long-stalled trade agreement with South Korea that he inherited from President George W. Bush.
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Poland may be one of the lucky few economies that has evaded the recession this year. A major ETF provider has also taken notice and a Poland-specific ETF could be coming out soon. The International Monetary Fund ((NYSE: IMF - News )) stated that Poland’s “limited reliance on exports, flexible exchange rate and contained external and internal balances” allowed the ...
LONDON - World stocks fell Thursday and Wall Street was expected to open lower amid mounting doubts about the pace of the global economic recovery and ahead of more earnings reports from U.S. retailers.
Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today his intention to name Mr. Siddharth Tiwari to the post of Director of the Secretary’s Department of the Fund and Mr. Russell Kincaid as Director of the Fund’s Office of Internal Audit (OIA).
U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., has joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers urging President Obama to move forward on a free trade agreement with South Korea.
BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- The six largest foreign banks active in Hungary reaffirmed at a meeting with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission in Brussels their commitments made in May 2009 to support their Hungarian subsidiaries, the IMF said Thursday night.
President Barack Obama says he is committed to resolving issues that have stalled a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea.
A police detective alleges that former Washington Police Chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002.
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