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China, US Strike Tech Trade Deal | EE Times
2014-11-13 00:32:03| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Trade negotiators from China and the US have reached a preliminary deal they say could end tariffs on as much as a trillion dollars in annual global sales of high-tech goods, eliminating tariffs as high as 25% on some next-generation semiconductors. The deal requires approval of the World Trade Organization, which could take up the issue as early as December.
Strike looms at major LNG project
2014-11-11 22:00:27| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Construction workers at Chevron's $US54 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia Island have rejected an offer for a new enterprise bargaining agreement, stirring up a simmering dispute over work rosters that could escalate into industrial action. Any such action would come at a critical time for Australia's biggest resources project, which is already running about nine months late and $US17 billion over its original budget.
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Strike at Peru's Antamina to Support Copper Prices?
2014-11-11 08:43:28| Grocery - Topix.net
On Monday, workers at Peru's Antamina copper mine downed tools, beginning the first indefinite strike in the mine's history. Operations have been partially affected at the mine, and as the largest copper mine in Peru, it's unclear whether the disruption will help boost copper prices.
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Strike hits Peru's top copper producer
2014-11-10 19:22:51| Grocery - Topix.net
Unionized workers have gone on strike at Peru's top copper mine to protest a decline in income. It is the first strike since operations began 13 years ago at the Antamina mine owned by an international consortium including BHP Billiton Ltd., Glencore Plc., Teck Resources Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corp. Union leader Jorge Juarez says the 1,730 unionized workers who went on strike Monday account for more than half the mine's employees.
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German union cuts short rail strike
2014-11-07 18:09:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
German train drivers' union says it will cut short its four-day strike and return to work on Saturday, in time for celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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