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UN negotiators hand over draft text as step to global climate deal
2015-12-05 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYSE Post: "Climate change is a common challenge for humankind", Xie said Thursday at the Chinese pavilion at the Paris climate talks. "This is a milestone", Laurence Tubiana, France's special representative at the conference, told the Financial Times. Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, has been appointed the head of a new global taskforce aimed at assessing risks companies face to climate change. "We will put local climate action on the global stage". He says, in OR, the shellfish...
Negotiators agree landmark TPP trade deal
2015-10-05 17:09:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
After more than five years of negotiations, leaders of 12 Pacific Rim countries, including the US, Japan and Vietnam, have finally concluded negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - paving the way for what will be the world's largest free trade agreement.
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Pacific trade negotiators reach landmark deal, fight for approval to follow
2015-10-05 16:35:44| Automakers - Topix.net
The TPP would give Japan's automakers, led by Toyota, a freer hand to buy parts from Asia for vehicles sold in the U.S. Photo credit: BLOOMBERG ATLANTA -- Pacific trade ministers have reached a deal on the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation that will cut trade barriers and set common standards for 12 countries, an official familiar with the talks said today. Leaders from a dozen Pacific Rim nations are poised to announce the pact later today.
Pacific trade negotiators close in on landmark deal, fight for approval to follow
2015-10-05 14:18:02| Biotech - Topix.net
A dozen Pacific Rim nations prepared on Monday to announce the most sweeping trade liberalization pact in a generation, a deal that could reshape industries and influence everything from the price of cheese to the cost of cancer treatments. The Trans-Pacific Partnership seeks to cut trade barriers and set common standards for 40 percent of the world economy and would stand as a legacy-defining achievement for U.S. President Barack Obama, if it is ratified by Congress.
Climate Negotiators Make Progress on Controversial 'Loss and Damage' Issue
2015-09-04 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Rich nations at UN climate talks are said to be edging towards a compromise on the thorny issue of loss and damage. Poorer countries want compensation for extreme weather events that they link to large scale carbon emissions. But the US and EU have long resisted this idea, fearing an endless liability running into billions of dollars. However a clarified proposal from the US, to be made on Friday, is being seen as a "step forward" by some delegates. Loss and damage has increasingly become...
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