UAE, Britain to hold trade talks in London

October 13th, 2009 LIMA - Peru President Alan Garcia has awarded the Medal of Honour of first grade to the visiting United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan here Tuesday, WAM news agency reported. The Peruvian leader also called for bolstering Peru-UAE trade ties.

October 8th, 2009 LONDON - British and American varsities dominated a list of the worlds 100 best universities published Thursday but more institutions from southeast Asia made their way into it. The number of universities from southeast Asian countries - Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, China and Singapore - increased from 14 to 16 in the QS/Times Higher Education rankings, with the University of Tokyo the highest ranked Asian institution at 22.

September 26th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Flouting claims of a lukewarm relationship between the US President and British PM, Barack Obama held hands with Gordon Brown's wife Sarah when they met in Pittsburgh, US. The Browns, Obama and wife Michelle joked and air-kissed to show that the US-Britain diplomatic relationship is still alive.

September 25th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today met British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh, US.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The British Prime Minister's office has been forced to admit that Gordon Brown has not been invited for private talks with U.S. President Brack Obama this week.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Britain's Trade, Investment and Business Minister Lord Mervyn Davies is to visit India for four days beginning Monday for talks to expand growing ties in defence technology and other cutting-edge sectors. High on his agenda is the city of Nagpur, which is being developed as India's new aerospace hub and, according to the UK-India Business Council, needs new infrastructure and engineering capability.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 153 members of World Trade Organisation (WTO) will resume formal talks at its headquarters in Geneva later this month to conclude the Doha round of trade talks after a breakthrough here, India's Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Friday. "There has been a breakthrough in negotiations.

September 1st, 2009 BRUSSELS - European Union's (EU) Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will travel to New Delhi Wednesday to take part in an informal meeting of WTO (World Trade Organisations) ministers hosted by the Indian government, the EuAsiaNews reported. The meeting will seek to give a renewed push to the Doha Round of world trade talks, building on decisions taken by G20 leaders in London earlier this year, the European Commission said in a statement here Tuesday.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The groups of rich and developing countries, including India, are likely to commit themselves to early conclusion of the Doha Development Round of multilateral trade talks under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) later Thursday. A statement in this regard to this effect is expected from the G8 and G5 countries, as well as Egypt, at the G8 Summit being held at this quake-hit Italian city, some 100 km northeast of Rome.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson says former commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath was a great negotiator but wouldn't budge on opening up the Indian market. In his first public comments since the formation of the new Indian government in May, Mandelson said Friday that negotiating with major economies such as India in world trade talks was one of his main mandates as the European Union's Trade Commissioner.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Indian investments need not cause fears of an Indian Raj over Britain, the House of Lords has been told by an Indian-born member, but instead would surely show Britain a way out of the current recession. In the 17th century, Britain entered into trade with India in the name of the British East India Company, Lord Navneet Dholakia of the Liberal Democrat Party told the British upper house of parliament.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian-born member of the British House of Lords has told the historic chamber that growing Indian investments need not cause fears of an Indian Raj over Britain. Rather than causing a reversal of history, he told members, Indians could surely show Britain a way out of the current recession.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Indias new Trade and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma said Monday rich countries must grant Indian professionals more visas as he pressed for a resumption of stalled global trade talks. Sharma, who is in Britain for talks with his opposite number Peter Mandelson, told a gathering of prominent British and Indian businessmen the logjam in the so-called Doha Development Round of trade talks must be broken".

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is committed to reviving the manufacturing sector and generating employment as well as resuming the stalled global trade talks, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here Thursday. We need to encourage the manufacturing sector and industrial activities for providing more employment in the country, he told industrialists at an interaction organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Moves to restart the stalled global trade talks have begun with a series of meetings in Bali on the sidelines of a conference among 19 farm products exporting countries, where Commerce Minister Anand Sharma is representing India. Sharma had one round of talks with World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy Sunday and informally met with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk over dinner at the luxury beach resort of Nusa Dua on Bali island, officials here said.