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The United States and China - US Department of State Trade and Development Agency Funds Six New Initiatives in ChinaProjects will open markets, protect intellectual property, aid developmentThe U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will provide funding of more than $3 million to support three training programs and three project-specific grant agreements in China, according to a July 11 press release. (complete text) U.S., China Agree to Cooperate on Food Safety, USDA Chief Says [Read More]
East Asia and the Pacific - US Department of State Secretary Rice with South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon in Seoul, July 12. (AP) Rice Sees Progress on North Korea, Other Issues from Asian TripSecretary says Pyongyang must make a strategic choice on nuclear weaponsReturning to the United States ... [Read More]
USINFO - US Dept of State AGOA Trade Forum in Dakar To Emphasize Diversity in Trade ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes hands with Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral after they signed Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance in a ceremony in the Treaty Room of the State Department Building in Washington Thursday, July 14. More(© AP/WWP) ... [Read More]
China (Includes Hong Kong and Macau) With the Government's consent and even open support, the press continued to publish stories related to citizens' rights, legal reform, official corruption, and official misconduct and gross abuses, particularly by law enforcement officials. However, newspapers cannot report on corruption without government and Party approval, and publishers published such material at their own risk. In December 2000, Jiang Weiping, a reporter for the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Pao newspaper, was detained for writing stories alleging that authorities had covered up several embezzlement schemes in Liaoning Province. In June authorities announced Jiang would be tried for leaking state secrets. In July Yao Xiaohong, director of the news department of the Dushi newspaper in Jiangxi province, was fired for reporting that local officials had removed the kidneys from an executed convict without his prior consent. ... [Read More]
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News from Washington - U.S. Department of State News from Washington Flexibility over Farm Tariffs Seen Advancing WTO NegotiationsUSTR's Allgeier sees some progress at China mini-ministerialTrade ministers meeting in China have moved to more flexible positions on reducing agricultural tariffs, thus making possible advances in long-stalled World Trade Organization negotiations, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allgeier tells the press following the informal mini-ministerial meeting. He says the United States and the European Union moved away from their opposite approaches on agricultural tariffs and toward alternatives offered b ... [Read More]
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