WTO

  • Jul 25, 2002
  • 6 min read

CHINA: Rural unemployment a challenge

State job creation schemes and social security initiatives have thus far prioritised the urban...

China
  • Jul 23, 2002
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: 'Realistic' regional trade deals gain

In recent years trade liberalisation has gathered considerable momentum, but mainly through...

International
  • Jul 17, 2002
  • 7 min read

INDIA: Patent Law augurs pharmaceutical shake-up

The new legislation seeks to bring India's laws on intellectual property laws into line with...

India
  • Jul 16, 2002
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Labour standards

The global economic slowdown will stimulate a renewed wave of investment in low-factor-cost...

International
  • Jul 5, 2002
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Firms face TRIPs 'loopholes'

Proposals were tabled at the June meetings of the WTO's intellectual property rights council on...

International
  • Jun 28, 2002
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Security first, Africa second for G8

Leaders of the top-seven industrialised economies and Russia ended their summit yesterday....

International
  • Jun 27, 2002
  • 6 min read

CHINA: Enterprise groups face bureaucratic battles

Enterprise groups form part of an overall policy objective of consolidating key industries...

China
  • Jun 21, 2002
  • 8 min read

CHINA: Retail banking opens gradually

International banks' access to 964 billion dollars in household savings, as well as the...

China