Rich and poor nations overcame deep divisions on Friday to cut a deal that maps out U.N. climate negotiations for 2011, building on last December’s agreement in Mexico and hardening the focus on tougher issues. The deal in Bangkok came …
The deep divisions apparently bridged by last December’s climate deal in Cancun opened anew this week at U.N. talks in Bangkok, undermining the chance of any agreement on the shape of a broader pact by year’s end. The April 3-8 …
The Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a bulletin strongly supporting a call from the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a breakthrough in the Doha Round of talks in April, “if these crucial negotiations for lowering trade barriers …
Chances for a deal this year in long-running world trade talks are fading and likely will remain remote unless world leaders become personally involved, an influential U.S. business group said Monday. “At the beginning of this year there was a …
When John Chase’s phone rings, he does not know whether he will be called to deal with a Somali pirate hijacking, a Latin American commercial kidnapping or an aid worker held hostage in Afghanistan. An 18-year veteran of the largely …
