Plastics in the News

Associated Press
October 16, 2007 - You buy something from China and it breaks down, then you have trouble calling them, communicating and getting the problem fixed. ...
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English News Service
October 16, 2007 - Trade, Ivan Ramalho, called on a speedy identification of tariff and non- tariff barriers to increase trade between the three countries.The meeting has identified some other key areas for focused attention going forward, such as need to go beyond the trade and investment challenges, to strengthen the people to people interaction, increase the policy involvement of the business community to ensure that barriers to increased economic interactions, such as bureaucratic burdens, are......
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Associated Press
October 12, 2007 - ...plastics and other goods that are considered too energy-intensive or polluting. The United States reported a $232.5 billion trade deficit with China last year, its biggest ever with any country. The gap this year is on track to surpass that. Beijing has let the yuan rise by more than 9 percent against the U.S. dollar since authorities revalued the currency in July 2005. A stronger yuan is expected to help reduce the surplus by making China's exports more expensive abroad, but......
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Associated Press
October 12, 2007 - ...plastics and other goods that are considered too energy-intensive or polluting. The United States reported a $232.5 billion trade deficit with China last year, its biggest ever with any country. The gap this year is on track to surpass that. Beijing has let the yuan rise by more than 9 percent against the U.S. dollar since authorities revalued the currency in July 2005. A stronger yuan is expected to help reduce the surplus by making China's exports more expensive abroad, but......
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The Canadian Press
October 12, 2007 - ...plastics and other goods that are considered too energy-intensive or polluting. The United States reported a $232.5-billion trade deficit with China last year, its biggest ever with any country. The gap this year is on track to surpass that. Beijing has let the yuan rise by more than nine per cent against the U.S. dollar since authorities revalued the currency in July 2005. A stronger yuan is expected to help reduce the surplus by making China's exports more expensive......
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Marketwire Canada
October 09, 2007 - The purpose of the agreement is to increase the use of geothermal as a renewable energy source in China. There is an increasing demand for new renewable energy sources in China and Glitnir and Sinopec have been pioneers in the development of geothermal energy in China. Reykjavik Energy is the world's leading authority in the utilization of geothermal energy. ...
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The Hindu Business Line
October 08, 2007 - As far as the FTA with Asean is concerned, the situation is no better — perhaps worse — with some individual member-countries still not submitting their negative list of items. ...
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Jordan Times
October 08, 2007 - ...traded by sector, real estate came in first, accounting for 25.6 per cent of the total value traded, followed by the diversified financial services sector with 22.8 per cent and then the banking sector which accounted for 21.5 per cent of the value traded last week.The most actively traded shares last week were United Arab Investors, Jordan Industrial Resources and Union Land Development Corp with a combined value traded of JD15.38 million representing 10.59 per cent of the total......
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Modern Plastics Worldwide
October 05, 2007 - TPE says exports have ebbed from summer highs but are still strong, with the falling dollar discounting U.S. resin further. Polypropylene (PP) trading volume was good with higher prices, as refinery grade propylene rose $0.02/lb, with polymer-grade propylene up $0.04/lb. In polystyrene (PS), trading volume was light with higher prices, as the spot market rose $0.015/lb. ...
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