Sentences with phrase «dem foreign affairs»

Following the talk by Rice in Beijing this fall, GE hosted a panel whose speakers included Joachim von Amsberg, a World Bank veteran who is now a vice president at the new AIIB, and China's former vice minister of foreign affairs, He Yafei.

Since joining CNBC's Asia operations, Nancy has also interviewed Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al T; Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on stage at the APEC meeting in Danang; former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the height of the North Korean crisis in Shanghai and the CEO of Southeast Asia ride hailing and tech giant, Grab, after acquiring Uber's business in the region.

And featuring presentations from: - Taeho Bark, Former Minister for Trade of the Korean Government - Chris Rodwell, CEO, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA - Gordon Flake, CEO, Perth USAsia Centre - Stephen Smith, Former Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Perth USAsia Centre - Jeffrey Wilson, Head of Research, Perth USAsia Centre - Darren Levy, TradeStart Adviser, Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA

Jonathan Miller, Channel 4's foreign affairs correspondent, investigates footage taken from thousands of videos circulating online, with the aim of determining whether or not there is prima facie evidence of widespread and systematic torture being carried out by the Syrian state on its own people.

Bernier served as Harper's first industry minister and later in Foreign Affairs.

Yannick Lamonde, an official within Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), received word in January last year of an impending report by a prominent non-governmental organization.

The concept behind the power plant started with negotiations between the Brazilian and Paraguayan Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Juracy Magalhães and Raúl Sapena Pastor, in the early 1960s.

These included meetings with individuals such as Jordan's King Abdullah II, Israel's Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Luis Videgaray Caso and many more.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that it wants to resolve «the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula through political means.»

The EU, in particular, its foreign affairs and security chief Federica Mogherini, has been a strong critic of Russia's activities in Ukraine.

Responding to the latest pro-unionist march in Catalonia, Raul Romeva, the region's foreign affairs minister, told CNBC on Sunday that there had been a larger pro-independence response from the Catalan people and that needed to be addressed by Madrid.

This is a far cry from what Liberal MP John Mackay had in mind in 2009 when he tabled a private member's bill that would have charged the Department of Foreign Affairs with investigating complaints, holding mining and energy companies to legalistic standards and withholding government support from those found to be offside.

Meanwhile, Linas Linkevicius, the Lithuanian minister of foreign affairs, told CNBC on Friday that it was the «very beginning» of the new administration in the U.S. adding that it was important to show flexibility.

With the help of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade and the International Organization for Migration, all the 31 women were finally freed in December 2014.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Washington last week meeting with U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer, who has said he is hoping for an agreement in principle within weeks.

Former Soviet bloc nation Lithuania received its first cargo of U.S. LNG in August - an event Lithuania's foreign affairs minister called «crucially important for the whole region.»

«Cohen's directorate appeared to cross over from public relations and «corporate responsibility» work into active corporate intervention in foreign affairs at a level that is normally reserved for states,» Assange said, referring to an e-mail leaked by WikiLeaks claiming to discuss Cohen's activities as Google Ideas chief.

Within the foreign affairs occupation series, the number of employees fell 11.9 %, from 2,580 in December 2016 to 2,273 in September 2017, according to Government Executive.

A reform committee led by Xi called on the Foreign Ministry to «forge a politically resolute, professionally exquisite, strictly disciplined foreign affairs corps,» and in October, Xi appointed China's top diplomat to the country's powerful Politburo, making him the first former Foreign Ministry official in 20 years to reach that level.

The panel, and the day of presentations surrounding it, were part of a series of boot camps for Canadian tech startups organized by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

With a $ 17 - trillion economy and some 500 million of the world's wealthiest consumers, the European Union is the largest single common market, foreign investor and trader, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Foreign affairs employees were more than 40 % of the 836 civilian workers who left between January 1 and September 30.

In a speech in August, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada's economy is 2.5 per cent larger every year than it would be without NAFTA: «It is as if Canada has been receiving a $ 20 - billion cheque each year since NAFTA was ratified.»

Bret Stephens, a foreign affairs columnist and deputy editorial page editor at the Wall Street Journal, added: «Can we just elect Chris Wallace instead?»

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did put together a NAFTA advisory council that includes two former Conservative cabinet ministers, Rona Ambrose and James Moore, and Brian Topp — yes Brian Topp, the former chief of staff of Rachel Notley, the New Democratic premier of Alberta.

This past Tuesday I had the honour of being invited to testify before the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of Canada's House of Commons.

The guest list included the several of the most successful people in the Canadian business community: GE Canada CEO Elyse Allan, Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz, T&T Supermarket's Tina Lee, NRStor's Annette Verschuren, GM board member Carol Stephenson, and foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland.

James Siebens is a foreign affairs and national security analyst at the Stimson Center.

MONDAY, JANUARY 8 BRUSSELS - The European Commission holds a conference and its speakers include EU Commission head Jean - Claude Juncker, German Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel, Italian Finance Minister Pier - Carlo Padoan, German Secretary for Finances Jens Spahn and the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Mario Centeno.

He noted that Xiao's family was now reportedly trying to apply pressure for his release via Canada's foreign affairs department, and former prime minister Brian Mulroney, but «whether this is too little too late, only time will tell.»

Corker isn't running for reelection and has criticized Trump for being immature and reckless in foreign affairs, so he's unlikely to shy away from a fight.

Outside of foreign affairs, 40 percent of Americans approve of the overall job Trump is doing as president, the poll found.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Washington for the second time in days and says good progress is being made, but she won't comment on the timing.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland dismissed the publication of the U.S. objectives as «part of an internal process» and reminded everyone that Canada buys more goods and services from the U.S. than China, Japan and the United Kingdom combined.

Said Rep. Ed Royce, R - Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee: «I am very concerned by reports of deep cuts that could damage efforts to combat terrorism, save lives, and create opportunities for American workers.»

Meanwhile both federal parties launched their campaigns, Foreign Affairs spokesmen were in furious agreement and our expats started voting.

BRUSSELS - EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting.

What is true for John and George on the small scale, Taleb believes, is equally true for the larger economy, and even politics and foreign affairs.

The officials included in the meeting were Turkey's minister of foreign affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son - in - law.

Biden, for all his gaffe - prone goodness, has a deep government resume, including three decades in the Senate and service on both the judiciary and foreign affairs committees.

The most covered topics were immigrations and foreign affairs and defense, the study found, both making up 17 % each of total topics discussed.

The order excludes rules related to the military, national security, or foreign affairs.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Trudeau aide Gerald Butts, Transport Minister Marc Garneau, and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr have reached out to American officials or the business community in recent days.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in January 2017.

Opportunity: An era of fiscal austerity in the public sector can be a boon for economics employment there, as federal and provincial departments such as Finance, Industry, Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada seek analysts who can work the data.

And newly appointed Secretary of State John Kerry, the man charged with accepting or rejecting TransCanada's permit application, sounded sour on Keystone during his first tête - à - tête with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

When the 54 - year - old world leader manages to steal a few fleeting moments to unwind past dark, he reportedly reads good, old paper books, and not always about politics and domestic and foreign affairs.