Sentences with phrase «trade minister»

Former International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland answers a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, October 24, 2016.

The former Trade Minister said every party member's contribution is relevant to the growth and victory of the NDC.

The seeming collapse of the trade agreement between Canada and the European Union (CETA) has created obvious disappointment for International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and the entire Canadian government, which made the deal as its top trade issue.

The Prime Minister has today been at pains to highlight the strength of the relationship with Australia's biggest trading partner, China, as Trade Minister Steve Ciobo heaps praise on China's President Xi Jinping.

«The original architecture was to enable other countries to join,» Australian Trade Minister Steven Ciobo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday.

Signed last week in Chile by Australian trade minister Steve Ciobo, the agreement will see the removal of 98 % of tariffs in the Trans Pacific region including a range of Australian goods from beef, dairy, seafood to wine, iron, copper and petroleum, reported Financial Review.

«Nobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining all the time really get on people's nerves so stop whining,» the Deputy Trade minister said.

Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb has welcomed the fund, saying it's a strong signal from the country's largest export market for agricultural produce.

Their concern stems from testimony Thursday by International Trade Minister Francois - Philippe Champagne, who said he doesn't see Parliament ratifying the 11 - country Pacific Rim trade pact before this fall.

Ritz said he and former trade minister Ed Fast sat through some tough negotiations with Europe and «agonized for hours» over the fine print.

Led by Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, Trade Special Envoy Andrew Robb and Tourism and International Education Minister Richard Colbeck, this year's edition will see more than 1000 delegates, mostly small - to - medium business owners, attend events spread over nine cities on the mainland as well as Hong Kong.

Commenting on this development on the Gold Power Drive with Samuel Eshun Monday, Murtala Mohammed, who was also the former Deputy Trade Minister in the Mahama administration noted that «this exposé brings to question all the appointment done by President Nana Addo.

«It is clear that the latest safeguard measures would violate the WTO rules,» South Korea's trade minister Kim Hyun - chong said in a meeting with industry officials.

The comments came as Trade Minister Andrew Robb appeared to lower expectations over what the free trade agreement can deliver for Australian dairy farmers in a speech in Melbourne, After nearly 10 years since negotiations first began, Mr Robb argued in his speech that it was better to meet the federal government's self - imposed deadline — in time for Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit in November — than risk holding up the deal arguing for greater access to dairy.

Walters saw off competition from The Daily Telegraph's Kate McCann following scoops such as Boris Johnson and Michael Gove's «plot to hijack Number 10» and the tale of trade minister Mark Garnier calling his secretary «sugar tits» and asking her to buy sex toys.

The department is separately probing whether international trade minister Mark Garnier breached the ministerial code after he reportedly admitted asking his secretary to buy sex toys and calling her «sugar tits».

Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier is now Deputy Government House Leader, a role he shares with Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous.

This is one of the recommendations made by former trade minister Lord Mervyn Davies of Abersoch in his independent review, Women on Boards, which was published today.

More than ten other persons were confirmed dead with over 40 said to have been injured in Mahama in a Facebook post said «I attended the final funeral rites for the late Mrs. Bridget Kyerematen - Darko, Executive Director of Aid to Artisans, Ghana and sister of Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen in Kumasi on Sunday.

Department for International Trade minister Greg Hands MP arranged monthly meetings with Shanker Singham, then head of the Legatum Institute's trade commission.

Greater access to the Japanese market under the revised Trans - Pacifc Partnership trade pact will be a boost, says New Zealand Trade Minister David Parker.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister David Emerson and B.C. Forest Minister Rich Coleman were among those who took credit in 2006 for ending the softwood lumber dispute with the United States.

Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid and Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade Minister Michael Chan will join Wynne on the week - long mission leaving Oct. 25.

They held 60 - year - old Indian trade minister Anand Sharma squarely responsible for holding up the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda discussions at...

NEW DELHI, May 1 - India asked Japan on Tuesday to help build infrastructure needed to boost the usage of liquefied natural gas in India and elsewhere in Asia, India's oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said after a meeting with Japan's trade minister Hiroshige Seko.

Indeed, Canadian officials seem to think the WTO complaint sends a message of strength: «When people see that you're firm, you get respect,» International Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne said Thursday.

Spokesmen for Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the countrys Trade Minister Steven Ciobo both declined to comment when contacted by Reuters about the deal's terms before the White House's official announcement.

SA's trade minister at the time, Alec Erwin, tried but was unable to prevent this sensible obstructionist approach.

A Canadian dairy industry analyst said he could not fathom New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's «aggressive» attack on the sector and said New Zealand was playing with fire.

On Monday Trade Minister Craig Emerson took his defence of the carbon tax to a new level, performing a song and dance routine.

A number of other cabinet members kept their roles, including Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Education Secretary Justine Greening and International Trade Minister Liam Fox.

«Like Vietnam, one of the crucial elements we secured was what is known as a work plan, a mechanism to deal with outstanding issues, which for Canada includes ensuring the deal provides better access and terms for autos and does not affect our unique cultural sensitivities,» Joseph Pickerill, spokesman for Canadian Trade Minister Francois - Philippe Champagne, said in a statement.

The political heat is on Lord Stephen Green, HSBC's former chief executive and chairman, who was later appointed as the government's Trade Minister in 2011.

The remaining 11 nations met in May to revive the deal, and subsequent discussions have the signatories reportedly close to an agreement — without the U.S. Trade ministers from participating nations hope to have a deal in place ahead of their November 10 meeting in Vietnam for the Asia - Pacific Economic Co-operation forum.

French Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said last week that the U.S. will have to concede more if the trade deal is to go through.

The day after the report came out, reporters asked Trade Minister Peter Van Loan to comment on its predictions -LSB-...]

Following a day when confusion reigned, TPP trade ministers agree to key changes that appear to move talks closer to a deal

NEWSMAKERS KA Badarinath World powers represented by US, EU and Japanese trade ministers openly disliked him.

World powers represented by US, EU and Japanese trade ministers openly disliked him.

They held 60 - year - old Indian trade minister Anand Sharma squarely responsible for holding up the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda discussions at the five - day ministerial conclave in Bali in 2013.

This reminder comes in the wake of CHOICE filing a «super complaint» to the NSW Fair Trading Minister calling for the standardisation of labelling for free - range eggs, and...

This reminder comes in the wake of CHOICE filing a «super complaint» to the NSW Fair Trading Minister calling for the standardisation of labelling for free - range eggs, and the announcement by Woolworths that it will phase out the sale of eggs from caged hens by 2018 and use caged eggs in their own brand products.

Former President John Mahama joined hundreds of mourners at Kumasi in the Ashanti region to mourn with Trade Minister Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen and his family to pay their last respect to Bridget Kyerematen - Darko, [sister of Alan Kyeremanten] a victim of the La gas explosion.

Plastic Logic CEO Indro Mukerjee officially debuted the electronic textbook at an event held at the Moscow Planetarium during a visit by British Trade Minister Lord Green.

Former Trade Minister Dr. Ekwow Spio - Garbrah has stated that the opposition NDC needs to put in more effort than just hoping to capitalize on the shortfalls of the governing NPP as a tool to capture power come 2020.

Former Federal Trade Minister Andrew Robb has established a private equity joint venture with Ellerston Capital targeting agriculture investments.

Cameron has made another announcement - Francis Maude, the former cabinet office minister, will become Trade Minister.

Trade Minister Tagomi's trip across the timelines to our America presents his son and daughter - in - law (Juliana Crain) as anti-nuclear peaceniks — the icons of what is good about the real America.

Arguing in The Guardian, former editor Peter Preston called the extension «Two more futile years», while Chris Woodhead, former chief inspector of schools, argued instead that the school leaving age should be cut to 14 instead, and former trade minister Digby Jones that the age rule should be relaxed to connect getting a skill with earning money.

Former trade minister crticized the EU for rejecting the increased use of technology as a solution to the Brexit impasse