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South Korea trade deal produces bleak first-year results for US
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON More than a year after it took effect, a highly touted trade deal with South Korea has failed to produce as expected for the U.S.: Exports are down, imports are up and the trade deficit with the Asian economic powerhouse has ballooned. In...Tags: Politics, China, Productivity, Economic Organization, Cherries
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Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaBahrain's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oil field,...Tags: Machine Manufacturing, Politics, Productivity, Industrial Production, Energy Saving
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UAE trade surplus to hit $ 90.7 billion
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe UAE economy growth is expected to lower to 3.9 percent in 2012 after a solid 2011, when the GDP expanded 5.2 percent led by high oil prices and a 10.2 percent increase in oil production, according to a review of the UAE economy by Global Investment...Tags: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Energy Saving, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, United Arab Emirates
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Balanced, sustained trade sought with India
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkBEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- China has never deliberately sought a trade surplus with India, and the nation is committed to helping India expand its shipments to the world's second-largest economy in a bid to make their bilateral trade more sustainable...Tags: Politics, Beijing (China), China, Government, Finance
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Real GDP to grow by 4.4% in 2013
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 6.8 percent in 2012, according to Global Investment House's review of the Saudi economy. Following the record oil production seen in 2012, the government has resorted to strong fiscal stimulus...Tags: Population and Census, Energy Saving, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Gross Domestic Product
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Kuwait trade surplus to shrink 10.3% to $ 88.3 bn
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaKuwait GDP is estimated to grow by 1.1 percent in 2013 as oil prices and production stabilizes, exports remain subdued, and government expenditure slows down, according to Global Investment House's review of the Kuwait economy. Kuwait's GDP is estimated...Tags: Iran, Politics, Food Industry, Energy Saving, Money and Monetary Policy
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Lebanon fuel re-exports to Syria diminishing
The Lebanon Daily StarOnly one dealer remains in the controversial business of re-exporting gasoil to Syria, a senior industry official said, while Lebanese customs data showed a 33 percent decline in fuel imports during the first quarter of 2013. "Strong pressure placed...Tags: Politics, Beirut (Lebanon), Imports, Government, Exports
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Greater Arab free trade: Higher hydrocarbon prices boost surplus
Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaThe trade of the 18 countries in the Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) grew 11 percent in 2012 to $ 2.1 trillion, according to new IMF trade data. This built on two prior years of strong trade growth of over 20 percent. However, most of the increase is...Tags: Economic Organization, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Contracts
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1Q GDP growth seen slowing down at 6%
The Manila Times, PhilippinesThe Philippine economy as measured by gross domestic product may grow close to 6 percent in the first quarter of the year, an economist said over the weekend. �Expectations are that this year, growth will be at least 6 percent . . . because of...Tags: Politics, Career and Workplace, Credit Ratings, Government, Economic Indicator
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Viet Nam's industrial production in recovery
Vietnam News, Hanoi / Asia News NetworkHA NOI (Viet Nam News/ANN) -- Viet Nam saw a slight recovery in industrial production with the return of a US$1 billion trade deficit in April, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday. Statistics showed the industrial...Tags: Politics, Agriculture, Germany, Imports, Industrial Production
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...
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U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February on lower crude oil imports
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in February, driven by a drop in crude oil imports and an increase in American goods and services exported abroad, the Commerce Department said Friday. With exports rising more than imports, the seasonally...Tags: Politics, Imports, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Public Finance, Petroleum Industry
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