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India’s government has decided to put on hold its decision to allow foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said.

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India Retail Reform Put on Hold

The complaint by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China comes at an especially sensitive time as foreign governments look to China's relatively robust economy to help drive global growth amid fears of a …

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce offered its support for Boehner’s plan to raise the federal debt ceiling in two installments, despite White House opposition, as business groups belatedly mobilize to try and head off a government default.

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Business Groups Enter the Fray

China’s Ministry of Commerce will release some pork reserves onto the market in an attempt to blunt increases in pork prices, which reached record levels last month, rising 57% from a year earlier.

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China to Release Pork Reserves as Prices Soar

On June 12, 2008, the reform of the Department of Commerce Commercial Development Division and cheap wow gold the China Hotel Association jointly issued the China economy hotel survey 2008, data from the main …

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European companies are being unfairly shut out of much of China’s huge market for public procurement, according to a study by the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, which echoed previous complaints by foreign firms.

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EU Firms Complain of China Access

The Commerce Department plans to impose countervailing duties on wood-flooring imports from China, citing evidence that Beijing subsidized local producers.

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U.S. Plans Duties on China Flooring

Obama will name Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China, creating the first opening in his cabinet since Obama assembled his initial team.

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Locke Tapped for China Ambassador

A study by China’s Ministry of Commerce found the EU and member states offered subsidies to major telecommunications-infrastructure makers that Beijing views as a breach of WTO rules.

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China Finds EU Subsidized Telecom Firms

economist and author John R. Lott, Jr.

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