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Who will emerge as India's largest trade partner in 2025?
Indian merchandise trade in 2025 is expected to be USD6.7 billion, almost three times its levels in 2010 — at $338.9 billion with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerging as India’s largest trading partner by 2025.
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China's 2011 GDP grew 9.1% in Q3, set for full yr growth of 9.3%
China's GDP expanded 9.1% year-on-year in the third quarter of the year, marking the slowest pace since the third quarter of 2009, according to ChinaDaily.com.
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Safe Passage
The recent grounding of the container ship Rena has highlighted the importance of having a watertight marine cargo insurance policy. There are associated lessons for everyone involved in the seafreight insurance industry.
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NZ's rocky road to India's dairy sector
New Zealand’s dairy firms, including Fonterra, are looking to buy up farms in India’s burgeoning dairy sector, but may not find going down that road free of bumps, a new government report indicates, according to FoodNavigator.com.
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Google kills Buzz its social networking service
With the launch of its more successful Google+ social networking service, Google on Friday said it plans to shut down Buzz, according to PCWorld.
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Vietnam's basa catfish runs into criticism in NZ
A leading food company has introduced controversial basa catfish from Vietnam to its frozen fish range, according to the New Zealand Herald.
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Apple blocks Samsung's Galaxy tablet sale in Australia
The Australian Federal Court has granted Apple an injunction to block tech rival Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Visitors tell NZ to reject genetically modified crops
A survey of visitors from overseas - many in New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup - has found two out of three say New Zealand should not allow genetic engineering in food and the open environment, even though some have mixed views about how Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are used in their...
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Aussies told to get familiar with pricing in RMB
The trade boom fuelled by Asia's economic re-emergence will last at least another 15 years but Australian exporters will have to get much more familiar with transacting in the Chinese currency, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, quoting HSBC.
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French Co-op struggles to penetrate Asian market
Blue Whale, a French cooperative of growers and exporters, has had a presence in Asia for a long time, but they are finding it difficult to expand in the Asian market, according to FreshPlaza.com.
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US claims China breaches WTO rules with its long list of subsidies
Under pressure from Congress to do more to confront China on economic issues, the Obama administration has notified the World Trade Organisation of nearly 200 Chinese subsidy programs, saying many of them may violate free trade rules, according to the New York Times.
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China demand lifts US pork exports
US pork exports will jump 23% or more this year because of surging demand and prices in China, the world's top consumer, according to a report in ChinaDaily quoting Brett Stuart, the co-founder of farm-industry researcher Global AgriTrends.
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NZ exporters should target China's middle market
New Zealand companies are failing to properly exploit Asian markets because they don't understand Asian customers, said a leading New Zealand marketing academic in an interview with Xinhua.
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Watties says Italians dumping tomatoes in NZ
An investigation is under way into allegations by Heinz Wattie's that Italian preserved tomatoes have been dumped on the market here, causing "material injury" to the New Zealand food industry,according to the Sunday Star Times.
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