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Sydney Set for Modi Mania but Human Rights Push Grows

May 22, 2023
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The Australian government is touting its strong relationship with India, but there is a growing push to raise human rights abuses with the prime minister. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has touched down in Sydney for a state visit and is set to meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Asked whether human rights should be…

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Canada, South Asian Bloc to Begin Free Trade Talks in Effort to Diversify From China

November 17, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canada is launching free-trade talks with a major group of southeast Asian countries as it seeks to diversify from China and find new ways of coping with a snarled global supply chain. International Trade Minister Mary Ng announced the opening of formal trade talks late Tuesday with the Association of South East Asian Nations—known as…

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CCP Mouthpiece Says Beijing Needs More Nuclear Weapons After Trade Talks

June 1, 2021
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China’s hawkish state-run media Global Times said Beijing should increase its build-up of nuclear weapons after recent Sino-U.S. trade talks. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He held an online meeting on May 26, the first trade talks for both countries since U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January. Both sides…

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US to Launch Trade Talks on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

May 2, 2021
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WILMINGTON, Del.—The U.S. top trade negotiator will begin talks with the World Trade Organization on ways to overcome intellectual property issues that are keeping critically needed COVID-19 vaccines from being more widely distributed worldwide, two White House officials said Sunday. The White House has been under pressure from lawmakers at home and governments abroad to…

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