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Foreign investments in Uzbekistan nearly doubled in 2023, president says

STORY: Foreign investments in Uzbekistan nearly doubled in 2023, president says SHOOTING TIME: May 2, 2024 DATELINE: May 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: Tashkent CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum STORYLINE: The Uzbek economy has soared in recent years, with foreign investments nearly doubling last year, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Thursday. In his opening speech at the third Tashkent International Investment Forum, held in the capital of Uzbekistan, Mirziyoyev said his country has prioritized economic liberalization, the provision of a favorable investment climate and broad opportunities for entrepreneurs as the main goals of its systemic reforms. "Last year alone, growth rates reached 6 percent, while inflation remained below 9 percent. The trade turnover is steadily increasing. The stability of the national currency and foreign exchange reserves are being maintained," he said. He also noted that over the past years, the country has attracted more than 60 billion

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Egypt raises fuel prices amid economic reform, transportation cost surge

STORY: Egypt raises fuel prices amid economic reform, transportation cost surge SHOOTING TIME: Archive DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum 2. various of fuel stations in Cairo STORYLINE: Egypt announced on Friday it would raise the prices of fuel due to the impact of exchange rate liberalization on the economy and rising transportation costs of petroleum products. The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said in a statement that gasoline prices would rise by one Egyptian pound (about 2 U.S. cents) per liter, bringing the price of 80-octane gasoline to 11 pounds, 92-octane gasoline to 12.5 pounds, and 95-octane gasoline to 13.5 pounds. The ministry attributed the price hike to exchange rate liberalization and the rising transportation costs of petroleum products, exacerbated by tensions in the Red Sea. Additionally, diesel prices rose to 10 pounds per liter from 8.25 pounds, and the price of the 12.5

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Real Estate Policy in China

HUAI'AN, CHINA - MARCH 2, 2024 - Workers work at the real estate construction site of a resettlement housing construction project located along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Huai 'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, March 2, 2024. Recently, Nanjing and Suzhou announced the liberalization of third home loans.

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Taiwan's pro-China KMT loses mayoral elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou holds a news conference at the headquarters of his ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2014, after the KMT suffered a crushing defeat in special municipal district elections. Ma, who doubles as KMT chairman, called for reform and vowed to continue liberalization.

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Taiwan's pro-China KMT loses mayoral elections

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) holds a news conference at the headquarters of his ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) in Taipei on Nov. 29, 2014, after the KMT suffered a crushing defeat in special municipal district elections. Ma, who doubles as KMT chairman, called for reform and vowed to continue liberalization.

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Motegi, Froman meet in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Sydney, Australia, on July 18, 2014, prior to their meeting. Motegi and Froman were in Sydney to attend a meeting of the Group of 20 trade chiefs to discuss global trade liberalization and cooperation against protectionism.

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Travel agency exec says trips abroad promote peace

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 18, 2014 shows Jungo Kikuma, chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, who is promoting overseas trips as 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Japan's liberalization of foreign travel.

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TPP talks

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Photo taken July 19, 2013, shows Mexican delegates in the 18th round of negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The 11 participating countries are considering holding the next round of TPP talks in Brunei in late August, sources involved in the negotiations said July 20.

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California rice grower

SACRAMENTO, United States - Farmer and Chairman of the California Rice Commission, Charley Matthews Jr. talks about growing different varieties of rice on his farm in Marysville, California, on June 27, 2013. Matthews is among 2,500 rice farmers in California who stand to gain from possible Japanese rice market liberalization under the Trans Pacific Partnership.

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Upper house election in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - Voters hold signs expressing opposition to Japan's joining the TPP trade liberalization talks, as they listen to a stump speech by a candidate in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on July 4, 2013, the day official campaigning started for the July 21 upper house election that will be a key test of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's leadership over the past seven months.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces at his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks, in the hope of increasing exports and boosting the country's flagging economy.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces at his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks, in the hope of increasing exports and boosting the country's flagging economy.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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WTO deputy chief

TOKYO, Japan - World Trade Organization Deputy Director General Alejandro Jara speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 7, 2012. Jara said he believes the stalled Doha Round of global trade talks will not get back on track unless the United States and China narrow their differences on trade liberalization.

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Japan indicates positive stance toward Pacific FTA talks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a ministerial meeting on trade liberalization in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2010. The meeting decided on a basic policy on free trade agreements and would start consultations with countries involved in a U.S.-backed multilateral free trade initiative, indicating a positive stance toward the framework.

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Billboard of late Chinese leader Deng in Chinese city

SHENZHEN, China - This photo dated Aug. 25, 2010, shows a huge billboard of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, which was once regarded as one of China's most successful special economic zones under the economic liberalization policies championed by Deng.

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Pacific Rim ministers agree to seek early Doha Round deal

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L, front) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Masayuki Naoshima (R, front) take part in a photo opportunity with visiting trade ministers from Pacific Rim economies at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on June 5, 2010. The ministers agreed to seek a swift conclusion to the dormant Doha Round of global trade liberalization talks.

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Pacific Rim ministers agree to seek early Doha Round deal

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (5th from L, front) and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Masayuki Naoshima (5th from R, front) take part in a photo opportunity with visiting trade ministers from Pacific Rim economies at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on June 5, 2010. The ministers agreed to seek a swift conclusion to the dormant Doha Round of global trade liberalization talks.

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Asian business leaders gather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (standing) delivers the opening speech at an Asian business summit in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. The federation hosted the summit for the first time, bringing together business leaders from 11 Asian economies to deepen ties in promoting trade liberalization and infrastructure development.

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Asian business leaders gather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Asian business leaders, including Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai (C, front), pose for photographers at the Asian business summit hosted by the federation in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Leaders from 11 Asian economies held talks to deepen ties in promoting trade liberalization and infrastructure development.

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Asian business leaders gather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Business Federation Chairman Fujio Mitarai delivers the opening speech at an Asian business summit in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. The federation hosted the summit for the first time, bringing together business leaders from 11 Asian economies to deepen ties in promoting trade liberalization and infrastructure development.

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People demonstrate against APEC

LIMA, Peru - More than 200 people join a demonstration, sponsored by students and surrounded by police, in front of the U.S. ambassador's official residence in Lima, on Nov. 22. The protesters demonstrated against APEC policies on liberalization of trade and investment.

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S. Korean leader urges Japan to 'look straight at history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myong Bak addresses a commemorative event in Seoul on Aug. 15 to mark the 63rd anniversary of liberalization of Korea from Japanese colonial rule and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea. Lee urged Japan to ''look straight at history.''

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S. Korean leader urges Japan to 'look straight at history'

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myong Bak addresses a commemorative event in Seoul on Aug. 15 to mark the 63rd anniversary of liberalization of Korea from Japanese colonial rule and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea. Lee urged Japan to ''look straight at history.''

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Russia to promote economic liberalization, deputy PM indicates

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin speaks during an interview with Japanese media including Kyodo News in Moscow on June 11. Kudrin, who doubles as finance minister, indicated that the new government under President Dmitry Medvedev will promote economic liberalization including the privatization of state-run companies.

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LDP to readmit 11 'postal rebels' but rejects Hiranuma

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with reporters after meeting with executives of his Liberal Democratic Party on Nov. 27 on a joint petition filed by 11 independent lawmakers for their return to the ruling party. Abe said the party will readmit the 11 independents whom it ousted in 2005 over a policy dispute on the postal liberalization program.

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LDP to readmit 11 'postal rebels' but rejects Hiranuma

TOKYO, Japan - Yukari Sato (C) and other members of the Liberal Democratic Party give a joint press conference after a meeting they held to voice their opposition to the return to the party of 11 independent lawmakers who were ousted in 2005 over a policy dispute on Japan's postal liberalization program.

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APEC urges greater money laundering oversight, WTO talks' restart

HANOI, Vietnam - Finance ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations give a joint press conference at the end of their meeting in Hanoi on Sept. 8. They called for enhanced monitoring for money-laundering transactions and the restart of the stalled global trade liberalization talks under the World Trade Organization.

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Lamy urges Japan's businesses to lobby for WTO round conclusion

TOKYO, Japan - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy (2nd from R) meets with Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai (2nd from L) in Tokyo on July 5, seeking a stronger voice from Japan's industry groups to back up the negotiations. The ongoing Doha Round of trade liberalization talks faces a crisis due to sharp differences among key players. (Pool photo)