A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) of Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company (S.A.Q.) (QGIR) and assigned the company an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb”. Best said the newly …
A.M. Best Co. announced that it has assigned a financial strength rating of “B++” (Very Good) to Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance Company (S.A.Q.) (QGIR), a Qatar-based direct insurer, with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects the company’s superior risk-adjusted …
The World Trade Organization’s plenary session in Doha concluded in the wee hours of Wednesday morning with a breakthrough agreement by all 142 member countries to initiate a new round of trade negotiations early next year. The session had already …
The World Trade Organization opened its first plenary session since the disrupted talks in Seattle two years ago, as representatives from 142 member countries gathered in Doha, the capital of the Arab Gulf State of Qatar. A long list of …
The focus would be on industrial goods, agricultural products and service industries, notably banking and insurance. The full concurrence of the 142 trade ministers who will attend the next WTO plenary session in Qatar in November would be needed to …
Weary negotiators in Geneva finally put their signatures on a Treaty of more than 1000 pages setting forth the terms and conditions for China’s admission to the World Trade Organization after 15 years. The agreement is expected to be formalized …
If all goes according to plan in Geneva China’s bid to join the World Trade Organization will be officially accepted next Thursday, September 13th, after 14 years of negotiations. Taiwan is scheduled for admission the following day. The next step …
Negotiators in Geneva had hoped to announce that they had reached an accord on all issues, clearing the way for China to join the World Trade Organization, but they’ll have to wait a bit longer, as a dispute over American …
Chinese and European Union negotiators both expressed optimism that talks, scheduled for the end of the week in Geneva, would finally see a breakthrough in China’s application to join the World Trade Organization. Meetings last week between the EU’s chief …
Meetings in Shanghai between U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick and China’s Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng have apparently produced “a consensus on major issues” further clearing the way for China’s admission to the World Trade Organization. The main difference centered …
