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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:31:08 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:52:07 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/economy(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bad4d152-cd53-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bad4d152-cd53-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlThe drive towards self-sufficiency in response to last year's food crisis will fail, a top executive at Cargill has warned, adding that the idea that countries 'can be self-sufficient in every single food is a nonsense'Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:31:08 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4af86960-cc87-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4af86960-cc87-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlExtending anti-dumping duties against footwear from China and Vietnam risks Europe's long-term commercial relations with both countries, the UK business secretary has warnedSun, 8 Nov 2009 23:35:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/84d214e2-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84d214e2-ccaa-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlOne of the biggest bank failures this year prompted a US regulator to call for harmonisation of international law and to press for new powers to resolve a collapsing institutionSun, 8 Nov 2009 22:33:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f56c39dc-cc8f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f56c39dc-cc8f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlSiemens' chief executive urged political leaders to create a global framework for a "green wave of industrialisation" at next month's Copenhagen environmental summit, as he warned the world could not afford to fail to reach a deal Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:23:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8812b20-cc99-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8812b20-cc99-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlBritish prime minister Gordon Brown rapidly backpedalled from his proposal for a financial transactions tax after a chorus of criticism of his plan set out in a speech to a meeting of global finance ministersSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:20:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e834f02-cc63-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e834f02-cc63-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlG20 finance ministers meeting in St Andrews, Scotland, at the weekend failed to fulfil the tasks given to them by their bosses in Pittsburgh but most seemed pleased with the G20 as a forumSun, 8 Nov 2009 19:02:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b585524e-b3ea-11de-98ec-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b585524e-b3ea-11de-98ec-00144feab49a.htmlA list of major trade disputes between China and the US since Beijing's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001Mon, 9 Nov 2009 03:05:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b1f9eda-cc90-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b1f9eda-cc90-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlIndia has overtaken Russia to become the biggest single investment portfolio of the World Bank's private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:35:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/80e502aa-cc63-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/80e502aa-cc63-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlHow should a beleaguered politician, accused of being soft on banks, use his remaining domestic and international political capital? That appeared to be the question facing Gordon Brown when he gate-crashed the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governorsSun, 8 Nov 2009 13:05:10 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/594673f2-cba8-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/594673f2-cba8-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.htmlFinance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 leading economies stressed that the recovery from global recession 'is uneven and remains dependent on policy support'Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:06:38 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f2e17fa-cc44-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f2e17fa-cc44-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlNorway's foreign minister has called for Nordic countries to be given a joint seat in the Group of 20 big economies and warned that the body was yet to secure its international legitimacySun, 8 Nov 2009 17:45:50 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c84b042-cb07-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c84b042-cb07-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe most likely outlook is for increased regulation and oversight which will mean less downside risk but also less medium-term upside potentialSun, 8 Nov 2009 08:35:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a553aad6-cb11-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a553aad6-cb11-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlGold purchases do nothing to change the monstrous growth of reserves in surplus nations, particularly in Asia, which means they also do nothing to address the global macroeconomic imbalances that leaders profess to worry aboutFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:42:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/07fc4bb4-cafb-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07fc4bb4-cafb-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlLast negotiations ahead of of Copenhagen climate change summit end with many issues unresolved and continuing threat of developing countries walkout Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:51:09 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/102d424c-cade-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Feconomyhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/102d424c-cade-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlNord Stream, the proposed gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, clears two crucial hurdles as Sweden and Finland give the go ahead for the $7.4bn projectFri, 6 Nov 2009 14:20:09 +0000