NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  1. (U) Summary: At a recent post-organized seminar, five U.S. companies and a music industry association trained 70 working-level officials from Guangdong Customs on ways to distinguish genuine products from counterfeits. The companies highlighted recent trends in manufacturing and exporting. Guangdong Customs employs 37 percent of China's Customs officials; the province accounts for one-third of China's exports. End summary.    More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia While Pakistan has ratified 35 of the International
Labor Organization's 185 Conventions on Labor Rights   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  Pakistan's (GOP) economic and labor policies, accusing them of
"taking for granted that labor doesn't matter."   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  (SBU) Summary. AUSTR Barbara Weisel and USTR Director for
Southeast Asia David Katz warned GRP officials   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  Embassy recommends removing the
Philippines from USTR's Special 301 Priority Watch List   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  Korea's latest political corruption scandal,
slowly growing for months, picked up speed this week   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  Post, along with the American Chamber of
Commerce Sri Lanka (AmCham Sri Lanka) would welcome a trade
mission described in reftel from the American Chamber of
Commerce of India (AmCham India).   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  Although, there was much concern in the
last few months of 2004 about the end of the Multi-Fiber
Agreement   More

NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  A controversial labor dispute at an export
processing zone (EPZ) garment factory producing for
international labels, which drew international attention,
was resolved recently.
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NikeLeaks Cables: Asia  As widely reported in the Taiwan press,
Taiwanese businessmen have largely greeted President Chen's
exhortation to avoid excessive focus on the mainland either
negatively or dismissively.   More