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G8 finance chiefs to tackle soaring oil, food prices
AFP, TbLyv
Finance ministers from the Group of Eight rich nations will this weekend discuss ways to limit the economic damage of soaring oil prices that have eclipsed the credit crisis as their biggest worn'.
But experts said the G8 powers have few obvious options to cool the commodities boom in the near future, with any calls for the Opec producer cartel to open up the taps likely to fall on deaf ears.
Soaring crude oil prices are causing growing concern in the major economies and raising the prospect of credit tightening by central banks to contain inflation, even as global economic growth slows, led by the United States.
While the fallout from the US credit crunch continues, the sense of alarm on world markets seen after the turmoil erupted last year appears to have eased, helped by central bank action to shore up the financial system.
Malaysia says no more fuel price hikes this year
AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Wednesday there would be no more fuel price hikes for the rest of the year.
Abdullah said that because Malaysians were still coping with the impact of last week's 41 percent fuel price increase, the government will absorb the cost of soaring crude oil costs.
‘There will be no more fuel price hikes for this year," he said in a statement.
Malaysia, a net oil exporter, heavily subsidises petrol and diesel but said it was forced to implement the deeply unpopular price hike as the cost of subsidies would have ballooned to 17 billion dollars this year.
US, China to tackle inflation, currency in talks: Paulson
AFP, Washington
The United States and China will discuss rising inflation and the thorny issue of the Chinese yuan at bilateral economic talks next week, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday.
Managing financial and macroeconomic cycles will be our first discussion topic next week Both the United States and the Chinese economies face current challenges, including adjusting to higher energy and food prices," Paulson said in a speech at a Washington think tank.
His remarks came after the Shanghai stock market plunged seven percent, its worst one-day slump in a year, after China's central bank tightened credit conditions to contain inflation.
Paulson said the June 17-18 meeting of the high-level US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) would also focus on issues including trade and open markets, investment and advancing opportunities for cooperation in energy and development.
Malaysia frozen seafood firms urge EU export ban delay
AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia's frozen seafood industry Wednesday urged the European Union to delay an imminent ban on its multibillion-dollar exports, which do not meet European health standards.
The EU is expected to impose a ban on June 18, dealing a major blow to the seafood firms as their top export destinations include France, Britain, Belgium, Italy and Spain.
"A ban will be devastating for us as Europe is one of our major markets and it would result in many of us going out of business,' Ch'ng Chin Hooi, chairman of the Malaysian Frozen Foods Processors Association, told AFP.
Toyota to produce new hybrid battery next year
AFP, Tokyo
Toyota Motor Corp, said Wednesday that it plans to start producing lithium-ion batteries next year as it races against rivals to develop new high-mileage hybrid vehicles.
Toyota, seeking to keep its lead in the growing hybrid market amid rising petrol prices, said its joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will move into full-scale production of lithium-ion batteries in 2010.
The Japanese giant was a pioneer of hybrids, which are equipped with an electric motor and a standard petrol engine to make them more economical.