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Europages adds European Business Directory functionality to Eceurope.com

Worldbid.com Online Global Payment Services provides foreign currency exchange solutions to ECeurope.com members

Eceurope Launches QuickPost to improve offer posting

New Dumping and Subsidy Rules suggested in proposal submitted to the W.T.O. by the United States

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We at Eceurope would like to wish you continued success in your international trade endeavors.

Europages adds European Business Directory functionality to Eceurope.com

EUROPAGES and Eceurope have partnered together to bring The European Business Directory to Eceurope members.

The European Business Directory was created from cooperation among national Yellow Pages publishers in Europe, and was created to boost cross-border trade within the EC.

EUROPAGES publishes a yearly selection of 500,000 European suppliers and active exporters from 33 countries. These businesses benefit from Europages' widespread circulation to Advertise their products (one million copies are sent each year to purchasing managers Europe-wide).

Directories are among the most cost-effective methods of business advertising - Click here to find out more

Worldbid.com Online Global Payment Services provides foreign currency exchange solutions to ECeurope.com members

Worldbid.com has partnered with Cambridge Mercantile Corporation, a leading currency brokerage, to provide our members with the most competitive rates on currency exchange, wire transfers, bank drafts and other global payment vehicles.

If you have receivables or payables in a foreign currency, let us help exchange your money at the best rates and improve your bottom line... And you can do it all online! Learn about our service at www.worldbid.com/fx/

To request more information please fill out the brief form at: www.worldbid.com/fx/fx_agreement.htm

Eceurope Launches QuickPost to improve offer posting

Eceurope has developed a new service to improve the ease and efficiency with which you can post your trade offers. In fact you may have already seen it's first issue. The system is called QuickPost. Once per week Eceurope will deliver you by email a form for posting your buy and sell offers directly to our trade network.

It's fast and it's easy. Remember that posting more offers will result in more closed deals.

New Dumping and Subsidy Rules suggested in proposal submitted to the W.T.O. by the United States

A proposal was recently submitted to the World Trade Organization by the United States with regards to what it views as unfair subsidies to private-sector companies via government loans.

According to it's March 19 press release the U.S. Trade Representative submitted the proposal to the WTO Rules Negotiating Group to cover a range trade practices including dumping as well as subsidies.

The subsidies proposal suggests imposing minimum prices on government sales of natural resources such as timber. Also proposed is the prohibition of governments forgiving debts owed by their domestic producers. The proposal also raises the issue of harm to an American company from persistent dumping and subsidization.