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Norway has joined Canada in asking the World Trade Organization to settle its seal hunt dispute with the European Union.
Canada is asking the World Trade Organization to intervene in a dispute with the United States over cattle and hog exports.
China tried Tuesday to allay fears of a trade war with Washington over tire tariffs, saying it will press a World Trade Organization case against new U.S. duties but wants to avoid harming relations.
The World Trade Organization's ruling that European loans for Airbus were illegal subsidies is being cheered by U.S. lawmakers loyal to the Boeing Co., even though the preliminary decision may seem outdated now that government subsidies, bailouts and takeovers are common.
The World Trade Organization on Friday handed the United States and European Union its long-awaited intial decision in their dispute over government financing for airplane makers, but didn't reveal the result of the confidential ruling.
American goods will face around $295 million in annual sanctions as a result of the United States' failure to eliminate illegal subsidies to U.S. cotton growers, the World Trade Organization ruled Monday.
China will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that ordered it to ease restrictions on imports of movies, music and books in a case brought by Washington, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said Monday.
The World Trade Organization backed the United States Wednesday in a major trade battle with China, issuing a ruling that could ease tight controls and open markets for U.S. makers of everything from DVDs to books and music downloads.
The World Trade Organization launched a formal investigation Friday of the United States' ban on Chinese poultry, after the Asian country alleged that Washington was fundamentally breaking global commerce rules.
The U.N. and World Trade Organization said Saturday there is no justification for anti-pork trade measures as a result of the swine flu epidemic since there is no evidence the virus is spread by food.
Some of the tariffs, subsidies, duties, licenses or other trade-related measures introduced since September 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the World Trade Organization:
Global trade will shrink by 9 percent this year in the most devastating collapse since World War II, the World Trade Organization said Monday.
The French agriculture minister says France and the European Commission will appeal in the World Trade Organization against a U.S. move to apply new sanctions on Roquefort cheese.
The outgoing administration of U.S. President George W. Bush stepped up a last-minute trade assault on the European Union on Friday, filing a new case at the World Trade Organization over an EU ban on American poultry.
The World Trade Organization will launch next week its first Chinese-requested investigation of U.S. trade rules in a dispute over American taxes on steel pipes and off-road tires.
The World Trade Organization's incumbent Director-General Pascal Lamy is the sole candidate to lead the body for the next four years, officials said Monday.
China has asked the World Trade Organization to investigate whether the United States is illegally taxing Chinese goods such as steel pipes and off-road tires.
Mexico joined Canada in opposing a new U.S. law on country-of-origin labeling for fresh beef and pork by filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Thursday.
The World Trade Organization has rejected an appeal by China against a ruling that favored the United States in a dispute over car parts, the European Union and Canada.
The head of the World Trade Organization does not expect stalled global trade talks to resume until a few months after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated in January.
The World Trade Organization was set to admit Friday its failure to secure a new global commerce pact before the end of the year because of a row between the United States and emerging economies over agricultural and industrial goods, officials said.
The World Trade Organization appeared close to abandoning a ministerial conference this year to hammer out a new global commerce pact, officials said Monday.
Canada filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Tuesday over a new U.S. law that requires retailers to provide country-of-origin labeling for fresh beef and pork, officials said.
The World Trade Organization has ruled that the European Union's import taxes for bananas break global commerce rules, putting some Latin American countries at an unfair disadvantage against former French and British colonies.
The World Trade Organization opened an investigation Monday into Thai import charges on foreign cigarettes, acting on a complaint from the Philippines.
China Racing Ahead of U.S. in the Drive to Go SolarChinese companies have already played a leading role in pushing down the price of solar panels by almost half over the last year.
'Trust deficit' bedevils prickly China-India tiesNEW DELHI — A recent suggestion from a Chinese think-tank that India should be broken up into smaller states has touched a raw nerve here and highlighted the prickly relations between the giant neighbours.
Trade Group Rules Against China's Limits on Media ImportsA World Trade Organization panel ruled on Wednesday that China had violated international free trade rules by limiting imports of books and movies, in a decision that buttresses growing complaints from the United States and Europe about Chinese trade policies.
Editorial: Deeds, Not Words. By Investor's Business Daily. Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:20 PM PT G-20: Improving on his previous statements, President Obama joined a global consensus against protectionism Wednesday in London. Sounds good, but it'll be meaningful only if he hits protectionists at home.
EU & Canada attack US stimulus bill's 'Buy American' clause - may complain to WTOEU attacks 'Buy American' clause The EU has increased its pressure on the US to reconsider the "Buy American" clause in the $800bn (£567bn) economic recovery package now before Congress.
An all-American auto industry bailout?With Congress considering lending $15 billion in taxpayer money to the Big Three, some in Congress are worried the automakers will spend part of it overseas.
Statement by the President: Clean Diamond Trade ActThe Clean Diamond Trade Act (H.R. 1584) was signed into effect by President Bush on April 25, 2003. It establishes procedures that exclude 'conflict diamonds' from international trade.
After Four Decades, Finally, the Beginning of the EndHistoric it is, most obviously in the election of an African-American president, in a country where millions of black people could not even vote when the new president-elect was born.
"And What About Tomorrow?" - An Anarchist Response to "Battle in Seattle"Today Hollywood's take on the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle, "Battle in Seattle" premiers in cities across the U.S.
Battle in Seattle: With A-List Cast, New Film Re-Creates Historic Protest Against WTOIn November 1999, tens of thousands of global justice activists, environmentalists, union members and anti-capitalist activists helped shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle. It was a watershed moment for the movement against corporate globalization.
U.N.: Nations not doing enough on povertyIn criticism aimed primarily at the United States, Japan and the European Union, a U.N. report said Thursday that rich nations haven't delivered on promises to help the world's poorest nations.
"Codex Alimentarius" The Outlawing of Natural Medicine Worldwide is Upon UsCodex Alimentarius is an attempt to overturn existing US laws in favor of pharma-friendly international trade rules. Codex is a threat to human health, human rights, and our national sovereignty.
Doha: India accuses US of sacrificing world's poor at trade talksIndia's trade minister, Kamal Nath, yesterday accused the United States of putting the livelihoods of a billion of the world's poorest people against "commercial interests" as each country blamed the other for the acrimonious collapse of world trade talks in Geneva.
BBC NEWS | Business | Dismay at collapse of trade talksInternational trade negotiators have expressed their disappointment at the failure of the latest talks in Geneva aimed at liberalising global trade.
U.S. issues angry trade rebuke to China, India The United States accused China and India on Monday of threatening seven years of work on a new global commerce pact, using some of the strongest language yet at a crucial set of talks at the World Trade Organization.
China quandary will confront next presidentOver the next several weeks, msnbc.com will present a series assessing the issues and controversies the new president must confront . We begin with China, the world's most populous nation, its fastest growing large economy, and a nation which will host the Olympics in August.
'Need For a New Social Alliance' Interview with political economist Susan GeorgeA global alliance of human rights activists, environmentalists and ethically run small enterprises is needed to save the planet from self-destruction, says Susan George, chair of the Planning Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.
Japan Has Been Dodging Its WTO Commitments By Letting Imported Rice Rot In Storage. An Early Sale Could Cool Global Food Prices.The United States should allow Japan to sell its 1.5 million tons of imported US rice or give it to the World Food Program to help cool runaway rice prices, a nongovernmental organization said Wednesday.
How to Drink Beer and Save the WorldBeer, like so many other products, is largely in the hands of giant corporations. Therefore, drinking beer can often enrich the same systems of power we as activists are fighting against.
Everything changes; that, at least, is immutable. For the United States change is the watchword of the new year and the commonality of those past - at once the history and destiny of the American experiment. Change is what we have been and what we must be.
Cloned animals are safe for consumption, European food agency says"Meat and milk from cloned animals pose no special health risks, a draft report by the European Food Safety Agency issued on Friday concluded, a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.
World Trade Organization Is No Friend to U.S.::By Phyllis Schlafly"WTO" now stands for "World Trade Outrage" rather than its original name, World Trade Organization.
Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered CornA proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
Laying Waste to the Deep SeaFar out on the high seas, on any given day, hundreds of fishing vessels drag huge nets, big enough to snag a 747 jumbo jet, across the ocean bottom, vacuuming up 150-year-old fish, flattening ancient reefs and destroying everything else in their paths.
The Globalization of HungerAt first, the numbers don't seem to add up. The world produces more food than ever—enough to feed twice the global population. Yet, more people than ever suffer from hunger; and their numbers are rising.
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