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Actor Ted Danson called Thursday for tough limits on subsidies that are promoting overfishing around the globe.
China appealed Tuesday a United States win in a trade dispute over restrictions on the sale of U.S. music, films and books in the Asian country.
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subsidies is being cheered by U.S. lawmakers loyal to the Boeing Co., even though the preliminary decision may seem outdated now that government subsidies, bailouts and takeovers are common.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.
Long-simmering economic tensions between the U.S. and China boiled over Tuesday as the Obama administration filed its first unfair-trade case against Beijing, accusing it of restricting exports of materials needed to produce steel, aluminum and other products.
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 World Trade Organisation boss on Wednesday warned that global trade talks could remain stalled if President Barack Obama's administration backpedals on liberalization amid the economic crisis.
The European Union's trade chief called Tuesday for more effort in world trade talks, saying that increased commerce has a role to play in spurring the slumping global economy.
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 United States announced changes Thursday to trade sanctions it applies on European goods, prompting Brussels to accuse Washington of escalating a 13-year-old beef dispute and threaten new legal action.
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.
Multi-National companies did business in South Africa during Apartheid and exploited the social system engineered by the National Party responsible for the repression and exploitation of the majority of the population.
Net censorship seen liable to WTO challengeCENSORSHIP of the internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.
Top Oz mining billionaire slams as "racist" Government FIRB curbs on Chinese investment 'Billionaire Clive Palmer: "What he's [FIRB's] doing is illegal, it's against the World Trade Organisation, it's against the [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] and it's against our constitution as it was amended in 1966.''
There has never been a question of want. Iran has sought, for decades the power to harness nuclear technology for purposes expressed and Innocent, and purposes hidden and devious. On Monday reports surfaced indicating Iran's ability to deliver a nuclear strike to Israel, and U.S.
Palestinians seek observer status at WTOWe are seeking observer status at the WTO as a preparation for statehood," Bassim Khoury, Palestinian economy minister, told reporters here ahead of a meeting with the organization's director general, Pascal Lamy.
U.S. to Impose Tariff on Tires From China In one of his first major decisions on trade policy, President Obama opted Friday to impose a tariff on tires from China, a move that fulfills his campaign promise to "crack down" on imports that unfairly undermine American workers but risks angering the nation's second-largest t …
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Airbus Loans Toward A380 Jumbo Faulted in WTO Ruling Airbus SAS, the largest planemaker, received illegal loans from European governments, the World Trade Organization found in the biggest case yet before the arbiter, two people familiar with the draft verdict said.
Chinese Government Subsidies Help Assure Global Dominance of Solar Panel MarketWUXI, China — President Obama wants to make the United States "the world's leading exporter of renewable energy," but in his seven months in office, it is China that has stepped on the gas in an effort to become the dominant player in green energy — especially in solar …
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.
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Trade and politics-which comes first?One may not find anything new in all the exhortations of the business leaders at a daylong conference on 'Bangladesh-India Economic Relations', jointly organised by the apex chambers of the two countries in Dhaka Monday, to improve trade relations between the two neighbours...
WTO 2009 Report Warns Of Protectionism"Buy America. Buy Canada. Buy Chile. Buy China. But that's the road to the problem that exacerbated the downturn in the 1930s and led to the Great Depression", said World Bank Chief Zoellick.
Apart from Arroyo's Extension Bid, Pressure from WTO, US, EU Drives Charter-Change [Manila, Philippines--] The political dimension of charter change has dominated the national agenda.
Global finance ignores world's poor - unemployment expected to reach 50 million, with most job loss in developing worldAs government officials from around the world descend on New York this week for a UN conference on the economic crisis and its impact on development, the main issue up for debate is how the poorest countries can influence the way the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Worl …
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China warns of tit-for-tat over dairy banNEW DELHI: China has retaliated against India's ban on its dairy products, putting the two neighbours with a legacy of estrangement on the brink of a trade war...
Clove Cigarettes May Prompt U.S., Indonesia Dispute (Update1) - Bloomberg.comThe dispute may force lawmakers to choose between jeopardizing a $22 billion-a-year trade relationship with Indonesia or rewriting legislation that took years to negotiate among lawmakers, anti-smoking advocates such as the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and Richmond, Virginia-b …
Downturn Heightens China-India Tension on TradeShrinking World Demand for Exports Sparks Complaints of Dumping, Protectionism Between Possible Asian Allies...
India-China Trade Tensions RiseChina threatens to bring its opposition to India's toy import ban to the WTO, while India seems poised to restrict other Chinese products...
The Wrong Direction: Why the EU-India free trade agreement will not help India through the economic crisisWhile sparked off in developed countries, the impact of the economic crisis has of course severe in developing countries as well, as demand for their exports plunges and foreig investors turn tail.
WTO forecasts huge drop in global tradeIn a report released this week, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has predicted a drop in global trade this year of 9 percent by volume—the largest decline since World War II. Among developed countries, the fall is forecast to be even higher at 10 percent.
Will US campaign-funders sink WTO deal again?"AIG head, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has been quoted in the WSJ as saying that the US had no business opening up its insurance markets to foreigners, unless the foreigners do the same to the US insurers.
Obama must fight the protectionist virusPresident Barack Obama faces protectionist pressures.
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