WASHINGTON, March 24 - Leading U.S. business groups told World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Tuesday they can not support current proposals for finishing seven years of talks on a global trade deal....
BRASILIA, Dec 9 - Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim warned on Tuesday that global trade talks would fail if members of the World Trade Organization tried to revise positions they had reached in July. The...
* Trade, food safety issues probed at Congress hearing * Meat group says USDA should review China food safety * Congressional ban has created trade issue * Consumer watchdog says USDA process needs reform WASHINGTON,...
The world trade volume will fall 9% year on year this year, the largest decline since World War II due to the global financial crisis, according to a recent forecast by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its website. Export volume in developed countries will probably drop 10% while the export volume in the developing...
*WTO chief seeking U.S. intentions on world trade talks *Visit comes as G20 nations violate anti-protection vow WASHINGTON, March 23 - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Monday began two days of meetings...
The US, joined by the EU and Mexico, asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) Wednesday to rule on a dispute over Chinese restrictions on raw materials exports, US officials said. The move seeks a formal WTO panel on a complaint filed June 23 alleging China improperly restricts exports of materia...
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 - The United States, Mexico and the European Union have asked for a World Trade Organization panel to review China's restraints on raw material exports after talks with Beijing failed to resolve...
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 - Talks with China to resolve U.S. concerns over raw material export restraints that raise costs for U.S. producers have failed and the United States will ask for a World Trade Organization...
The US requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday to establish a dispute settlement panel to rule on China's export restraints on raw materials. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said in a statement that the raw materials are "critical to US manufacturers and workers...
TRADE RESIST PROTECTIONISM: G20 leaders reaffirmed their pledge to fight protectionism following a recent report by the World Trade Organization and other multilateral institutions that found many G20 countries had adopted trade restricting measures s...