LIMA, Peru (AFP)--Japan and China on Wednesday pledged to work together on trade issues as Asia's two largest economies fend off the impact of the global financial crisis. Japan's trade minister Toshihiro Nikai held talks...
LIMA (AFP)--APEC leaders meeting in Peru will push to revive moribund global trade talks by the end of the year as a way of combating the world economic crisis, officials said Wednesday. The Doha round...
LIMA (AFP)--Twenty-one Asia-Pacific economies making up half of world commerce made a plea Thursday against protectionism and urged a quick breakthrough in global trade talks to beat the financial crisis. Trade and foreign ministers met...
GENEVA (AFP)--The World Trade Organization held talks with bankers and experts on Wednesday on how the economic crisis is hitting global commerce but key players stayed away ahead of the G20 summit in Washington. WTO...
Evidence is mounting that the credit crunch is obstructing global trade. The drumbeats began in August when two South Korean shipbuilders canceled orders because buyers weren't able to produce initial payments. Then the Baltic Dry...
GENEVA (AFP)--The new European Trade Commissioner, Catherine Ashton, will meet World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy Wednesday to discuss negotiations for a new global trade pact, the WTO said. Ashton, whose nomination to the post...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES A Russian business group leader said the country's trade in China should be conducted with rubles instead of U.S. dollars because of the global financial crisis, the Itar-Tass news agency reported Friday....
BEIJING --China's trade surplus in September jumped to another record high, as exports stayed surprisingly resilient despite growing concerns about global demand. But economists cautioned the better-than-expected performance in China's trade is unlike...
WASHINGTON --A top U.S. trade official on Monday held out hope that a breakthrough in stalled global trade talks could be achieved in the remaining months of the Bush administration. Speaking at a seminar at...
WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. trade official on Monday held out hope that a breakthrough in stalled global trade talks could be achieved in the remaining months of the Bush administration. Speaking at a seminar...