The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States should cut barriers to its markets to help it tackle economic turmoil, and boost exports to deal with its current account deficit, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States should cut barriers to its markets to help it tackle economic turmoil, and boost exports to deal with its current account deficit, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Kiev - World Trade Organization regulations on reduced tariffs and increased competition went into effect in Ukraine on Friday, extending a ray of hope to hapless Ukrainian consumers up against rocketing inflation, and their leaders facing retributio...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
News Business Ukraine Becomes WTO Member(00:01, Friday, May 16, 2008)Ukraine has become a member of the World Trade Organization. Presidential press service disclosed this to Ukrainian News. Ukraine has become the 152nd state in the organization. "The date will become history of our state, as the day when Ukraine was acknowledged as a member of the world's economic...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan Thursday said joint efforts from China and the United States are needed to push forward the negotiations of the Doha Round in the World Trade Organization. During a meeting with U.S Secretary of Comm ...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
IFA CONCERNS: THE GOVERNMENT will be able to veto the World Trade Organisation talks if it is unhappy with the impact such an agreement could have on Irish agriculture, the European Commission made clear last night.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
SEANAD REPORT: A POLL showing that 78 per cent of farmers were concerned about the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks was largely due to the Government playing games, Eugene Regan (FG) said.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the release of fresh WTO proposals, India has conveyed to the agricultural negotiating group in Geneva that chances of a Doha deal will become bleak if the US has its way on scaling down protection to farmers in developing countries. "It will become clear in the next few days whether the US and other developed countries are serious to conclude the Doha negotiations, which have dragged...
monochrom (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
By Serge Halimi The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organisation promised that more trade would help to eradicate poverty and hunger. Foodcrops? Self-sufficiency in food? They had a better idea. Local farms would be closed down or encouraged to concentrate on exports. This would make the most, not of natural conditions which might be good for growing tomatoes...
Blue Collar Republican (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I see that Congressman Marsha Blackburn got the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce. This is the same bunch of money hungry NAFTA - WTO - GATT - CAFTA loving America haters that will sell out our country for a dime. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Endorses Congressman Blackburn for Re-Election May 14, 2008 - The United States Chamber [...]
Dani Rodrik's weblog (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
by Kevin P. Gallagher[1], guest blogger Negotiators continue to work desperately to achieve a breakthrough in the World Trade Organization's Doha Round. Their goal is to get an agreement by the end of 2008. Developing countries should pull the plug...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A conference yesterday in Ha Noi assessing the local banking sector found that one year after WTO accession, strides have been made, but local bankers are still facing many challenges from integration. The conference entitled "Local Banking Sector and WTO Committments" was hosted by the State Bank of Viet Nam's Strategy Department and the Bank for Investment and Development of Viet Nam. It was
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The WTO director-general Pascal Lamy has suggested that speedy negotiations in multilateral trade can solve the present crisis of soaring food prices.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
WTO's Doha Round has so far been unique: it is already a bit long in the tooth, and yet it has proved to be toothless. The short point is that the Doha Development Round, launched in November 2001in Qatar's capital by WTO member country ministers, has been followed by eight years of fruitless negotiations.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
* A Russian delegation will continue talks on the country's accession to the WTO in Geneva on May 19, Moscow's chief WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said
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hrishikesh | 12/22/2007
Cotton and the WTO: What has been Achieved? The issue of cotton subsidies in developed countries is one of the most contentious and challenging ones for the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In the past the WTO has maintained that cotton should not be considered separately from other agricultural products, and the USA has supported this stance. However, the WTO stance was formally broken at the Doha...
hrishikesh | 12/21/2007
Vietnam and WTO Membership: Is a Boom in Textiles and Clothing Around the Corner? The Chinese sourcing boom is slowing down. In 2005 US textile and clothing imports from China soared in volume by 43.7%. But in the first five months of 2006, growth slowed to a mere 4.1%. A similar slowdown is believed to have occurred in the EU. There seems little doubt that the imposition of comprehensive quota agreements...
rupali | 11/22/2007
The Chinese sourcing boom is slowing down. In 2005 US textile and clothing imports from China soared in volume by 43.7%. But in the first five months of 2006, growth slowed to a mere 4.1%. A similar slowdown is believed to have occurred in the EU. There seems little doubt that the imposition of comprehensive quota agreements with China is the cause. Significantly, the USA’s quota agreement took effect...
