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Diplomats see reason for hope in WTO talks

02/06/2008

GENEVA: A torrent of anger and disappointment from governments, business lobbies and farmers followed recent new proposals from the World Trade Organization for a deal that would end long-running trade talks.

China to start anti-dumping probe into dimethyl siloxane imports from ROK, Thailand

31/05/2008

BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- China announced on Wednesday it would start an anti-dumping investigation against imported cyclic dimethyl siloxane from the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Thailand.

EU looks into U.S. B99 dumping claim

31/05/2008

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has begun investigating anti-dumping complaints which the region's biodiesel players have lodged against U.S. producers.

WTO issues rules report, all options are on table

31/05/2008

GENEVA, May 28 (Reuters) - A World Trade Organisation (WTO) mediator issued a document on Wednesday summarising the range of negotiations in trade rules, which include anti-dumping and fisheries subsidies.

German food company executives arrested in plot to import honey illegally from China

31/05/2008

CHICAGO: Two executives of a German-based company have been arrested on federal charges of conspiring to import honey contaminated with an illegal antibiotic from China, authorities announced Tuesday.

Exemptions in China favour domestic industry

31/05/2008

Just one example—that of trade policy—suffices to show how very different are the Bric economies even amongst themselves. The single aspect in which they all vary is the foreign exchange dividend that each Economy reaps from her investment in a foreign trade policy (FTP). Even the more efficiently administered economies offer export sops and tax derogations, although they themselves would much rather that the developed economies did not.

Textile Executive Cites Major Problems With US Trade Policies

31/05/2008

At a congressional hearing into the impact on the US economy of the offshoring of jobs and globalization, James R. Copeland, chairman, Copeland Fabrics, issued a call for a “comprehensive new trade policy” that will enable US manufacturers to compete in today’s global economy.

For fair trade

31/05/2008

Distortions have a way of dampening outcomes. Consider, for example, barriers to international trade. Now it is true that impediments to trade in most goods and some services, including capital flows, have been considerably reduced over the past two decades.