A Brazilian WTO chief could prove painful for the West
Late last Tuesday, after months of intense lobbying, and campaigning visits to 47 countries, Roberto Azevedo was confirmed as the next director general of the World Trade Organisation. Roberto Azevedo is the next director...Read more...
Lesson from the failure of Mari Pangestu – Jakarta Post
D. Supratikto, Jakarta | Opinion | Sat, May 11 2013, 12:35 PM Paper Edition | Page: 7 It is interesting to have observed the failure of Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Mari Elka Pangestu to replace Pascal Lamy as director...Read more...
Dev't of value chain offers opportunities
Advance Options Attach image: No THE development of value chain offers an opportunity for developing countries and their small and medium enterprises (SMEs), said the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO). "While many of...Read more...
June 2012 Brings More Developments in the World of Rare Earth Metals
This follows the action taken by the USA, Japan and Europe to have the World Trade Organisation investigate the Chinese decision. While China has indicated that it is willing to co-operate in the negotiations, it has also...Read more...
'India and China are both partners and competitors'
The Chinese media: You have been saying what improved the relationship between China and India... so as the foreign minister, what is your plan? What exactly… (inaudible)External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid: There are some...Read more...
Sleeping through trade agreements, waking up to corporate empire
In the old days, back in the 20th Century, most discussions on unfair trade focused on how World Trade Organization (WTO) rules and corporate monopolies placed Third World countries and their people at a severe and unfair...Read more...
A good case for India to lose?
Amidst all the righteous indignation generated by the now-returned Italian marines, another international dispute that India is involved in has slipped somewhat into the background. On February 6 this year, the US notified the...Read more...
Fresh blood – The fate of the WTO’s Doha round is in the hands of two new trade officials
Source – The Economist Date – 11 May 2013 Website – www.economist.com TRADE talks are threatening to become sexy again. Frustrated by the moribund Doha round of trade liberalisation, which has been stuck in a cul-de-sac since...Read more...
Closing Countdown
WTO chief says 'final countdown' on for Doha talks World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said Tuesday that the "final countdown" had begun on talks for a free trade pact, noting that there was new energy to conclude the...Read more...
Brazil’s WTO win reflects shifting trade clout
By Joe Leahy in São Paulo and James Politi in Washington When the goateed co-ordinator of Brazil ’s campaign to have its candidate appointed as director-general of the World Trade Organisation appeared before the media this...Read more...
World Fairtrade Day: political leaders must put smallholders at the top of the agenda
Michael Gidney, executive director of the Fairtrade Foundation, has a strong message for world leaders: 'Enough of the politics: make trade fair!' Today is World Fair Trade Day and ahead of that we have just been to Downing...Read more...
Q&A with Myron Brilliant, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
It is a brave, new, global world for business. Plenty of opportunity; plenty of risk. As e-commerce, free trade agreements, and modern infrastructure have opened the world’s markets, many companies have found that on the...Read more...
SFOs Hanover investigation cost over $1 million
The Serious Fraud Office has revealed its investigation of Hanover Finance cost more than a million dollars. The investigation saw internal staff and external contractors work on it. More than 12,500 hours was spent on the...Read more...
Dominica issues warning relating to companies seeking to destroy banana industry
GFBC NEWS NETWORK ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday May 10, 2013 – Dominica has launched a scathing attack on countries and companies seeking to destroy the local banana industry as the European Union launched an EC$54 million (One EC...Read more...
SWITZERLAND: Brazil's Roberto Azevedo has won the race to become the next head of the World Trade...
Lib Ref: RTV010198388 Title: SWITZERLAND: Brazil's Roberto Azevedo has won the race to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, and wants to resurrect the trade body which he says is in a 'very critical stage'...Read more...
Canada-EU trade talks hung up on beef market access issue
The Canada-European Union free trade talks are nearing an end with agriculture issues the last major stumbling block to an agreement both sides say will boost economic growth, the EU ambassador Matthias Brinkmann said Thursday.Read more...
Vietnam, China should settle disputes through negotiation: official
Vietnam and China should work together to solve disputes at sea though peaceful negotiations and based on international law, Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh said. Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh...Read more...
The Accidental Trade Policy
Uri Dadush Op-Ed May 9, 2013 Politica Exterior U.S. trade policy has undergone an epic shift in the last decade. The ambitious new strategy is promising, but it will also prove challenging and risky. American trade policy is...Read more...
End of multilateralism and WTO?
World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy warned Monday that time was running out for the conclusion of a global trade liberalisation pact as more than 100 ministers met to discuss prospects for global commerce.But the United...Read more...
Despite winning top world trade job, even Brazil looks beyond WTO
Topics Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff gives a joint statement with her Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (not pictured) at the government house in Buenos Aires April 25, 2013. Brazil campaigned hard to get...Read more...
VN calls for law of the sea compliance
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi said all activities of parties in the East Sea must comply with international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, while respecting the...Read more...
Caribbean restates position on rum subsidies
Published: Friday | May 10, 2013 Comments 0 The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has reiterated the need for an amicable solution to the rum dispute with the United States. The...Read more...
Canada threatens EU with WTO in oil sands row
Canada has threatened to take the European Union to the World Trade Organisation over its plans to label Canadian oil sands as dirty. At the same time it promised the dispute would not delay a bilateral trade pact. Reuters...Read more...
Cotton yarn mill operational in Binh Duong
A cotton yarn mill was put into operation in the southern province of Binh Duong on May 10 after more than 10 months of construction on the first phase of the facility. The initial phase received 40 million USD of investment...Read more...
End of multilateralism and WTO?
Pascal Lamy's term as director-general of the World Trade Organization is likely to end without further progress on the implementation of the Doha Development Agenda. This means he will complete eight years as the head of the...Read more...
Samoans Await The Return Of The Tasty Turkey Tail
This is the tale of turkey tail it's convoluted arrival, disappearance, and highly anticipated return to the Pacific island the Republic of Samoa (not to be confused with American Samoa). It's hard to pinpoint precisely when...Read more...
Commerce Secretary
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Ontario (Canada) lost its WTO appeal on its feed-in tariffs scheme
News date: 10/05/2013 The Canadian province of Ontario has lost its appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on its guaranteed feed-in tariffs (FiT) for renewable energy sources. In 2010, Japan and Europe contested the...Read more...
The Global Tobacco/Smoking Threat - Health Stew - Boston.com
Oftentimes, it seems to me that tobacco and smoking prevention are yesterday's issues. Been there, done that. Sure, six million persons die every year globally due to smoking and secondhand smoke (about 440,000 in the U.S.,...Read more...
Canada loses appeal over ‘protectionist’ renewable energy subsidies – Business Green
Canada loses appeal over 'protectionist' renewable energy subsidies Business Green The European Union (EU) has welcomed a ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) banning Canada from only offering incentives to renewable...Read more...
