WTO

  • Apr 10, 2000
  • 9 min read

CHINA: Beijing nurtures domestic insurers

The EU is demanding further concessions from Beijing on liberalising the insurance sector in...

China
  • Apr 6, 2000
  • 11 min read

INTERNATIONAL: WTO's controversial ruling

Since implementation of the FSC ruling is likely to be exceptionally difficult,...

International
  • Apr 5, 2000
  • 13 min read

INTERNATIONAL: WTO's controversial ruling

Like the provisions for DISCs, the tax concessions for FSCs were intended to level the playing...

International
  • Apr 4, 2000
  • 10 min read

INTERNATIONAL: WTO's controversial ruling

The DISC case of the 1970s laid the foundations for the present dispute between the EU and the...

International
  • Mar 29, 2000
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: EU presses for competition deal

The EU is pressing for a wide-ranging substantive agreement on the application of competition...

International
  • Mar 28, 2000
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: EU seeks WTO competition policy

The problems that a competition policy agreement is meant to solve have not been clearly...

International
  • Mar 17, 2000
  • 9 min read

UNITED STATES: MFN vote hinges on Democrat support

The administration this week released the full text of the bilateral market access agreement...

United States
  • Mar 17, 2000
  • 10 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Rise of regionalism threatens WTO

The number of regional trade agreements has more than doubled in the last decade, and almost all...

International