WTO

  • Jul 2, 2003
  • 7 min read

CHINA: Foreign entrants to aid semiconductor industry

China currently provides one of few global sources of demand for semiconductors. With strong...

China
  • Jun 30, 2003
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Narrow scope for WTO investment talks

The terms of the debate on the general framework and ambitions of a WTO-based accord on...

International
  • Jun 30, 2003
  • 1 min read

CHINA/HONG KONG: Free trade fillip

China and Hong Kong yesterday signed a bilateral free trade agreement.

Hong Kong
  • Jun 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/EU: St Petersburg meeting short on substance

The eleventh EU-Russia summit was business as usual: the joint statement issued at the end of...

Russia
  • Jun 20, 2003
  • 6 min read

THAILAND: Thaksin cooperates on security, seeks FTA

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an unofficial visit to Washington, from June 6-9. Past...

Thailand
  • Jun 18, 2003
  • 8 min read

APEC: APEC squeezed between WTO and new bilateralism

The summit took place in the shadow of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak,...

Wto
  • Jun 17, 2003
  • 6 min read

SOUTH KOREA: Europe blames shipbuilding subsidies

The European Commission last week asked for a WTO panel be set up to rule on "unfair South Korean...

South Korea
  • Jun 12, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: Defending IPRs is becoming a domestic issue

Russia ranks second in the world after China for production of counterfeit audio recordings,...

Russia