WTO

  • Apr 10, 2003
  • 8 min read

CHINA: New Premier Wen will prove quietly effective

Wen is the chief executive of a new, largely untested government team set on implementing bold...

China
  • Apr 8, 2003
  • 1 min read

CHINA: Declining job creation

The government's statistics bureau today reported that around 7 million jobs were created last...

China
  • Apr 7, 2003
  • 7 min read

CANADA: WTO acclaim for Ottawa's trade record

The WTO report praises Canada's economic policies and maintenance of a liberal trade regime...

Canada
  • Apr 4, 2003
  • 6 min read

CARIBBEAN: Sugar sector smashed by competition

The WTO is studying the legality of the EU's subsidised sugar imports from the African, Caribbean...

Caribbean
  • Apr 2, 2003
  • 1 min read

RUSSIA: Falling Fund forecast

Even with high oil prices, GDP is likely to grow by just 4.0% in 2003, below the official...

Russia
  • Mar 26, 2003
  • 7 min read

US/GERMANY/FRANCE: Business at risk in row over war

The refusal of Paris, and to a lesser extent Berlin, to support the Bush stance on Iraq war has...

United States
  • Mar 26, 2003
  • 1 min read

US/GERMANY/FRANCE: Iraq trade fallout

The refusal of Paris and Berlin to support Washington's stance on the war with Iraq has angered...

United States
  • Mar 19, 2003
  • 7 min read

CHINA: Global engagement demands new foreign policy

Newly appointed Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing is continuing to urge diplomatic efforts to avoid a...

China