WTO

  • Jul 3, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Many benefit from farm trade status quo

Trade negotiators failed to move Doha Round negotiations forward in Geneva this weekend....

International
  • Jun 22, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Doha dogged by big picture blindness

With an end-of-June deadline looming, WTO ministers and senior officials meet in Geneva next week...

International
  • May 26, 2006
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VIETNAM/US: Trade deal facilitates WTO entry

The United States was the last WTO member with which Vietnam had to strike a bilateral deal in...

Vietnam
  • May 26, 2006
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UNITED STATES: Schwab faces difficult challenges

Schwab replaces Rob Portman, who was tapped by President George Bush to replace Joshua Bolten as...

United States
  • May 11, 2006
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RUSSIA: Putin throws money at army and families

President Vladimir Putin delivered his seventh annual address to the Federal Assembly yesterday....

Russia
  • May 1, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Lack of commitment threatens Doha Round

Another WTO Doha round deadline passed yesterday without agreement. Although widely anticipated,...

International
  • Mar 31, 2006
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RUSSIA: Nationalisation moves reveal Kremlin's logic

The board of directors of Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ agreed on March 22 to transfer the...

Russia
  • Mar 23, 2006
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INTERNATIONAL: Free trade pacts are bad for business

The WTO yesterday issued a report criticising the US pursuit of free trade agreements. The report...

International