WTO

  • Apr 22, 2004
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Pragmatism marks new South-South talks

Although wrapped in a rhetoric of expanding 'South-South' trade as well as facilitating security...

International
  • Apr 20, 2004
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: High prices undercut global steel talks

The OECD High-Level Steel Initiative, launched in 2001 to reduce overcapacity and eliminate...

International
  • Mar 22, 2004
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INTERNATIONAL: US meets G20 for WTO talks in Geneva

WTO Doha Round agricultural trade talks resume today in Geneva. The talks come six months after...

International
  • Mar 19, 2004
  • 8 min read

INTERNATIONAL: IMF awaits a new managing director

Incoming Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on March 17 that Rodrigo Rato...

International
  • Feb 20, 2004
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Doha round hangs on farm talks

WTO Doha Round talks on agriculture re-start on March 22. Six months after the collapse of the...

International
  • Feb 17, 2004
  • 8 min read

US/VIETNAM: Ties flounder over religious freedoms

The US State Department will soon announce whether it is to designate Vietnam as a 'Country of...

United States
  • Jan 30, 2004
  • 7 min read

US/CANADA: No end in sight to lumber dispute

A WTO appeals panel ruled on January 19 that the US decision to impose countervailing duties in...

United States
  • Jan 29, 2004
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Zoellick letter brightens trade outlook

A January 11 letter from US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has provided some much-needed...

International