WTO

  • Dec 9, 2003
  • 7 min read

CHINA/US: Trade and Taiwan to fore in Bush-Wen talks

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will meet today with US President George Bush. Wen's first...

China
  • Dec 8, 2003
  • 7 min read

SAUDI ARABIA: Banking opening increases competition

Major foreign banks are investigating the possibility of opening branches in the kingdom...

Saudi Arabia
  • Dec 5, 2003
  • 8 min read

US/EU: Steel move may defuse other disputes

The Bush administration yesterday announced that it would rescind the tariffs it imposed last...

United States
  • Dec 5, 2003
  • 6 min read

PROSPECTS 2004: Trade will grow - and so will disputes

World trade growth should accelerate in 2004, but from a low base. Prospects for trade policy are...

  • Nov 19, 2003
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UNITED STATES: Trade strategy meets numerous setbacks

Western Hemisphere trade ministers are meeting in Miami this week to try to kick start the Free...

United States
  • Nov 18, 2003
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RUSSIA/INDIA: Summit masks underlying differences

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visited Russia last week. Russo-Indian relations are...

Russia
  • Nov 14, 2003
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UNITED STATES: Delaying tactic to mark steel strategy

The WTO appellate body on November 10 issued its final ruling on US steel safeguards, declaring...

United States
  • Nov 14, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/EU: Summit reveals stagnating relationship

The latest EU-Russia summit took place in Rome last week. The Rome summit highlighted many...

Russia