WTO
INTERNATIONAL: Trade and investment
Foreign direct investment shapes the direction and magnitude of international trade flows, yet...
InternationalCHINA/HONG KONG: Free trade fillip
China and Hong Kong yesterday signed a bilateral free trade agreement.
Hong KongRUSSIA/EU: Insubstantial summit
The eleventh EU-Russia summit in St Petersburg on May 31 issued a joint statement that was long...
RussiaTHAILAND: Courting Washington
Bangkok is likely to accommodate Washington's informal request to establish an anti-terrorism...
ThailandAPEC: Declining relevance?
APEC ministers met for the first time this year in the shadow of the Severe Acute Respiratory...
SOUTH KOREA: Shipbuilding dispute
The European Commission has complained to the WTO about "unfair South Korean shipbuilding...
South KoreaRUSSIA: Brand bandits
Although the authorities have stepped up efforts to protect intellectual property rights (IPRs),...
RussiaRUSSIA: Pursuing pirates
The illegal manufacture of audio recordings was worth an estimated 331 million dollars in 2002,...
Russia