WTO

  • Nov 8, 2002
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CHINA: Congress opens

President Jiang Zemin today pledged to attract more foreign investment and to open China's...

China
  • Nov 7, 2002
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WEST AFRICA: Cotton threats

The threat to the survival of the region's cotton sector has focused renewed attention on the...

West Africa
  • Nov 7, 2002
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RUSSIA: Enterprise economy?

Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov has called on the cabinet to take urgent measures to counter...

Russia
  • Nov 7, 2002
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CHINA: Intellectual property regulation

The country's efforts to update its intellectual property legislation have met a cautious...

China
  • Nov 6, 2002
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TAIWAN: Trade policy

Although Taipei has pursued increased trade liberalisation and completed its first year of WTO...

Taiwan
  • Oct 29, 2002
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UNITED STATES: Export subsidy dispute

Congress recessed this month without reaching agreement on how to respond to a WTO ruling that...

United States
  • Oct 29, 2002
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CHINA: Banking risk

The dominant state-owned banks present the largest source of systemic risk for the banking...

China
  • Oct 28, 2002
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PHILIPPINES/AUSTRALIA: Trade row

The decade-long trade row over non-tariff barriers against Philippine exports of tropical...

Philippines