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UKRAINE: WTO accession may slip beyond early 2004
Parliament held special hearings on July 8 to review the country's progress towards accession to...
UkraineUS/INTERNATIONAL: WTO steel ruling
The WTO issued a formal finding on July 11 that steel tariffs imposed last year by the Bush...
United StatesINTERNATIONAL: What next for textiles when quotas end?
The elimination will largely affect producers in developing countries, and will probably shift...
InternationalEUROPEAN UNION: GM labelling
The European Parliament (EP) yesterday approved two pieces of legislation on genetically modified...
CHINA: Foreign entrants to aid semiconductor industry
China currently provides one of few global sources of demand for semiconductors. With strong...
ChinaINTERNATIONAL: Narrow scope for WTO investment talks
The terms of the debate on the general framework and ambitions of a WTO-based accord on...
InternationalCHINA/HONG KONG: Free trade fillip
China and Hong Kong yesterday signed a bilateral free trade agreement.
Hong KongRUSSIA/EU: St Petersburg meeting short on substance
The eleventh EU-Russia summit was business as usual: the joint statement issued at the end of...
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