WTO

  • Apr 23, 2002
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA: WTO accession promises spur for reform

On April 24-25, the Working Group on Russia's accession to the WTO will consider the draft final...

Russia
  • Apr 23, 2002
  • 1 min read

RUSSIA: WTO membership

WTO membership offers the country real potential benefits, not least because the drive to meet...

Russia
  • Apr 18, 2002
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INTERNATIONAL: US moves lend urgency to steel summit

OECD members meet in Paris today and tomorrow in the fourth high-level forum on reducing global...

International
  • Apr 18, 2002
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INTERNATIONAL: Steel summit

The world steel trade is more unsettled than at any time in the last twenty years.

International
  • Apr 17, 2002
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INTERNATIONAL: WTO grapples with investment issues

Negotiations should start next year within the Doha Round on a multilateral agreement to make...

International
  • Apr 17, 2002
  • 1 min read

INTERNATIONAL: WTO investment accord

Any investment accord that emerges from the WTO Doha Round will probably be modest in its...

International
  • Apr 15, 2002
  • 6 min read

SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Region prepared for next El Nino

The last El Nino coincided with and exacerbated the effects of the 1997-98 East Asian economic...

  • Apr 12, 2002
  • 6 min read

SOUTH EAST ASIA: Auto sector set for consolidation

Foreign investment has picked up in anticipation of enhanced access under the ASEAN Free Trade...