World Trade Organization

U.S. Loses WTO Steel Case

Associated Press | By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) -- The World Trade Organization ruled Wednesday that the United States had acted illegally in deciding to increase duties on Japanese steel imports.

EU to Make New Push for Global Trade Talks

Reuters / By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The European Union hopes World Trade Organisation members can agree by the northern summer on the broad outline of a declaration launching new global trade talks that would be adopted by ministers in November in Qatar.

U.S. May Reconsider China""s MFN Status

The Daily Yomiuri / Yomiuri Shimbun The U.S. Congress likely will reconsider a plan to grant permanent most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status to China if the country does not join the World Trade Organization by June, trade sources in Tokyo said Tuesday.

Final Resolution from the Second Prepcom On Finance for Development

The International Conference on Financing for Development will be held in Mexico in 2002 at the highest political level including a summit, the concluding resolution of the second FfD Preparatory Committee recommended on Friday 23 February 2001. (Full text of the resolution is available on the FfD website : www.un.org/esa/ffd).

Liberate Trade, Not Paranoia

An op-ed published in the Globe And Mail by WTO Director General Mike Moore. The world needs an international agreement on services - not rhetoric from merchants of fear about threats to national autonomy, says WTO boss MIKE MOORE MIKE MOORE Wednesday, February 21, 2001

WTO Director General Sees July As Decision Point For Qatar

Inside US Trade February 23, 2001

EU Commissioner Eyes Summer 2001 China WTO Entry

Reuters HONG KONG, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Talks on China's much anticipated entry into the World Trade Organisation could be wrapped up by March, with its entry to the trade club expected in the summer, European Union official Pascal Lamy said on Monday.

US Warns of Punitive Duties on Canadian Goods in Dairy Subsidy Dispute

Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (AFP) - The United States warned Friday it was ready to slap punitive duties on Canadian products with an export value of up to 35 million dollars in a lingering row over Canada's financial support for its dairy industry.

French Farmer Appeals Jail Sentence

Associated Press / By ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press Writer MONTPELLIER, France (AP) - A French sheep farmer who became famous for his fight against globalization was in court Thursday to appeal a three-month jail sentence for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant.

APEC Senior Officials Feel Urgency about Chinese Entry into WTO

Agence France Presse BEIJING, Feb 13 (AFP) - Senior officials from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, meeting in Beijing, agreed China should enter the World Trade Organization as soon as possible.