World Trade Organization

WTO Chief Says Rich Must Open Markets to Poor

By Dominic Evans LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore said on Tuesday that opening up the markets of wealthy nations to exports from the poorest countries was a crucial pillar of free trade.

Lott Slams Clinton for Failing to Move China Pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Trent Lott on Tuesday accused the Clinton administration of failing to press for passage of a landmark trade agreement with China and warned the deal was at risk of failing.

Trade Wars Become the Thrilla on the Hill

U.S. News 3/6/00 Strange allies line up for a high-stakes fight By Jodie T. Allen

U.S. Sees Swift Senate Vote on China Trade Pact

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is likely to vote on a landmark trade agreement with China shortly after President Clinton submits the legislation this week, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said Monday.

WTO""s Mendoza Says Members Willing to Make Progress

HONG KONG, March 7 (Reuters) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) deputy director general Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza said on Tuesday member countries were now more willing to cooperate than before the Seattle round of negotiations. "We are moving from the confrontation of the pre-Seattle environment to a much more cooperative affair," Mendoza told a conference in Hong Kong.

Swift U.S. Senate Vote Seen on China Trade Pact

By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is pressing for a swift vote in the U.S. Senate on a landmark trade agreement with China, hoping to score an early victory that would put pressure on a bitterly divided House of Representatives.

U.S. Corn Exports to China Can Triple

ORLANDO, Fla., March 5 (Reuters) - The trade agreement negotiated by the United States with China last year can triple annual U.S. corn exports to the Asian country, the National Corn Growers Association President Lynn Jensen said on Sunday.

China Debates Impact of Joining WTO

By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - Legions of jobless farmers, backward factories bankrupted by foreign competition, Chinese products banished by Western brand names - for some in China, the prospect of joining the World Trade Organization conjures up nightmarish scenarios.

Clinton to Propose China Trade Legislation Soon

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 (Reuters) - President Bill Clinton next week will officially begin his uphill battle with Congress to pass trade legislation for China that would pave the way for it to enter the World Trade Organization, White House officials said on Friday.

WTO Ruling Hurts Canada""s Generic Drug Manufacturers

The Ottawa Citizen / By James Baxter Canadian generic drug manufacturers were handed a setback by the World Trade Organization yesterday after Canada's patent regime was found to violate global trade rules.