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Developing countries that are major textile and apparel exporters, such as China, India and Vietnam, are…
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Brazil put the U.S. on notice at a special World Trade Organization session that unless Washington "fully and…
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The surge in global trade growth has been strongly boosted by the worldwide drop in average tariffs.
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At a World Trade Organization forum here, the U.S. came under heavy pressure from other major countries over…
European Union Textile Jobs Tumble in ’07
The European Union's textile and apparel sector lost 165,000 jobs in 2007, or 6.4 percent of the workforce…
WHO Targets Tobacco Industry
The World Health Organization has lashed out at the tobacco industry for using cigarette brand logos in…
Key Trading Nations Attack U.S. Farm Bill
A group of the world's major trading powers led by Brazil and Australia slammed the new $289 billion U.S…
Nations at Odds Over New Doha Plan
A plan presented at the World Trade Organization aimed at trying to bring countries closer to an agreement in…
China Warns WTO on Global Trade Tensions
China's deputy minister of commerce, Qiu Hong, told a World Trade Organization session that trade…
EU Cites China as Top Counterfeit Source
China remained the main source of counterfeit goods in the European Union last year, with almost 60 percent…
China Minister Sounds Protectionism Alert
Rising tensions, imbalance between investment and consumption seen as posing threat to world economy, WTO…
Revisions Offered on Industrial Goods
Revised offers from the chairman of the Doha Round industrial goods talks aimed at lowering duties on…
U.S. Farm Bill Could Threaten Doha Talks
The $300 billion farm bill passed by Congress last week by enough votes to sustain a threatened veto from…
U.S. Faces Growing Competition In Global Market, Report Finds
The U.S. has retained its status as the world's most competitive economy despite the credit crunch and the…