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The European Union is set to request formal consultations with China by the end of the week on two textiles…
Richest Nations Growing at Slower Rate
Projected economic growth in the world's top industrialized countries in 2005 has been revised to 2.6 percent…
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The Bush administration last week invoked a new batch of safeguards quotas, allowed under China's entry…
Banging the Drum on China
NEW YORK — The chorus of voices complaining about China's trade practices has grown in recent months to…
U.S. Still Tops in Global Competitiveness
GENEVA — The U.S. retained its top ranking as the world's most competitive economy in 2005, spurred by the…
Egypt Finds a Place in Post-Quota World
GENEVA — Egypt is counting on investment to improve productivity and a recently completed free-trade…
African Nations Need Export Plan
GENEVA — Poor African apparel exporting nations need to diversify their product mix away from commodity-type…
Pascal Lamy’s WTO Election Lauded
Pascal Lamy, the former EU Trade Commissioner elected Friday to head the World Trade Organization, was lauded…
Trade Stakes Raised at Paris Parley
The U.S. plans to urge developing countries to drop tariffs on industrial goods in exchange for wealthy…
Lamy Takes Lead To Be WTO Chief
Former EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy emerged as the front-runner for WTO director general after the…
EU, WTO Squabble Over Safeguards
EU trade officials vowed to push forward in their review of whether to impose limits on China after the WTO…