Tag: Ron Kirk

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 18:46 UTC

  WTO upholds ruling favouring the US in steel products dispute with China

  

  The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has upheld its decision that China's tariffs on imports of certain US steel products were illegal. Beijing had imposed duties on a particular kind of US steel, alleging that its makers were being given subsidies by the US government.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:48 UTC

  US calls on Brazil to reconsider proposed tariff increases in Brazil and Mercosur

  

  US Trade Representative Ron Kirk urged the Brazilian government in a letter sent on Wednesday to reconsider plans for “protectionist” tariff increases expected to hurt US exports.

• Monday, December 19th 2011 - 07:26 UTC

  President Obama wants to re-float a free trade agreement with South America

  

  United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the administration of President Barack Obama is intent in reaching a free trade agreement with South America and called for a greater opening of the Brazilian economy.

• Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:38 UTC

  WTO deal on government buying, opens 100bn dollars of government contracts

  

  The World Trade Organization reached on Thursday a landmark reform on its Government Procurement Agreement, opening 100 billion dollars of government contracts to foreign competition and paving the way for more countries, including China, to join the pact.

• Friday, May 13th 2011 - 01:01 UTC

  US trade deals with Colombia, Panama and Korea could be approved ‘by August’

  

  The United States free trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea will pass through Congress by August if Republicans renew funding for the retraining of displaced workers, the chief U.S. trade official said Thursday.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:01 UTC

  Colombia and Obama closer to having US Congress approve free trade agreement

  

  White House officials said the United States and Colombia have reached a deal on a free trade agreement. President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are to meet Thursday to discuss the deal.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Chile further opens its market to US beef and beef products

  

  United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced this week that US producers are now eligible to ship a larger array of US beef and beef products to Chile.