Tag: World Trade Organisation (WTO)

• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 23:00 UTC

  New WTO chief says it’s time for ‘modulating’ ambition and pushing protectionism back

  

  Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo vowed to revive the deadlocked World Trade Organisation, as he was confirmed this week as the incoming leader of the body which sets the rules for global commerce.

• Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 22:11 UTC

  A Brazilian or a Mexican will replace Lamy as head of World Trade Organization

  

  The next head of the World Trade Organization will be either Mexico's Herminio Blanco or Brazil's Roberto Azevedo, guaranteeing a Latin American nation will hold the top job at the global trade body for the first time, although they made it to the short list in previous occasions-.

• Friday, April 19th 2013 - 02:38 UTC

  France conditions EU/US trade talks to the exclusion of cultural items

  

  France said it would block proposed negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States unless cultural sectors, such as television and radio, were excluded from the talks.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 04:37 UTC

  Leading nations question legitimacy of Brazil’s measures to protect manufacturing

  

  The European Union, United States and Japan presented a formal complaint before the World Trade Organization questioning the legitimacy of some measures adopted by Brazil to protect domestic manufacturing, particularly in the auto industry.

• 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.