Tag: World Trade Organization

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil clashes with Indonesia over the blocking of poultry exports

  

  The Brazilian government has formally asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to open a panel to investigate Indonesian policies on Brazil's poultry exports, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Canada joins France, Germany and Japan at the Alliance for Multilateralism

  

  Canada has formally joined a German-French coalition aimed at saving the international world order from destruction by various world dictators and autocrats — and U.S. President Donald Trump.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  China and EU meeting to address trade, markets and Beijing control of strategic industries

  

  China wants to work with the European Union on issues from climate change to trade, Premier Li Keqiang wrote in a German newspaper before a summit this week aimed at cementing ties.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  President Trump top advisor suggests the “eviction of China” from the WTO

  

  One of President Trump's top economic advisers has suggested there could be a case for “evicting China” from the World Trade Organization (WTO). In a BBC interview, Kevin Hassett chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers said China had “misbehaved” as a member of the WTO. He also claimed that the US had been failed by the organization.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  IMF's Lagarde: A no-deal Brexit would entail substantial costs for the UK economy

  

  The International Monetary Fund has warned that a “no-deal” Brexit on World Trade Organization terms would entail “substantial costs” for the UK economy. IMF said that all likely Brexit scenarios would “entail costs”, but a disorderly departure could lead to “a significantly worse outcome”.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  WTO backing for Brazil in the aircraft manufacturing subsidies dispute with Canada

  

  Brazil has secured World Trade Organization backing to press its claims against Canada in a dispute over what it says are unfair subsidies for Bombardier Inc.’s CSeries jets, a preliminary WTO ruling published this week showed.

• Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  US tariffs controversy: Temer urges a “friendly” solution before filing a complaint at WTO

  

  President Michel Temer said on Wednesday that Brazil will respond with caution to planned U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum to avoid hurting ties with its second-largest trade partner. But if talks fail, the president emphasized, Brazil will not hesitate to take a complaint to the World Trade Organization.

• Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 06:18 UTC

  Uruguay interested in joining negotiations to liberalize trade in services

  

  Uruguay has expressed an interest in actively participating in negotiations to liberalize trade in services in the framework of TISA, Trade in Services Agreement which recently held its seventh round of talks in Geneva.

• Friday, December 20th 2013 - 05:57 UTC

  Argentina files complaint with WTO against EU duties on bio-diesel

  

  Argentina has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against the European Union’s decision to impose anti-dumping duties on its biodiesel exports. The duties are “clearly protectionist” and will affect annual sales worth more than 1.5 billion, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday on its website.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2013 - 05:16 UTC

  U.S. and Europe talks advance towards liberalizing bilateral trade

  

  A week of trade talks in Brussels have taken the European Union and the United States a little closer to a deal to liberalize bilateral trade. EU officials say the trade relationship with the US is already the biggest in the world, worth more than 2bn Euros a day, but barriers remain, and removing them could make it even bigger. If it happens, the agreement would be huge, capable of changing the shape of global trade.