Tag: World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 11:02 UTC

  Brazil wants detailed investigation into Canada's aerospace industry “subsidies”

  

  Canada has urged the World Trade Organization to block attempts by Brazil to trigger a detailed investigation of its aerospace industry to buttress its case that subsidies to Bombardier caused “serious prejudice” to Brazil’s Embraer. The procedural move by Canada comes a month after the WTO agreed to set up a panel to investigate Brazil’s claim that Canada provided harmful aid to the CSeries jet.

• Thursday, September 21st 2017 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina claims at UN its Falklands/Malvinas “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty rights

  

  Argentine vice-president Gabriela Michetti ratified before the United Nations General Assembly her country's “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the disputed Falkland/Malvinas Islands and made a new call on the United Kingdom to resume “bilateral negotiations”

• Thursday, September 7th 2017 - 19:51 UTC

  Round for Boeing in the ongoing WTO dispute with Airbus

  

  US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has won a victory in a long-running dispute with European rival Airbus. The World Trade Organization has reversed on appeal a ruling that Boeing received some state aid to help build its newest aircraft, the 777X.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 23:38 UTC

  Qatar files a complaint to WTO on the trade embargo imposed by Gulf neighbors

  

  Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over a trade embargo imposed by its Gulf neighbors. The complaint accuses Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates of violating the trade group's “core laws and conventions on trade of goods and services, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property,” according to a statement from Qatar's ministry of economy and commerce.

• Friday, April 28th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Joint Statement from President Donald J. Trump and President Mauricio Macri

  

  President Donald J. Trump hosted President Mauricio Macri of Argentina (Thursday 27 April) to discuss ways to deepen the close partnership between the United States and Argentina.

• Monday, December 12th 2016 - 17:51 UTC

  US, EU and Japan do not recognize China as market economy: Beijing anticipates retaliation

  

  China's battle for recognition as a market economy that would help it avoid penalties from key trade partners has been thwarted, as a key clause in Beijing's deal to join the WTO expired on Sunday.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:01 UTC

  US told by WTO to drop a special tax exemption that benefits Boeing

  

  United States was given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 13:49 UTC

  Trump not believed to dare start tariffs war out of fear of WTO fines

  

  Zhang Xiangchen, China's deputy international trade representative, said his country would defend its rights under World Trade Organization tariff rules should Trump uphold his campaign threats to levy punitive duties on China-made goods, which, according to an Auxtralian expert, is “very unlikely” to happen.

• Monday, October 10th 2016 - 10:14 UTC

  Brexit controversy: UK major business call on PM May to preserve free trade with Europe

  

  A group of major business lobby groups has written an open letter urging the United Kingdom government to preserve barrier free trade with Europe. The letter is signed by leaders of the Confederation of British Industry, CBI, and manufacturers' body the EEF.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2016 - 10:04 UTC

  Global trade set to grow at its slowest pace since 2009 financial crisis warns WTO

  

  The World Trade Organization Tuesday lowered its global trade forecast, warning that anti-globalization rhetoric and Brexit were pushing trade growth to its slowest pace since the financial crisis. The warning comes as talks on a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and the United States faces stiff opposition and Britain’s EU exit causes jitters.