Taiwan threatens WTO action after China stops grouper fish imports
TAIPEI – Taiwan’s government threatened to take Beijing to the World Trade Organization on Saturday after China suspended the import of grouper fish from the island saying it had detected banned chemicals,…
WTO chief warns against retreat from global trade
WASHINGTON – Fragmentation of the global economy and a retreat from global trade would make countries more vulnerable to production shocks arising from natural disasters and outbreaks of fatal diseases, the head…
EU launches first WTO challenge against Britain over green subsidies
BRUSSELS – The European Union has launched its first ever challenge against Britain at the World Trade Organization over its former member’s green subsidy scheme. The European Commission, which oversees trade policy…
U.S, EU, allies block Belarus’ bid to join WTO
BRUSSELS – The United States, the European Union and largely western allies have blocked Belarus’ bid to join the World Trade Organization, saying its complicity in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes it…
WTO trade talks in disarray amid Ukraine tensions – sources
By Emma Farge GENEVA – Western countries are refusing to engage with Russia at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva in a coordinated move that has already led to negotiations seizing…
U.S. Senate confirms Pagán as top trade official at WTO
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 80 to 19 to confirm Maria Pagán as the top U.S. trade official in Geneva and Washington’s representative at the World Trade Organization. Pagán,…
Explainer-Ousting Russia from WTO, IMF would mark end of an era
By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – Amid the devastation of World War Two, the United States and its allies created the institutions that have governed the post-war global economic order,…
EU launches WTO dispute against China over telecom patents
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS -The European Union launched a legal challenge against China at the World Trade Organization on Friday, arguing that Chinese courts were preventing European companies from protecting their telecom…
EU challenges China at WTO over trade curbs on Lithuania
BRUSSELS -The European Union launched a challenge at the World Trade Organization on Thursday accusing China of discriminatory trade practices against Lithuania that it says threaten the integrity of the EU’s single…
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