World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being on 1 January 1995, and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947, and continued to operate for almost five decades as a de facto international organization. The World Trade Organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a near-global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new... read more
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Should We Start a Solar Panel Trade War with China?
From The New Republic Dated 9 September 2010 These days I do believe we're supposed to hail China as our clean-energy overlords. The country now produces half the world's wind turbines and half its solar panels. How did the Chinese do it? Partly through aggressive renewable-energy laws and...
Steelworkers File China Trade Complaint
From The Wall Street Journal Dated 9 September 2010 The U.S. Steelworkers union formally requested a U.S. trade investigation into China's policies to support its burgeoning green-technology sector, in a case that could end up before the WTO.
On Clean Energy, China Skirts Rules
From Sarasota Herald-Tribune Dated 9 September 2010 Big government subsidies for clean energy companies, like cheap land and low-interest loans, may be in violation of W.T.O. rules.
Brazilian mouse made US elephant run on trade, says Lula
From The Malaysian Insider Dated 8 September 2010 BRASILIA, Sept 9 — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva boasted yesterday of having won trade disputes against the United States and likened his country to a mouse that scared an elephant. “We had a fight with the United...
EU suspends WTO sanction bid against US in dumping dispute
From EUbusiness Dated 8 September 2010 The European Union says it has suspended a request at the World Trade Organization for the right to impose sanctions on Washington over a controversial US anti-dumping calculation.
EU suspends WTO dumping sanction bid against US
From France 24 Dated 8 September 2010 The European Union said Wednesday it had suspended a request at the World Trade Organization for the right to impose sanctions on Washington over a controversial US anti-dumping calculation."Yesterday the European Union and the United States asked the arbitration panel...
China film law won't be ready for March
From Hollywood Reporter Dated 8 September 2010 Compliance with WTO ruling still up in the air
WTO to issue Boeing subsidies verdict Sept. 15: source
From Sydney Morning Herald Dated 6 September 2010 The World Trade Organization will issue its long-awaited opinion on Europe's challenge to American subsidies to US aerospace giant Boeing next week, a source close to the matter said Monday.
WTO to issue Boeing subsidies verdict Sep 15
From EUbusiness Dated 6 September 2010 The World Trade Organization will issue its long-awaited opinion on Europe's challenge to American subsidies to US aerospace giant Boeing next week, says a source close to the matter.
World trade will grow 10 percent this year, says WTO chief
From International Business Times Dated 6 September 2010 Global trade is on course to hit 10 percent growth this year, said World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Monday.
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