World Trade Organization

EU Says South Korea Not a Developing Country

GENEVA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The European Union said on Wednesday that South Korea had no right to claim treatment as a developing country in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The complaint was voiced by an EU envoy during discussion in the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on a recent ruling against Seoul over rules it sets on how beef is sold in the country's shops.

Senator: U.S. Unlikely to Overturn Anti-Dumping Law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is unlikely to overturn a new anti-dumping measure unless ordered to by the World Trade Organization, a leading U.S. senator told Reuters.

A Dissenting Voice in Labor""s Ranks: Taking Aim at the World Trade Organization

Human Rights for Workers / Bulletin No. V-15 / http://www.senser.com / Robert A. Senser, editor, [email protected].

Nod for WTO Agriculture Agreement

The Hindu / By Sushma Ramachandran

Trade Winds Gathering Force

When they look back at us with the knowledge that only the future can bring, tomorrow's generations may well mark 2001 as the year of a new beginning--or the year of an ignominious ending--for a remarkably beneficial time in which world trade raised many boats.

Is WTO in Danger?

by Stephen H. Dunphy, Seattle Times business columnist / The Seattle Times WTO MEMBER NATIONS increasingly are negotiating trade deals outside the world organization, which calls into question the WTO's future.

U.S. Trade, Not WTO, the Top Priority

The Edmonton Journal Pierre Pettigrew set to fight subsidies in agricultural dispute James Baxter, Southam Newspapers; Southam News Hopes for a new round of WTO negotiations will have to take a back seat next year to the meat-and-potatoes issues that dominate Canada's billion-dollar-a-day trade with the United States, Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew says.

WTO Agrees to Accept Private Contributions

Los Angeles Times TRADE: AS THE GROUP CREATES RULES TO PERMIT DONATIONS AND PREVENT CONFLICTS, IT SAYS IT WILL NOT ALLOW MONEY FROM CORPORATIONS. JONATHAN PETERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON -- The World Trade Organization, blasted by some as a symbol of corporate greed, has a special request for the New Year: Send cash.

Bush Said Could End Trade Stalemate

By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) - President-elect Bush's trade policies are similar to the outgoing administration's, but there is one big difference: President Clinton has sought labor and environmental standards in global trade treaties, a demand Bush does not support.