World Trade Organization

China""s Slow Response to Ag Agreement Draws Scrutiny

Outside Influences Chinese leaders are failing to follow through on a major agricultural trade agreement--a critical misstep that could hamper efforts to convince Congress to grant China permanent normal trading relations status, according to top lobbyists working the issue. By not making new food purchases and by being slow to finalize agreements with individual U.S.

U.S. Loses Dispute on Export Sales

New York Times | By JOSEPH KAHN | February 23, 2000 WASHINGTON - The United States has suffered its largest defeat ever in a trade battle, losing a dispute with Europe about tax policies in a ruling that deals a blow to trans-Atlantic relations and could force American companies to pay billions of dollars more in taxes each year.

Recordings Show Seattle Police Overmatched During WTO Mtg

The Wall Street Journal SEATTLE (AP)--The World Trade Organization meeting three months ago touched off an urban war the Seattle Police Department may have lost before it even began.

EU Says Still Gaps in WTO Talks With China

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - The European Union and China remained far apart in talks in Beijing aimed at hammering out a deal to bring China into the World Trade Organization, an EU source said on Tuesday.

China, EU Resume Talks to Clear WTO Obstacles

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and European Union trade officials went into a second day of market-opening talks on Tuesday in a bid to surmount the biggest remaining obstacle to China's membership in the World Trade Organization.

China Drives Closer to WTO Entry

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China kept up the momentum in its drive to enter the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, striking a deal with India as crucial negotiations with the European Union entered a second day.

China, India Sign WTO Pact; EU Talks Go On

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China kept up the momentum in its drive to enter the World Trade Organization on Tuesday, signing a deal with India and holding a second day of crucial negotiations with the European Union.

Australia Divided over WTO Ruling

Tasmanian Premier Jim Bacon said the Tasmanian Government would not buckle to pressure from the WTO and the Australian Federal Government to weaken its quarantine laws and allow raw salmon into the state. "This is not a trade issue. This issue is about the protection of Tasmania's reputation as a producer of fine quality, disease free food."

China Looks to Clinch WTO Deal

BEIJING (AP) - Greater access to China's markets was the main issue as talks resumed Monday with the European Union on Beijing's bid to join the World Trade Organization. Long Yongtu, a top Chinese trade negotiator, and Hans-Freidrich Beseler, the European Commission's director general for trade, were heading the talks.

China, EU to Resume WTO Talks on Tuesday

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese and EU negotiators held a new round of market-opening talks on Monday to try to hammer out a deal that would remove the biggest remaining obstacle to China's membership in the World Trade Organization. EU officials refused to comment on the technical negotiations beyond confirming the talks would resume on Tuesday as scheduled.