International Business News - WTO http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Canada filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Tuesday over a new U.S. law that requires retailers to provide country-of-origin labeling for fresh beef and pork, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/canada-hauls-us-to-wto-over-beef-pork-rules.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:58:36 EST The World Trade Organization has ruled that the European Union's import taxes for bananas break global commerce rules, putting some Latin American countries at an unfair disadvantage against former French and British colonies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/wto-rules-against-eu-in-bananas-row-with-ecuador.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:44:35 EST The World Trade Organization opened an investigation Monday into Thai import charges on foreign cigarettes, acting on a complaint from the Philippines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/wto-probes-thai-barriers-to-foreign-cigarettes.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:28:25 EST China has agreed to loosen controls on financial news providers in an out-of-court settlement of a dispute with the United States, the European Union and Canada. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/china-agrees-to-loosen-controls-on-news-providers.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:12:20 EST The World Trade Organization's French director-general Pascal Lamy will seek another four-year term heading the body that sets rules for global commerce. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/wto-chief-lamy-seeks-another-four-year-term.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:23:21 EST The World Trade Organization has summoned leaders of top banks to find new ways to finance the global exchange of goods and services, which faces a slowdown because of the tight credit constraints caused by the financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/wto-meeting-to-ease-credit-shortage-for-trade.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:31:53 EST The United States has six months to bring its taxes on imports of Mexican steel in line with international commerce rules, the World Trade Organization said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/wto-us-has-6-months-to-fix-mexican-steel-charges.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:02:26 EDT A World Trade Organization appeals panel issued a ruling Thursday in a U.S.-India dispute over tariffs on American wine and spirits, but the decision neither overturned nor upheld an earlier ruling that sided with India. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/wto-issues-in-us-india-wine-dispute.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:07:03 EDT The World Trade Organization ruled Thursday that the European Union can continue banning imports of hormone-treated beef from the United States and Canada, but those countries can also impose trade sanctions on European products for doing so. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/wto-appeals-panel-faults-eu-hormone-ruling.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:26:17 EDT China used a World Trade Organization meeting Thursday to criticize countries that have banned Chinese milk since the discovery that some of the country's dairy products were laced with the industrial chemical melamine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/china-protests-milk-import-bans-at-wto-meeting.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:59:38 EDT The World Trade Organization has partly sided with the United States in a dispute with China over product piracy, officials said Thursday. The WTO panel faulted China for not prosecuting pirates who copy CDs and DVDs before they are passed by censors, one trade diplomat who had reviewed the interim ruling said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/official-wto-faults-china-in-piracy-dispute.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:21:06 EDT The World Trade Organization ruled largely against the United States on Wednesday in a dispute over American dumping charges on imports of 52 European products, from stainless steel and ball bearings to pasta. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/wto-condemns-us-charges-on-european-products.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:45:56 EDT The World Trade Organization will examine whether Japan is complying with a ruling against its punitive import charge on South Korean computer chips. The WTO has twice ruled against a 27.2 percent charge Tokyo levies on dynamic random access memory made by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. Earlier this year, the WTO gave Japan until Sept. 1 to bring the tariff in line with international trade rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/wto-probes-japanese-tariff-on-hynix-computer-chips.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:23:52 EDT The World Trade Organization launched an investigation Tuesday into European taxes on imports of high-tech goods, acting on a complaint by the U.S., Japan and Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/wto-probes-eu-taxes-on-tech-goods-from-us-asia.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:02:33 EDT The European Union filed a formal complaint against India at the World Trade Organization on Monday, disputing the Asian nation's tariffs on wine and spirits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/eu-files-wto-case-against-indias-spirits-tariffs.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:04:26 EDT China filed a formal complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization on Friday, disputing U.S. charges on certain steel pipes, tires and woven sacks from China. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/china-files-complaint-over-us-import-fees.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:26:17 EDT China on Monday appealed its first legal defeat at the World Trade Organization, a ruling in favor of the United States, European Union and Canada in a dispute over car parts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/china-appeals-auto-parts-ruling-first-wto-loss.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:45:41 EDT Under pressure from the United States and Asia, the European Union proposed Monday to eliminate taxes on imports of newly developed high-tech goods in the hope of avoiding a lengthy and costly World Trade Organization dispute. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/eu-proposes-to-cut-tech-tariffs-under-us-pressure.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:00:28 EDT South Korea will ask the World Trade Organization to investigate Japan's compliance with a ruling against the punitive charge it imposes on imports of high-tech computer chips. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/korea-takes-japan-back-to-wto-in-hynix-dispute.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:01:11 EDT The United States is sending its top agriculture negotiator to Geneva next week as part of efforts to revive long-faltering global trade talks. Joe Glauber will meet with senior officials from other members of the World Trade Organization. The meetings are "aimed at taking stock and creating a path forward in the agriculture negotiations," Sean Spicer, spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative, said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/us-sending-top-agriculture-negotiator-to-geneva.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:35:02 EDT