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Bejing -
A US threat to pull recognition of China's "developing nation" status at the World Trade Organisation is a pressure tactic ahead of this week's trade talks and is bound to fail, a commentary in state media said Monday.
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Washington -
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withdraw recognition of the special "developing nation" status of China and other relatively rich countries at the World Trade Organization unless changes are made to the body's rules.
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Apo -
Japan Friday attacked an "extremely regrettable" ruling by the World Trade Organization that upheld a ban by South Korea on some seafood from Fukushima imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster.
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Washington -
Washington's top trade official on Tuesday said the United States and China are likely to conclude their trade negotiations within "weeks" -- but a successful outcome is not assured.
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Davos -
Ministers from 75 countries -- including the US and China -- agreed Friday to launch talks towards establishing global rules on e-commerce at the WTO in a rare victory for international cooperation.
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Geneva -
Venezuela launched a legal challenge at the World Trade Organization Tuesday against a raft of US sanctions, even as Washington announced new measures targeting the crisis-hit country.
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Geneva -
The US and China renewed hostilities at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, with Washington accusing Beijing of expecting impunity despite countless violations.
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Washington -
All countries will lose in a global trade war, the head of the world's trade referee warned in a speech on Wednesday.
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Geneva -
The World Trade Organization agreed Tuesday to hear complaints from Switzerland and India over US steel and aluminium tariffs, bringing the total number of such complaints it is reviewing to nine.
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Geneva -
The world's biggest economies slapped import restrictions on nearly half a trillion dollars' worth of trade over the past six months, the World Trade Organization said Thursday, voicing "serious concern".
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Ottawa -
Thirteen trade ministers representing all regions of the world met in Ottawa on Thursday to come up with proposed reforms to the troubled global trading system.
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London -
Escalating trade wars "pose real risks" to the global economy, potentially threatening millions of jobs, head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo warned in a London speech on Wednesday.
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Geneva -
Major consequences of the tit-for-tat tariffs being levied by top economies are not evident yet "but they will come" and will wreak havoc across the global economy, the World Trade Organization chief warned Wednesday.
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Berlin -
World Trade Organization chief Roberto Azevedo warned Monday against a damaging "escalation" of trade tensions between the United States and other major economies, following a divisive G7 summit.
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Mexico -
Mexico said on Monday it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over US tariffs on its steel and aluminum.
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Mexico -
Mexico said on Monday it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over US tariffs on its steel and aluminum.
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Ottawa -
Canada filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization in response to "illegal" US tariffs on imports of Canadian steel and aluminum, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday.
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Paris -
French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for talks on overhauling the World Trade Organization, as European companies braced for the prospect of punishing US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
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Geneva -
India has opened a World Trade Organization challenge against the steel and aluminium tariffs imposed by the United States, a document circulated to WTO members on Wednesday said.
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Geneva -
China and the United States swapped accusations in an "extraordinary" exchange at the World Trade Organization on Tuesday ahead of fresh talks between the top two economies on averting a trade war.
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Geneva -
An international organisation that Donald Trump demeans, undermines and then embraces when it suits his interests: probably sounds familiar within NATO, or the UN.Now it's time to add the World Trade Organization to the list.
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Washington -
The United States launched Friday a challenge at the World Trade Organization against China over intellectual property breaches, a statement said.
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Geneva -
The United States has proposed World Trade Organization reforms that would punish members for violating basic rules, in what appears to be another move by Washington targeting China, according to documents seen by AFP Wednesday.
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London -
Tributes were paid Monday to Irish national Peter Sutherland after the WTO's first director general and former chairman of energy giant BP died at the weekend after a long illness.
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Buenos Aires -
The World Trade Organization concluded a ministerial meeting Wednesday with nothing significant to boast -- a meager outcome for its first gathering in the Donald Trump era.
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Buenos Aires -
The top US trade representative launched a broadside at the World Trade Organization on Monday, accusing it of losing its focus on trade negotiation and becoming a "litigation-centered" body.
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Buenos Aires -
The World Trade Organization opened a conference Sunday under the cloud of US hostility to multilateral trade accords.The 164-member WTO is also wracked by disagreements over China and has been struggling to kickstart stalled trade talks.
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Buenos Aires -
Under fire from the United States, wracked by disagreements over China and unable to kickstart stalled trade talks, the World Trade Organization meets under a cloud in Argentina from Sunday.
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Geneva -
The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday he had had no indication the United States would move to leave the WTO under Donald Trump's administration.
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Tokyo -
Japan is challenging South Korea's import bans and increased restrictions on foods from Japan after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. On Thursday, the central government filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization.
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Director-General Roberto Azevedo gives a thumbs-up as he greets delegates after the closing ceremony of the ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali With permission by Reuters / Edgar Su
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The ninth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali With permission by Reuters / Edgar Su
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