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WTO chief says hopes of Doha deal are uncertain
Seoul :: South Korea | about 1 hour ago
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) chief urged members Monday to resist protectionist pressure in the wake of the economic crisis, but said hopes of an early deal to free up international commerce are uncertain. "In February this year, the global economic...
Tags: WTO, Pascal Lamy, South Korea, Seoul, Diplomatic conferences, Economic ideologies, International trade, Trade, Business Finance, Doha Development Round, World Trade Organization, Protectionism, Supachai Panitchpakdi
World trade to fall "unprecedented" 10 pct: Lamy (AFP)
Seoul :: South Korea | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Global trade this year is likely to fall by an "unprecedented" figure of more than 10 percent, the head of the World Trade Organisation said Monday. Pascal Lamy said governments have made progress in tackling the worst downturn for decades but much remains...
Tags: World Trade Organisation, South Korea, Seoul, International trade, Business Finance, World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, Lamy
No major pledges for poor in WTO meet
Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago
Credibility He said during the meeting ministers of Least Developed Countries expressed their doubt saying they do not believe that the meet will bring the end of Doha round in the Geneva conference. Faruk Khan was addressing a press conference after returning home...
Tags: Bangladesh Awami League, WTO, Geneva, Dhaka, Communist Party of China, Bangladesh, Dhāka, Environment, International trade, Politics, World Trade Organization, Sayed Ashraful Islam, Least Developed Countries, Ministerial Conference, Bangladesh Liberation War, Politics of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Barua, Doha Development Round, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Bangladeshi political families, Faruk Khan, Foreign relations of Bangladesh, Social Issues, Bengal, Year of birth missing, Diplomatic conferences, Kunming, Bangladeshi general election, Dilip Barua, Yunnan
WTO head warns against protectionism
Vienna :: Austria | 3 days ago
Credibility The head of the World Trade Organization has urged industrialized nations meting in Vienna not to close their markets to exports from developing nations. Director-General Pascal Lamay told delegates to a United Nations conference on so-called Less Developed...
Tags: Austria, Vienna, Business Finance, Least Developed Countries, Environment, International trade, Stock market crashes, World Trade Organization, Development, Cheick Sidi Diarra, Year of birth missing, Export, Diplomatic conferences, Financial crises, Kandeh Yumkella, Lamay District, Doha Development Round, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Debt
Iran anticipates joining WTO in 5 to 7 years
Tehrān :: Iran | 3 days ago
Credibility Earlier this week, some developing countries released a declaration at the conference, which said that politics should not influence the accession process. Iran is among several large countries, including Russia, that remain outside the WTO. The global...
Tags: Iran, WTO, Tehrān, G90, Politics, Ministerial Conference, World Trade Organization
Farming issue holds key: India
New Delhi :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility India has warned that the success of the Doha round will depend on meeting the concerns of the developing countries on the agriculture front including elimination or reduction of subsidies and removal of market access barriers in the developed countries.
Tags: developing countries, India, New Delhi, Diplomatic conferences, Non-Agricultural Market Access, International trade, Modalities, Business Finance, Doha Development Round, World Trade Organization, Market access, Agricultural economics
Rich nations under pressure on climate aid
New Delhi :: India | 4 days ago
Credibility But Connie Hedegaard, the Danish environment minister and conference chairwoman, said such commitments are crucial to persuading developing countries such as China and India to formalise their domestic commitments to curb emissions. Yvo de Boer, the UN’s...
Tags: climate change, India, global warming, climate talk, climate deal, carbon emissions, New Delhi, Environment, Carbon finance, Kyoto Protocol, Action on climate change, Emissions trading, Air pollution, Carbon dioxide, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, James Hansen, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Diplomatic conferences, Scientific opinion on climate change, Climatologists, Carbon neutrality, Energy economics, Polar Bears and Global Warming, World Trade Organization, Environmental skepticism, Carbon footprint, California Air Resources Board, Carbon credit, Clean Development Mechanism, Emission standards, Kevin E. Trenberth
No change in India's stand at WTO: Sharma
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 days ago
Credibility Sharma led the India delegation at the three-day WTO ministerial conference attended by trade ministers of 153 member-countries which ended in Geneva on Wednesday. New Delhi [ Images ] has been pressing for an effective safeguard mechanism to protect...
Tags: WTO Ministerial Conference, Doha Round, Geneva, trade organisation, Pascal Lamy, Switzerland, Doha, World Trade Organization, Diplomatic conferences, Ministerial Conference, Doha Development Round, Non-Agricultural Market Access, Trade, Chronology of the World Trade Organization, Politics, International trade, Business Finance, Celso Amorim, Market access, International relations, World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, International organizations, Protectionism
RP supports WTO as a multilateral trade institution
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 days ago
Credibility The Philippines continues to believe that the World Trade Organization as an institution embodies the basic principle that an open and fair rules- based global trading environment can provide growth, development, and stability for the global economy,...
Tags: South Africa, UAE Ambassador, Belgium, Brussels, United Arab Emirates, World Trade Organization, Diplomatic conferences, Doha Development Round, Pakistan ￢ﾀﾓ United Arab Emirates relations, International trade, Trade, Persian Gulf states, Politics, Western Asia, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Business Finance, Doha, Arabia, Ministerial Conference, World government, International organizations, ASEAN, United Arab Emirates ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations
Sean O'Grady: What gruesome deal was behind this betrayal?
Brussels :: Belgium | 4 days ago
Credibility Like the tale of Cinderella's delicate glass slipper and the ugly sisters, the EU seems to have difficulty trying to find a policy on footwear that fits. It would be no surprise at all to discover that the move is part of some gruesome and deeply obscure...
Tags: free trade, Belgium, Brussels, Economic ideologies, International trade, Trade, Doha Development Round, Doha, World Trade Organization, Protectionism
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