Industrialised countries must cut emissions: Jairam Ramesh (Lead)
Thaindian.com
“It will undermine India’s credibility as a leader of the developing nations even in the WTO talks on the Doha round which are currently under way,” said Jaitley, who is the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha. The direct and inevitable con...
UPDATE 1-Russia and allies signal joint but separate WTO bid
Reuters
GENEVA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus hope to join the World Trade Organisation together as a single customs union as soon as possible, negotiators for the three ex-Soviet states said on Thursday. But in a retreat from t...
Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers
Huffingtonpost.com
IMO--which is, BTW, much influenced by Naomi Klein's research--the three institutions that need immediate action are the WTO, IMF & World Bank; it is high time that their faux programs to "help" poor nations be exposed for what they really ...
Air and Space Accidents
Chicago Tribune
Bomb kills 5 near cafe in Sunni area of Baghdad -- A bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded Sunday near a popular cafe in a largely Sunni district of Baghdad, killing five people, Iraqi police said. The blast in Baghdad's Azamiyah district ...
Connie Wilson
Associated Content
Getting to the events at the Pepsi Center and Invesco Field over the past four days has been challenging, and the directions from the DNC were minimal or non-existent. The last night of the DNC in Denver saw Barack Obama accept the presiden...
ITAR-Tass: Russia trio retreats from joint WTO bid
CNBC
MOSCOW - Russia and two ex-Soviet neighbors are stepping back from an ambitious effort to join the World Trade Organization together and will negotiate for entry separately, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Thursday. Russia, Belarus and K...
U. of Cal. Shelves Idea of Higher Fees for Some Majors
Inside Higher Ed
How about repealing NAFTA and scrutinizing WTO, IMF and forgiving third-world debt instead of building a fence and "patrolling" an uneforceable border? OUR laws? DFS: Were you in on the negotiations of NAFTA? Were your fellow working class ...
Cnooc in talks over US drilling deal
Financial Times
Chevron called for Cnooc’s unsolicited bid for $18.5bn, to be referred to the WTO because the deal would mean allowing a government to enter a commercial playing field, in a sense, and to subsidise a bid to pick up these assets. Cnooc maint...
Mexico: Migrants, Remittances, 3x1
Migration News
The premise of the movie is that the world is evolving into a place in which technology but not low-skilled workers cross borders, extending what the WTO calls cross-border trade in services, as with call centers, to many other jobs. Passel...
Vietnam: Sharp Backsliding on Religious Freedom
All American Patriots
Two months later, the US granted Vietnam permanent normal trade status, which led to Vietnam's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The lifting of Vietnam's CPC status by the US was deemed premature by the US Commission on Inte...
Currency Currents
FXStreet.com
Others are not so lucky: upon joining the WTO, China agreed to allow foreign firms to compete to offer booking systems to local airlines, but according to the European Chamber it has not yet produced the necessary regulations. ""Local offic...
Major trade disputes between China and the US
Financial Times
Washington complains that Beijing breaks WTO rules by requiring all imported media products to be channelled through state-run distributors September 2009 China The US imposes emergency tariffs on Chinese tyres September 2009 US China launc...
China Says U.S., Russia, EU Companies Dumping Nylon (Update1)
Bloomberg
China, the world’s second-largest exporter after Germany, filed a WTO complaint last month after President Barack Obama imposed duties on Chinese automobile tires. To contact the reporter on this story: John Duce in Hong Kong at Jduce1@bloo...
Marta to play for Brazil's Santos during US league's offseason
Chicago Tribune
LONDON (AP) — Manchester United beat Bolton 2-1 to return to the top of the Premier League on Saturday after Chelsea tossed away the lead and lost 2-1 at Aston Villa. Liverpool lost 1-0 at Sunderland on a freak fifth-minute goal by Darren B...