World Trade Organisation
Brazil’s Azevedo to be next WTO director-general
08 May 2013
Azevedo, 55, becomes the first person from South America and the first representative of a BRICS nation to head the Geneva-based trade body since its inception in 1995
EU asks $12 bn in sanctions against US on Boeing subsidy case
28 Sep 2012
The EU request is the largest penalty ever called for in WTO's history and has been triggered by the US government’s failure to adhere to the WTO’s March verdict to halt all illegal subsidies to Boeing
Australia may be hit with the third WTO suit over tobacco packaging
15 Jun 2012
The Australian government says the action is designed to try to intimidate it to relent in its efforts to protect public health
India moves WTO against US steel duties
12 Apr 2012
Russia gains WTO membership
17 Dec 2011
Russia is the last major world economy to join the WTO and its membership would see over 97 per cent of all world trade take place among member countries
Finally, Russia gets green light to join WTO
11 Nov 2011
After 18 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organisation has cleared the way for Russia to join the global trade body.
WTO rules against China in US tyre imports case
06 Sep 2011
Trade must deliver more to LDCs: Lamy
09 May 2011
The least developed countries account for a fifth of the members of the World Trade Organisation, but they still account for just 1 per cent of world trade.
EU files tactical appeal in subsidies case against Boeing
02 Apr 2011
In a tactical move the European Union has filed an appeal against a ruling by the WTO in an aircraft subsidies case involving global aerospace giants Boeing and European firm Airbus.
India, Brazil, South Africa and China seek improvements to WTO negotiating package
29 Jan 2011
The ministers said there was a need to improve the July 2008 negotiating package by incorporating the development dimension of world trade
WTO upholds US tariffs on Chinese tyre imports
14 Dec 2010
Failure at Doha would derail WTO: Lamy
20 Nov 2010
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