The United States, in the first report on Russia’s compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to the world’s sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office did not announce any definite plans for
U.S. puts Russia on notice in WTO compliance report
U.S. encourages South Korea to join Trans-Pacific trade talks
Reuters / The United States would welcome South Korea joining negotiations on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement, a senior U.S. trade official said on April 3, as Washington continues to weigh Japan’s bid to enter the same set of talks. “We do think it’s natural and logical for Korea to join this negotiation. We think
U.S. poultry, dairy farmers press for access to Canadian market
Washington must fix mistakes it made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks that Canada allow unrestricted access to its poultry and dairy markets, say American farm groups. “All we’re asking is that we have an open and free fair trade shot at the border,” Bill Roenigk of the
U.S. dairy, poultry producers press for Canadian access
The United States must fix mistakes it made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks with Canada on unrestricted access to that country’s poultry and dairy market, U.S. agricultural groups said Monday. "All we’re asking is that we have an open and free fair trade shot at the border,"
World food prices jumped 10 per cent in July
World food prices jumped 10 per cent in July as drought parched crop lands in the United States and Eastern Europe, the World Bank said in a statement urging governments to shore up programs that protect their most vulnerable populations. From June to July, corn and wheat prices rose by 25 per cent each, soybean
Pork export rivals grumble over Canada in TPP talks
Pork producers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand urged their governments on Tuesday to push for an end to Canadian pork subsidies as Canada enters into talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement. "Canada needs to end its federal and provincial hog subsidy programs, which are distorting the North American and world pork
WTO talks now at “grave risk” of failure: Lamy
Nearly a decade worth of work to reach a world trade deal is on the verge of “failure,” World Trade Organization director General Pascal Lamy said Saturday in a plea for countries to rise above their own narrow interests for the good of the global economy. “The WTO system is in grave risk of not
U.S. Farmers Urge Sanctions Against EU’s GM Crop Ban – for Aug. 12, 2010
The largest U.S. farm group has urged the Obama administration to begin steps towards imposing sanctions on the European Union in a long-running dispute over the EU’s treatment of genetically modified crops. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in comments given to the administration July 26, complained the EU still has not complied with a 2006
U.S. Farmers Urge Sanctions Against EU’s GM Crop Ban – for Aug. 12, 2010
The largest U.S. farm group has urged the Obama administration to begin steps towards imposing sanctions on the European Union in a long-running dispute over the EU’s treatment of genetically modified crops. The American Farm Bureau Federation, in comments given to the administration July 26, complained the EU still has not complied with a 2006
Obama Criticized For Mexico, Brazil Sanctions
U. S. Republicans and business groups criticized President Barack Obama’s administration March 11 for failing to resolve a cross-border trucking dispute nearly one year after Mexico slapped retaliatory duties on about $2.4 billion worth of U. S. exports. “Record numbers of Americans are receiving an unemployment cheque instead of a paycheque. We need to make
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