Negotiators to weigh future of WTO free trade pact
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Negotiators on Friday were set to plan their next steps at the World Trade Organization after key talks between four leading powers collapsed, casting doubt on whether a long-sought free trade pact can be clinched.
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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union said after a ministerial meeting Sunday they hope to conclude stalled talks about free-trade agreement on time.
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Negotiators at the World Trade Organization completed weeklong farm talks Friday, part of discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.
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US and South Korean negotiators have resolved some minor differences as they prepare to wrap up free trade talks ahead of a looming end-month deadline, officials said Monday.
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U.S. lawmakers could face a vote on  trade relations with Russia this election year if Moscow  finally wraps up its bid to join the World Trade Organization,  the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
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U.S. and South Korean negotiators entered their final day of free trade talks Monday, what is expected to be the end of formal negotiations aimed at concluding a landmark deal by the end of March.
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The four key players in the World Trade Organisation -- the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India -- met on Tuesday for critical talks to break deadlock over a global trade deal.
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Mediators at the World Trade Organization made a bid to salvage a global free trade deal on Tuesday by proposing compromises to overcome impasses in the key areas of agriculture and industrial goods.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) Chief Pascal Lamy said on Thursday that all leading WTO member states had signaled flexibility for a re-start of global trade talks, but it was not yet clear if they were ready to negotiate.
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BRUSSELS The World Trade Organization is expected to approve on Friday the imposition of trade sanctions worth $150 million on the United States by the European Union, Japan, Canada and others after a legal issue was resolved Thursday.
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EU foreign ministers will debate on Monday whether to sign an interim trade agreement with Serbia -- a move seen as boosting pro-European President Boris Tadic ahead of a February 3 presidential run-off.
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The United States and South Korea began a third round of free trade talks in Seattle, hoping to make progress toward an accord that could be the biggest of its kind for the United States since the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect in 1994. Critics from both countries planned demonstrations throughout the week, protesting what they characterize as an unfair bias in favor of multinational corporations with only token attention to issues like workersÂ rights and environmental protections. Wendy Cutler, the chief United States negotiator, is leading a team of more than 100 representatives from about 20 government agencies. South Korea sent 200 representatives.
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Differences over trade, energy, human rights and international policy look set to mark the EU-Russia summit.
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A deal may still be salvaged from  collapsed world trade talks if President Bush can convince  Congress to renew his fast-track negotiating mandate, the  European Union's trade chief said on Monday.
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EU foreign ministers will debate on  Monday whether to sign an interim trade agreement with Serbia  -- a move seen as boosting pro-European President Boris Tadic  ahead of a February 3 presidential run-off.
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The Bush administration returns to  world trade talks next week with renewed optimism, but even the  most ardent supporters of the Doha round see formidable hurdles  to clinching a deal.