U.S.-Japan import duty spat moves to arbitration
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A stand-off between Japan and the United States over the way Washington calculates import duties has moved to World Trade Organisation (WTO) arbitration for resolution, diplomats said on Monday.
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JapanÂs trade surplus was sharply higher in August compared with a year earlier as companies shipped more cars and steel to global markets. The trade surplus widened 95.5 percent, to 200.5 billion yen ($1.71 billion) as exports to the United States grew 19.3 percent and sales to China expanded 20 percent, government data showed. The value of exports of automobiles to the United States rose 49.3 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace since January 1997.
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Import injunction sought while patent violation case pends
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Japan grappled Wednesday with the fallout from Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to a Tokyo war shrine, as diplomats reportedly worked to mend frayed ties with China and South Korea.
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U.S. Department of Justice, Japan Fair Trade Commission looking into anticompetitive behavior in the flat-panel display market.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO)  agreed on Friday to investigate whether U.S. anti-dumping  duties on Canada's multi-billion dollar lumber exports have  been brought into line with trade rules, trade officials said.
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The United States filed a complaint Friday at the World Trade Organization against India, saying its duties on alcoholic beverages and other imports violate global trade rules.
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GENEVA - The World Trade Organization on Friday approved lists of US products on which Japan, five other countries and the European Union plan to levy punitive tariffs in retaliation for a US failure to repeal an illegal antidumping measure.
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Japan was fuming over the failure of its bid to expand trade in whale products and Africa swapped blows over ivory Thursday as a U.N. meeting on trade in wild plants and animals wrapped up.
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After clashes over clothes and shoe imports, the European Union, the United States and Canada joined forces to seek a World Trade Organization ruling against China in a dispute over car parts.
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The World Trade Organisation said Monday it would rule on a dispute between the European Union and the United States over the way Washington assesses anti-dumping duties.
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The United States expressed concern at the prospect of renewed Japanese trade sanctions over a US anti-dumping law that was repealed last year.
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The United States and European Union&#39;s trade dispute over aircraft manufacturing subsidies escalated when both sides filed complaints to the World Trade Organization.
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A trade fight is heating up between the United States and Europe over commercial aircraft sales. Wednesday, Washington filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization alleging that EU countries unfairly
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Sanctions could be aimed at a wide range of American exports, possibly including steel ball bearings, cod, shoes and apples. Most would be imposed by Japan and the EU, which have been the hardest
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HANOI  - Vietnam has hit out at a decision by the United States to uphold anti-dumping duties on imports of Vietnamese shrimp.
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Chief among the trade disputes on the table will be a disagreement over the United States' 27 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber.