US Promises to Protect Trade Interests
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Barry Virkler tosses an apple while sorting Cortland apples before they are put in cold storage at North Star Orchards Tuesday, Sept.
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The Bush administration claimed victory Tuesday in a trade fight with the European Union over the right of US exporters to use geographic food names such as Florida oranges
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice vowed Friday to continue fighting for a free trade agreement with Washington's staunchest ally in the region, despite skepticism from Democratic lawmakers over Colombia's efforts to curb violence against union members.
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The US is to review financial market rules, to ensure that they do not harm the nation's ability to compete globally.
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HONG KONG Brushing aside Chinese warnings of a possible challenge at the World Trade Organization, a senior US trade official said here on Friday that the United States would limit apparel imports if American manufacturers provided evidence that such
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VANCOUVER (CP) - The promotion of free trade around the world will help fight terrorism and is in the security interests of the U.S. and Canada, the U.S. ambassador to Canada said Friday.
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Commerce Secretary nominee Carlos M. Gutierrez is promising to aggressively fight the unfair trade practices of foreign nations and to speed up the government's handling of individual cases.
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Indonesia remains committed to the goals of free trade but it will also exercise its right to protect its industries and workers as far as allowed under the World Trade Organization (WTO), chief economics minister Aburizal Bakrie says.
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The Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will seek to negotiate a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement with several major trading partners, the office said Tuesday.
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President Bush on Wednesday established a high-level government panel to recommend steps to guarantee the safety of food and other products shipped into the United States and to improve U.S. policing of those imports. The White House denied the effort was aimed primarily at China.
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The United States says it will continue to slap duties on countries it claims dump their goods on the US market, despite a World Trade Organisation ruling Tuesday that authorises seven nations and the European Union (EU) to impose sanctions against
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US officials visiting Beijing this weekend will press China to limit textile exports and crack down harder on piracy, reflecting pressure for trade concessions ahead of US elections in November, economists and trade lawyers said.
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Aiming to end punitive European Union tariffs against American goods, US lawmakers on Wednesday began a final push to pass a corporate tax bill that will repeal export subsidies that violate global trade rules.
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WASHINGTON - US textile and clothing manufacturers petitioned the Bush administration Tuesday to protect them against a surge of Chinese imports next year when worldwide quotas are removed, arguing that thousands of US jobs are at stake.
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WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization is set to give the go-ahead today for sweeping retaliation against the United States from Canada, Europe and others for its continuing refusal to dismantle illegal trading laws.
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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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Carlos M. Gutierrez, President Bush's nominee for commerce secretary, pledged on Wednesday to vigorously fight unfair trade practices that hinder the ability of American companies to compete around the world.