WTO tries to kindle dimming hopes of global deal
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) sought on Friday to rekindle hopes of a global trade deal after talks between four major powers collapsed.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes  to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on  climate change at this week&#39;s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq  debate at home looms as a distraction.
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European Union leaders pressed other trading powers on Friday to move to wrap up more than five years of global trade talks, making clear the EU would also pursue the option of bilateral deals with Asian partners.
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Even a modest global trade pact may be better than nothing, according to economists and analysts who say the implosion of faltering World Trade Organisation talks would carry big costs.
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While a binding global agreement would be the best way to cut back on carbon emissions, a more limited approach is wending its way through Congress.
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WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on US exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at
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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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Global Trade's Precarious Balance
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International trade officials sought to strike a positive tone at the end of a two-day meeting Sunday aimed at restarting negotiations for the stalled World Trade Organization's Doha Round.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (IPS) - A decision over the next head of the World Trade  Organisation may see developed  countries pitted against the  developing world.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) launched negotiations on trade facilitation at a meeting on Monday. WTO members agreed on a work plan and a schedule of meetings on negotiations
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President George W. Bush hopes to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on climate change at this week's Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq debate at home looms as a distraction.
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Prospects for a speedy settlement in the tit-for-tat transatlantic clash over aircraft subsidies appeared dim on Wednesday as a case involving Boeing Co  resumed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
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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 chief Pascal  Lamy on Wednesday urged countries to broaden their vision by  shifting their focus away from domestic politics to allow  stalled world trade talks to resume.
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The lowering of trade barriers has pushed food companies to scour the globe for the cheapest ingredients to compete in a global marketplace.
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The Bush administration said Friday it would comply with a World Trade Organization that penalizes some U.S. exports even as it tries to get Congress to change the law that prompted the sanctions.