Nations demand study of quotas
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Governments from nearly 30 countries demanded Friday that the World Trade Organization undertake an urgent review of what might happen when textile quotas end Jan. 1. The
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The U.S., European Union and Canada said they planned to ask the W.T.O. to investigate whether China has unfairly raised tariffs on imported auto parts.
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All options, including cutting quotas, are up for discussion when OPEC ministers meet in Cairo this week to plan their response to a sharp fall in prices
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Universities and businesses need more information to select the best candidates, the government has admitted.
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China&#39;s Commerce Minister Bo Xilai ( èçä¾ ) urged the US and other countries to live up to World Trade Organization agreements and refrain from seeking limits on Chinese textile exports when global quotas expire next year.
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Talks on national fishing quotas are underway in Brussels between government ministers and the European Commission. The commission recently announced another major round of cuts in the allocations to help conserve stocks.
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A bipartisan commission that includes energy industry executives, environmentalists and academics will issue a report today that calls on the nation to adopt mandatory limits
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The U.N. General Assembly urged nations Wednesday to consider temporary bans on high seas bottom trawling, disappointing scientists and some countries seeking an immediate halt to the destructive fishing practice.
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Indications that doctors felt pressured to conform to government accounts of Benazir Bhuttoâs death added to the pressure for an international inquiry.
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The International Accounting Standards Committee has been pressured by some European politicians who want the board to be more accountable to governments.
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Global conservation group WWF described as a "scandal" Sunday suggestions by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that EU fishing quotas be eased, saying the limits must if anything be toughened.
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The country's students are up in arms about a new government educational quota policy. But is merit all that counts in such a rigidly divided country?
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The Indonesian government spent much of the past week recruiting countries to join it in pressing richer nations to provide incentives to reduce carbon emissions.
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Garment makers in poor countries have been dismayed over the upcoming abolition of trade quotas, but the outlook is not as bleak as many experts had thought.
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Demands for bribes from police and other public officials is a major problem across the developing world and even EU countries like the Czech Republic and Greece are major offenders, a corruption watchdog said on Thursday.
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The G24 group of developing nations demands a bigger say at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
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Retailers in the United States on Wednesday protested a request by the countryÂ¡Â¯s textile producers for protection from a potential flood of Chinese products when quotas are lifted at the end of this year.