U.S. must do more to reform cotton subsidies: WTO
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The United States is not doing enough to  bring its support for cotton into line with international  trading rules, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday.
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A proposal that would cut billions in government subsidies to U.S. farmers is unlikely to inject new momentum into the Doha round of global trade talks.
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The United States said Monday it is appealing a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that declared the bulk of US government subsidies to its cotton industry illegal.
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Trade ministers from a key group  of developing nations pressed the United States and the  European Union on Saturday for more concessions to help break  deadlocked global trade talks.
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As the US awaits the test results of a possible mad cow case, some experts call for more reforms of the system.
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The United States needs to make "more ambitious" farm subsidy cuts to make progress at global trade talks, the European Union said Thursday in response to U.S. budget proposals that would cut agriculture spending by $18 billion over the next five years.
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GENEVA - The United States has signaled its willingness to limit trade-distorting farm subsidies to a level of between $13 billion and $16.4 billion, breathing life into struggling world trade talks, the World Trade Organization's lead farm trade negotiator said yesterday.
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The World Trade Organisation confirmed two separate rulings Wednesday outlawing farm subsidies paid by the United States to cotton farmers and by the European Union to its sugar producers.
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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) 150 states backed on Wednesday a call for a full-scale resumption of the Doha round of free trade talks, suspended six months ago due to deep divisions between members.
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Further reductions in European Union farm subsidies would significantly boost global commerce, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday.
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Latin America's agricultural giant scored two trade victories Wednesday against rich countries' farm subsidies after the World Trade Organization agreed with Brazil that its farmers have been hurt by government assistance for U.S. cotton farmers and European Union sugar beet growers.
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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
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European Union officials on Friday called on the United States to clarify its position on a possible court challenge at the World Trade Organization over alleged unfair subsidies given to European aircraft maker Airbus.
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The World Trade Organisation said that existing reforms to the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy fell short of liberalising farming and called for more cuts in support for EU farmers.
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The European Union&#039;s chief agricultural trade negotiator has urged Washington to make new concessions on subsidies to US farmers, saying the move was crucial to reviving stalled talks on liberalising global commerce.
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The US and the EU have responded cautiously to Chinaâs announcement that it would impose export duties on some textile products to ensure a âsmooth transitionâ on the
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The Bush administration has said that it will consider US manufacturers&#39; petitions to control imports of Chinese textiles. Trade experts have said the US government increased