Kenyan farmers ask court to block proposed EU trade agreement
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Kenyan small scale farmers on Thursday asked the high court to block a proposed new trade agreement with the European Union that activists warn could strangle poor economies and industries.
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Thailand's demand that foreign retailers halt all plans for expansion could spark legal challenges or disputes with the kingdom's European trade partners, experts say.
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The European Union told the World Trade Organization on Monday that its appeal against WTO's sugar subsidies ruling will be filed Jan. 13, trade officials said.
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The European Union threatened a World Trade Organization case against the US and Canada if they don&#39;t drop $126 million of tariffs, imposed on EU exports in retaliation for a ban on hormone-treated beef.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Caribbean governments have alleged that the  European Union is trying to prevent them from signing trade deals  with other poor countries on their own terms.
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Kenya is pushing for an international ban on trade in lion trophies and skins, arguing that the number of the animals has declined sharply over the years as a result of hunting, loss of habitat and lack of prey.
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Biotech crop critics said  they were asking for a permanent injunction to stop the  planting of Monsanto Co.'s genetically modified alfalfa after  failing to negotiate a settlement with U.S. regulators by a  court-imposed deadline on Friday.
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Slovakia's opposition threatens to block ratification of the EU treaty in a vote in parliament.
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BRUSSELS, May 22 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners have likened trade  negotiations between the European Union (EU) and several regions  in Africa to a boxing match between a schoolboy novice and a  heavyweight champion.
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Lawyers for Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader blamed by French bank Societe Generale for huge losses, lodged an appeal against his detention, the Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.
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EU farm ministers failed on Monday to agree whether to allow new strains of genetically modified maize and potato, amid persisting divisions over biotech products.
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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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The EU presidency says a row over fishing rights could delay Croatia's membership talks.
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today issued a decision that paves the way for the Finnish Supreme Court to block Budejovicky Budvar&#39;s use of an alleged trade name in Finland.
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The European Commission takes Greece to court for failing to change a law could ban people playing computer games at home.
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The crown court case against a Norfolk farmer at the centre of a dispute over his pigs is to be dropped, his solicitor says.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on Tuesday they would file suit to block Whole Foods Market Inc.'s  proposed acquisition of rival Wild Oats Markets Inc.  on grounds that the deal would hobble competition in the market for natural and organic groceries.