China delays WTO probe into auto parts
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China on Thursday exercised its right to   delay a World Trade Organization (WTO) probe into its rules on   auto part imports sought by the United States, the European   Union and Canada.
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Beijing: The launch of the first Made in China Mercedes-Benz sedan will have to wait for another six months as differences have surfaced between DaimlerChrysler and its Chinese partner, the State media reported today.
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China will consider adopting measures to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a government spokesman said on Friday.
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The United States has been unable to  resolve a dispute with China over treatment of foreign auto  parts and could ask the World Trade Organization to rule on the  matter, U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday.
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The US Department of Commerce said late this afternoon that it is awaiting details from China regarding the levying of tariffs on some Chinese textiles and apparel exports starting Jan. 1.
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The government is stopping all imports of Chinese toothpaste to test for a deadly chemical reportedly found in tubes sold elsewhere in the world.
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The United States joined with the European Union and Canada on Friday charging that China has erected illegal barriers to the sale of U.S. and other foreign-made auto parts there.
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Acer, the world&#39;s third largest PC vendor, said Friday that it is keeping an eye on a labor shortage in China that could affect PC production.&quot;There is a labor shortage in China, which is new to me,&quot; said J.T. Wang, chairman of Acer, during the company&#39;s third quarter investors&#39; conference in Taipei. &quot;China has 1.4 billion people, how can they have a labor shortage?&quot; he asked rhetorically.Acer&#39;s China-based component suppliers and PC assemblers have said that in some cases they have lost 1,000 workers overnight, and have had to seek new employees. The Taiwanese company will work with suppliers on new strategies to make sure the issue does not affect production, Wang said.He characterized the concern as small, and unlikely to become a major issue in the near term.There has been a growing shortage of skilled labor in the East coast cities of China, in part due to government efforts to develop the nation&#39;s inland areas, said one analyst. Many factory jobs used to be filled by migrant workers, but now that many companies are building factories in China&#39;s interior, people feel they can stay at home and work instead of traveling to the coast.Acer president Gianfranco Lanci said factories tend to move to new places when production in a certain region becomes difficult, and he expects that will happen if companies continue to see labor shortages in China.A number of electronics firms have started investing in Vietnam. Taiwan&#39;s Hon Hai Precision Industry, the world&#39;s largest contract electronics manufacturer and maker of gadgets including iPods, PlayStation 3 consoles, and Nokia mobile phones, in August announced a&#160;plan to spend $5 billion&#160;over the next five years to build a base of electronic components factories near Vietnam&#39;s capital, Hanoi. Until now, the company&#39;s major investments have all been in China.Taiwan&#39;s Compal Electronics, the world&#39;s second-largest laptop PC maker and another major investor in China, has also announced plans to build a notebook computer factory in Vietnam.Companies have started to look outside of China for new factory investments, the analyst said, and while Vietnam, India, and other countries boast low-cost labor, they will only win investments if their workers are educated and investment incentives and regulations attractive.&#160;
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China has expressed regret over a  request by the European Union, the United States and Canada for  a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to hear their complaint  about China's tariff treatment of foreign auto parts.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) launched a probe on Monday into a complaint by the European Union that the United States had failed to drop illegal import duties on some EU steel products.
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China on Monday blocked a US request for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule on a complaint that Beijing restricts the import of cultural goods such as books, music and DVDs.
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China has expressed regret over a   decision by the European Union, the United States and Canada to   request a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to hear their   complaint about China's tariff treatment of auto parts.
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China is accused of pressuring the World Bank into not publishing research about fatal Chinese pollution.
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EU member states postpone a vote on whether to impose import tariffs on shoes from China and Vietnam.
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The United States gave China more  time last year to reduce widespread piracy and counterfeiting  of U.S. goods, but is again considering whether to take legal  action at the World Trade Organization, a top U.S. trade  official said on Thursday.
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China protests against a US investigation that could lead a to trade war over China's cotton trouser trade.
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Nissan is to stop production at some of its domestic car plants for five days due to a steel shortage. Japan&#39;s second-biggest car maker will suspend operations at three of its four domestic plants on 29 and 30 November.