U.S. trade chief says WTO trade talks at impasse
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United States Trade Representative Susan  Schwab said on Saturday that the WTO&#039;s Doha round was at an  impasse, although not yet dead, after two days of ministerial  talks failed to produce a breakthrough.
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A top US official warned Thursday that global trade talks risk being stalled for years unless a breakthrough is made this year, as APEC ministers called on all sides to go back to the table.
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A U.S. government official played down reports that the U.S. is considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the imposition of new duties on high-tech imports such as flat-screen monitors and digital set-top boxes.
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A dispute over access for  U.S. meat to the Russian market helped frustrate U.S.-Russian  talks on a deal for Russia to join the World Trade  Organization, America&#039;s top trade negotiator said on Saturday.
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EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.
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The European Union's trade chief said on Wednesday the EU and the United States could negotiate or litigate in their dispute over government help for Airbus and Boeing, but could not do both.
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Talks between the United Automobile Workers and General Motors appeared close to an impasse Sunday.
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Trade negotiators may be on the  brink of a long-awaited breakthrough that could push the  embattled Doha round on a course to completion, the Bush  administration's top trade official said on Wednesday.
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Diplomats in charge of world trade talks challenged countries on Tuesday to abandon long-held positions and make "very painful" compromises on farm and industrial goods to salvage a deal.
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The United States is reaching out to more countries as world trade talks slowly gain momentum, a U.S. trade official said on Tuesday, even as some U.S. farmers grow more hostile to a deal.
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The White House would be better placed to renew its soon-to-expire trade negotiating powers if there is a breakthrough in World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau said on Tuesday.
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Bloomberg - June 22 (Bloomberg) -- The collapse of World Trade Organization talks over a new global agreement leaves President George W. Bush without a lever to prod Congress to renew his trade promotion authority before it expires at the end of this month, lawmakers and business lobbyists say.
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy warned on Tuesday that failure to renew the White House's trade negotiating authority would signal the United States has lost faith in world trade talks.
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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 United States sees potentially escalating trade friction with China next year as Beijing is stepping up restrictions on foreign investment and recent U.S. Congressional elections create uncertainty, a U.S. trade official said on Friday.
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The United States and Russia made  progress last week in talks on Moscow's long-time bid to join  the World Trade Organization, but not enough to wrap up a deal,  U.S and Russian officials said on Monday.
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The United States wants a World  Trade Organization panel to arbitrate a dispute with India over  its wine and spirit import tariffs, the U.S. trade  representative said on Friday.