Race for World Trade Job Seen Close
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Former European Union trade chief Pascal  Lamy is the best known of four candidates to stake a claim by  Friday's deadline to lead the world's top trade body, but  renown may not be enough to win the job, analysts say.
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What Russia's move toward entry in the World Trade Organization means for Washington.
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The European Union and the United States said on Monday they still hoped to seal a long-delayed global trade deal in 2008, and trade ministers this week could help pave the way for a breakthrough soon.
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The World Trade Organisation said Monday it would rule on a dispute between the European Union and the United States over the way Washington assesses anti-dumping duties.
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WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said a global trade deal was now within reach but political leaders needed to give a "final push" to complete the current round of negotiations.
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Despite high oil prices, the volumeof world trade by the end of 2004 is likely to grow by 8.5 percentin real terms over 2003, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said Monday.
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CAIRNS, Australia  - A deal to free up world trade could be delayed several years if no progress is made by the end of 2007, the United States said on Thursday, as it stepped up criticism of India and Brazil over failed talks.
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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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Russia is dragging its feet in talks on joining the World Trade Organization and must get its act together if it is to accede this year, a European Union diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.
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Under WTO rules, candidates for the organization&#39;s top job must formally submit their bids before January, with the 148-nation WTO expected to select Supachai Panitchpakdi&#39;s replacement by the end of June.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Talks between trade powers to salvage global trade talks collapsed on Thursday, throwing the future of the World Trade Organisation's struggling round deeper into doubt.
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U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would be a "strong candidate" to lead the World Trade Organization, but stopped short of formally endorsing him.
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WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on  Saturday said a global trade deal was now within reach but  political leaders needed to give a &quot;final push&quot; to complete the  current round of negotiations.
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By Frances Williams in Geneva and Raymond Colitt in SÃ£o Paulo. Developing countries in the World Trade Organisation remain split over what, if any action, the WTO should take to help smaller textiles producers
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Â· Markets braced for falls after Wall Street slump  Â· Period of slower growth sparks fears of trade war
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Crude oil in New York traded near Friday s record close amid concern growing Chinese demand may strain supplies at a time when spare global production capacity is limited.
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Investor's Business Daily - Trade negotiators may be near a breakthrough, said U.S. Trade Rep. Susan Schwab. The Bush administration is hoping, after over 6 years of fractious talks, to overcome divisions over tariffs, subsidies and other trade rules, and produce a new global pact before Pres. Bush leaves office. Rich nations want lower tariffs on industrial goods and services; poor nations want farm subsidies and tariffs scrapped.