Mexican authorities announced last week that they will defend steelmaker exports from restrictions in the Colombian market. In a document prepared for the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) argue that ...
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said Monday that the United States was requesting China to enter into a consultation over Chinese duties on U.S. high-tech steel exports following a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute. In ...
Tags: High-Tech Steel, Mineral
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) received an "adequate" rating – the lowest passing grade – in the latest audit by the U.S. government to determine its equivalency on food safety standards, according to documents ...
Tags: Food Inspection, Canada's Food Inspection Agency, Lowest Passing Grade
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that Russia has filed for dispute settlement regarding the antidumping measures imposed by the European Union on certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel and on certain ...
Tags: WTO Dispute, Russia Files
The value of trade in China's goods in 2013 is set to exceed that of the United States, making the world's second-largest economy the world's top trader for the first time, certainly in modern times. "Judging from the current statistics, ...
Tags: Goods Trader, global goods
Cotton plantings for 2014/15 will start in a few months in the northern hemisphere, which accounts for about 90% of world production. World area is expected to decline due mostly to the expected decline in China. In 2013/14, the ...
Tags: Cotton Market, Soybeans, Textile
"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
A three-member team from the African continent visited India last month to understand the requirements of the Indian textile industry. Dioma Komonsira, communications manager of African Cotton Producers Association (APROCA), Traore ...
Tags: Cotton, Textile Industry
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was busy in 2013, especially when it came to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). As the year draws to a close,?Food Safety News decided to take a look back at the agency's comings and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says a constitutional challenge has helped reshape American attitudes on U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling. In may, in response to a World Trade Organization order to amend ...
There's some optimism that the dispute over US country of origin labeling could be resolved through the development of the new US farm bill. "They're working on it very hard right now, trying to get their farm bill done. We feel there's a ...
The Canadian Pork Council suggests changes to the U.S.Farm Bill to address concerns related to Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling could end the need for Canada and Mexico to continue their case against the U.S.at the World Trade ...
The exports of textiles and clothing stagnated in 2012, according to the ‘International Trade Statistics 2013’, published by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report states that half of the world’s top ten ...
Tags: Textiles, Clothing Exports
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) released a letter Tuesday applauding the trade facilitation deal reached December 7 by the 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization at the WTO's just-concluded Ninth ...
Tags: Trade Facilitation Agreement, AIIS
The Ninth Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), held in Bali, Indonesia, last week, has agreed to hold a dedicated discussion on cotton related issues, including cotton subsidies and improving market ...
Tags: Cotton, Bi-Annual Discussion