China's rejection of US corn that contains an unapproved genetically modified strain is unlikely to cause major price fluctuations in the domestic or US markets, analysts said. Quarantine authorities in four provinces have rejected 12 ...
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Pakistan and the US would resume negotiations on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), aimed at attracting greater US investment in Pakistan. Pakistan and the US have agreed to continue dialogue on the pending issues of Bilateral ...
The UK, the US, Australia and a number of other countries have refused to sign a new international telecommunications treaty after the final text was pushed through in a "forced" vote. Further reading US prepared to walk out of ITU ...
The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the ...
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Google has joined US government concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International Telecommunication ...
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The US has confirmed it will resist efforts by China, Russia and their allies to put the internet under the control of the United Nations. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the US Department of State on US proposals to be ...
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European MPs are the latest grouping to voice concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International ...
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The US has announced it will not sign the global telecom treaty being negotiated at a UN gathering in Dubai because it opens the door to governmental regulation of the internet, the US delegation chief said today. “The United States ...
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The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty. Regulators from 193 countries are negotiating new International Telecommunications Regulations(ITRs)at the World ...
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