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WTO Report Condemns US Duties on Chinese Imports
Apr 1, 2019China's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday welcomed a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report which ruled the United States violated WTO rules in 13 anti-dumping measures imposed on imports from China. The WTO panel supported China's ...
Tags: Chinese Imports
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Australia Wins Tobacco Plain Packaging Case
May 9, 2017Media reports suggest that Australia has won a landmark trade case related to plain packaging of tobacco products. A ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) yet to be published but leaked to a section of the media reveals that the ...
Tags: Tobacco, Plain Packaging
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China Doubts on EU Tariffs on Steel Products
Mar 1, 2017China has expressed doubts about exorbitant tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on steel products from China, calling for an end to such unfair measures. The European Commission, the EU's executive body, recently announced its ...
Tags: EU Tariffs, Steel Products
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WTO China's Best Way to Expand Trade
Dec 12, 2016China will continue to push for globalization, and multilateral talks and promotion of trade, as it marked the 15th anniversary of joining the World Trade Organization on Sunday, according to Chinese trade officials and experts. China ...
Tags: WTO, trade promotion
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China Foreign Trade Still Faces Strong Headwinds
Oct 19, 2016China's foreign trade still faces strong headwinds as uncertainties mount, a commerce official said Tuesday. The difficulties will not end in the near term, with uncertain and unstable factors increasing, Shen Danyang, spokesperson for ...
Tags: Foreign Trade
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Global Dairy Groups Urge Officials to Challenge Canada's Protectionist Policies
Sep 20, 2016Dairy organizations in the United States, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand has issued a joint letter to their respective trade and agriculture officials, expressing indignation about Canada's recent actions to deepen ...
Tags: dairy trade, joint letter, Canada's protectionist policies
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China-US BIT Matters to The Global Economy
Apr 5, 2016Chinese and U.S. representatives expressed optimism for the future of the China-U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) negotiations during a session at this year's Boao Forum for Asia annual conference. Against the backdrop of a global ...
Tags: China-U.S BIT, global economy
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China Refutes U.S. Comments Regarding Market Economy Status
Dec 31, 2015China refuted recent U.S. comments warning Europe against granting China market economy status on Wednesday, saying China has been living up to its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang ...
Tags: Market Economy Status
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WTO Members Sign Landmark Deal on IT Product Tariff Cuts
Dec 18, 2015Over 50 World Trade Organization (WTO) members have reached agreement on phasing out tariffs on imports of 201 information technology products. The deal was announced at a WTO ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The ...
Tags: IT Product, Tariff Cuts, printers, cartridges
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China, Kenya Sign Agreements on Financing of Aid Projects
Dec 18, 2015The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed three agreements on the financing of China-aided projects in the East African nation. The three deals on a total funding of 152.4 million U.S. dollars were signed in Nairobi on Wednesday by ...
Tags: China-aided projects, FOCAC
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China Says Abandoning Multilateralism in Trade Talks Shortsighted, Irresponsible
Dec 17, 2015China on Wednesday said abandoning multilateralism in trade talks were shortsighted and irresponsible, urging members of the world's major trade body to reinforce the Multilateral Trading System (MTS) and highlight its role in addressing ...
Tags: Multilateralism in Trade
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WTO Rules in Favor of Mexico in Long Drawn Dispute Over US Tuna Fish Products Labeling
Nov 26, 2015The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Appellate Body has ruled in favoured Mexico over the US in a trade dispute, stating that the US requirement for dolphin-safe tuna labels was discriminatory to Mexican fishermen. The latest ...
Tags: Tuna Fish Products, Labeling
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Argentina's Biodiesel Output to Drop 30% in 2015: Industry Group
Nov 4, 2015Argentina's biodiesel production is on track to decline 30% this year, as rising domestic consumption fails to compensate for dwindling exports, the head of an industry group said Monday. Claudio Molina, the executive director of the ...
Tags: Biodiesel, Output, fuel additive
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Joint Achievement List of the 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade
Oct 23, 2015The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...
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Gao Hucheng: Deepening Opening up and Promoting the Great Rejuvenation—Learning from Collections of Key Speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping
Oct 23, 2015On January 5, 2015, People’s Daily published a signed article of Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng entitled “Deepening Opening up and Promoting the Great Rejuvenation—Learning from Collections of Key Speeches of General ...
Tags: Deepening Opening up, Promoting the Great Rejuvenation