WTO
April 09, 2013
The Japanese government recently made the formal decision to participate in the ongoing negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade liberalization pact. The...
March 18, 2013
With Japan agreeing to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade negotiations, an anxious China is watching from the sidelines and still intent on striking its own...
December 21, 2012
GENEVA--Japan has launched a complaint against China at the World Trade Organization to challenge anti-dumping duties levied by China on Japanese exports of high performance...
October 25, 2012
BANGKOK--Isolated for decades, impoverished and landlocked, Laos is not an obvious choice for investors.
October 16, 2012
GENEVA--Mexico has accused China of breaking World Trade Organization rules by giving tax breaks and other favorable deals to its own clothing and textile businesses, the...
September 18, 2012
CINCINNATI/ GENEVA,--President Barack Obama on Sept. 17 said the United States was challenging Chinese auto and auto-parts subsidies that threatened American jobs as he...
September 06, 2012
Japanese auto parts companies are expanding into Russia to take advantage of the opening up of one of the world's fastest growing car markets.
August 21, 2012
GENEVA--The United States and Japan have launched complaints at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Argentina's import licensing rules, which they say discriminate against...
July 23, 2012
Canon Inc. and Canon Singapore Pte Ltd. announced July 23 the establishment of Canon Marketing Vietnam Co., a new Canon marketing subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City. The new...
July 05, 2012
WASHINGTON--The United States will file a complaint against China on July 5 with the World Trade Organization for imposing duties on more than $3 billion worth of U.S.-made...
June 16, 2012
GENEVA/WASHINGTON -- A World Trade Organization panel on June 15 handed the United States a victory in a case against Chinese imports duties on a specialty steel product...
June 09, 2012
HONG KONG--China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in a move likely ...
May 26, 2012
GENEVA-- China launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization on May 25 against U.S. import duties on 22 Chinese products that the United States says are unfairly priced...
April 28, 2012
Japan plans to file an official complaint against China with the World Trade Organization as early as June over Beijing's restrictions on exports of rare earth elements,...
April 06, 2012
Negotiators from Japan, the United States and the European Union will meet with Chinese representatives in Geneva, Switzerland, later this month in what may be the first step...
March 20, 2012
Japan, along with the United States and the European Union, recently filed a case with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China’s restrictions on exports of rare...
March 13, 2012
BRUSSELS/ WASHINGTON -- The European Union, United States and Japan formally asked the World Trade Organization on March 13 to settle a dispute with China over Beijing's...
January 31, 2012
GENEVA--China lost an appeal at the World Trade Organization on Jan. 30 in a case about its export restrictions on raw materials, a ruling that could make it harder for major...
December 16, 2011
GENEVA--The 42 parties to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) of the World Trade Organization on Dec. 15 agreed on a draft revision to expand the GPA's coverage of...
December 13, 2011
BEIJING--Ten years after China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), its trade strategy is facing a major challenge in the shape of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership...