The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. It is the largest international economic organization in the world.
The United States said on Thursday it was pushing hard for the World Trade Organization to reach agreement on cutting fishing subsidies in coming months and viewed those talks as a test of whether the.. Reuters - Published
The Government has published its negotiating mandate for trade talks with the European Union. The guidelines state the UK's intention to rely on World Trade Organisation terms under an arrangement with..
U.S. disruption of the global economic order reaches a major milestone on Tuesday as the World Trade Organization (WTO) loses its ability to intervene in trade wars, threatening the future of the.. Reuters - Published
The European Union will act as one over planned U.S. tariffs on French goods and believes the World Trade Organization is the best way to settle such disputes, the European Commision said on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
The U.S. Trade Representative's office on Monday said it saw no basis in Monday's World Trade Organization report that would justify reducing U.S. retaliatory tariffs by $2 billion as Europe's Airbus.. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected European Union claims that it no longer provides subsidies to planemaker Airbus , prompting the United States to say it could increase retaliatory.. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization on Monday rejected European Union claims that it no longer provides subsidies to planemaker Airbus , underscoring tariffs recently imposed by the United States on European.. Reuters - Published
The United States is disappointed by a World Trade Organization (WTO) decision that China may slap compensatory sanctions on U.S. imports worth $3.579 billion annually for the U.S. failure to remove.. Reuters - Published
China is seeking $2.4 billion in retaliatory sanctions against the United States for failing to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling in a case that highlights White House complaints about the.. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization opened the door on Wednesday for the United States to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion European goods over subsidies for Airbus . Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold a special meeting of its Dispute Settlement Body at the request of the United States on Oct. 14 to adopt its arbitration decision in the Airbus subsidies.. Reuters - Published
The United States will impose 10% tariffs on aircraft and 25% on other industrial and agricultural products from the European Union as part of a World Trade Organization penalty award in a long-running.. Reuters - Published
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that retaliatory U.S. tariffs following the World Trade Organization ruling over European illegal subsidies for planemaker Airbus could include.. Reuters - Published
The United States' top trade body is likely to release a list of European goods subject to new tariffs Wednesday afternoon, after the World Trade Organization's landmark ruling on illegal aircraft.. Reuters - Published
The United States' top trade body is likely to release a list of European goods subject to new tariffs Wednesday afternoon, after the World Trade Organization's landmark ruling on illegal aircraft.. Reuters - Published
The United States has moved toward imposing tariffs on European Union goods as soon as mid-month by calling for a fast-track meeting of the World Trade Organization's highest disputes body in.. Reuters - Published
Airbus shares fell to four-month lows and Pernod Ricard SA extended losses on Wednesday after Washington won approval to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European goods, opening a new front in.. Reuters - Published
Germany's DIHK chambers of commerce on Wednesday urged the European Union to act strongly in order to protect their interests in a tariff row between the EU and the United States, reacting to the World.. Reuters - Published
Britain said tariffs were in no-one's interest and should not be applied to the UK after a ruling by the World Trade Organization on Wednesday that the United States could target $7.5 billion of.. Reuters - Published
Airbus shares reversed losses and drinks maker Pernod Ricard extended losses on Wednesday afternoon after Washington won approval to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European goods over illegal.. Reuters - Published
France is ready to retaliate if the United States goes ahead with trade sanctions on EU imports, its finance minister said on Wednesday after Washington won WTO backing for the measures. Reuters - Published
A decision by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) allowing the United States to target goods imported from the European Union over illegal subsidies to Airbus will weigh on the planemaker, German.. Reuters - Published
Airbus on Wednesday urged talks to reduce trade tensions after the World Trade Organization gave the United States approval to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European goods over illegal EU.. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization ruled on Wednesday that the United States could target $7.5 billion of imports from the European Union over illegal subsidies for planemaker Airbus. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization is poised on Wednesday to open the door to hefty U.S. tariffs on European goods over illegal subsidies for Airbus, pushing a 15-year-old row over support for plane giants.. Reuters - Published
The United States will learn on Wednesday the annual value of European Union goods it is allowed to target with tariffs as part of a 15-year-old dispute at the World Trade Organization over illegal.. Reuters - Published
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Monday it was probably inevitable that the United States and China would clash on trade, given that China has not lived up to commitments made.. Reuters - Published
Foreign secretary asked why UK would want to rely on organisation with 'inherent flaws' that 'even its leader recognises is struggling with legitimacy' Independent - Published
China has lodged a complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization over U.S. import duties, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said on Monday. Reuters - Published
The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Thursday adopted final findings against U.S. duties imposed on a range of Chinese imports, effectively giving Beijing a green light to seek compensatory sanctions. Reuters - Published
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the existence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) would be in serious doubt if major economies such as the United States left it, a prospect raised a day earlier by.. Reuters - Published
South Korea's bid to garner international support in a row with Japan by airing its case at the World Trade Organization brought no visible dividend on Wednesday, as no other countries took the floor.. Reuters - Published
South Korea's Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Hyun-chong said on Friday that Japan has violated the WTO's principle of free trade and international law by imposing unilateral export restrictions.. Reuters - Published
Philip Morris urged Thailand to drop criminal charges against its Thai subsidiary on Saturday, after a second World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that the Asian nation had failed to comply with.. Reuters - Published
Japan denied imposing a trade embargo on South Korea on Tuesday, after a complicated diplomatic dispute that could disrupt global supplies of chips and smartphones erupted over forced labor in World.. Reuters - Published
A diplomatic row between Japan and South Korea spilled over into a World Trade Organization meeting on Tuesday, where Seoul's ambassador accused Japan of imposing illegal export controls due to a.. Reuters - Published
Industry minister Hiroshige Seko said on Tuesday that Japan was "not thinking at all" of withdrawing restrictions on Japanese high-tech exports to South Korea and that the curbs did not violate World.. Reuters - Published
Tory leadership hopeful is wrong to suggest UK could have tariff-free trade with the EU following a no-deal Brexit, says international body's chief Independent - Published
Group of 20 leaders will agree to accelerate World Trade Organization (WTO) reforms but stop short of calling for the need to resist protectionism in a communique to be issued on Saturday, the Nikkei.. Reuters - Published
Many leaders of the world's top 20 economies on Friday voiced concern over trade tensions and the risk they pose to global growth, but were at loggerheads on key issues such as World Trade Organization.. Reuters - Published
Work on the final G20 documents is not going easy, the group's Russia sherpa Svetlana Lukash said on Friday, naming World Trade Organisation reform, information security, climate change and migration.. Reuters - Published
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