Gloom and frustration pervaded the World Trade Organization on Monday as the prospects of completing a new global commerce pact this year receded. The WTO’s 153 members had agreed to take stock at the end of March on whether the …
The goal of signing a new global commerce deal in 2010 is out of reach unless countries accelerate their negotiations, the World Trade Organization’s Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Friday. The WTO’s 153 members must turn vague discussions on the …
Brazil plans to organize a meeting of trade ministers in late November to discuss progress in the World Trade Organization’s long-running Doha round, a senior Brazilian official said Monday. The meeting would be an opportunity to take stock of the …
The world’s poorer countries are divided over proposals for a new global trade deal, with developing country food importers pitted against exporters pushing for greater liberalization. The differences turn on two technical measures in the proposals on agriculture in the …
Talks on industrial goods, a crucial element in negotiations for a new trade deal, are failing to overcome deep differences between rich and poor countries, diplomats and officials said Wednesday. But, they said, parallel negotiations on agriculture are making progress …
The United States should cut barriers to its markets to help it tackle economic turmoil, and boost exports to deal with its current account deficit, the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) said. Further adjustment and reforms by the United States …
