The rumours have started and so has the fear - rumour has it that President-elect Obama will tie any U.S. auto aid to a repatriation of jobs from Canada and Mexico to the United States. In other words, the United States...
On November 2, 2008, the Canadian Press reported that Canadian beef and pork producers want Ottawa to commence trade actions against the United States over a new law that is already starting to shut their livestock out of...
China has threatened to boycott imports of iron ore after Brazil’s Companhia Vale do Rio Doce tried to again increase prices for Asian customers. It could be that Chinese steel manufacturers would make the decision on ...
On September 24, 2008, business groups from every major sector of the U.S. economy communicated with House and Senate leaders urging them to reject any attempts to reinstate the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act. The...
The United States, Japan and Taiwan have filed requests for WTO consultations with the European Communities (EC) and its member States regarding the imposition of customs duties on flat panel displays, set-top boxes (STBs) with...
The recent hostile activities by the Russian Federation in the sovereign nation, Georgia, causes other nations to consider what can be done to punish or deter further aggression. Georgia has been a WTO Member since June 14,...
On August 11, 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported in an article entitled "Bryd's Bad Idea is Back" that there are subterranean efforts in Congress to revive the repealed Byrd Amendment (more formally known as the Continued...
Canada's Financial Post (part of the National Post newspaper) is reporting today that "The United States is ready to clash with the British government over the $300-million U. S. aid program for Bombardier Inc.'s Short aircraft...
It is obvious that the global economic environment for the auto industry is not a healthy one. Auto companies and associations are concerned that the "suspension" of the WTO Doha Round will result in a further proliferation...
It was reported today by Forbes online that India's Trade Minister Nath had said India was willing to accept a proposal to a dispute settlement mechanism to prevent the misuse and abuse of the special agricultural safeguard...
The “Doha Round” of multilateral trade talks at the World Trade Organization lapsed back into limbo on July 29, 2008 as an informal meeting of Ministers did not end in the acceptance of the compromise "package of elements".
If...
The developing countries will have a lot of hard work to do to prepare the special agricultural safeguard mechanism that will be needed if the Doha Round is completed. If the "package of elements" relating to agriculture...
On July 26, 2008, the World Trade Organization Director General, Pascal Lamy, announced that the informal discussions that took place during the week of July 21, 2008 had resulted in a "package of elements". This "package...
The Honorable Sergio Marchi, Canada's former Ambassador to the WTO and currently a business advisor in Lang Michener LLP's International Trade Group and the Chairman of the Canadian Services Coalition has sent Trade Lawyers Blog...
The Honourable Sergio Marchi, a business advisor to Lang Michener LLP and former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO and former International Trade Minister for Canada, send Trade Lawyers Blog the following article from the Financial...
Forbes.com reproduces a Reuters prepared time line of the Doha Round of WTO negotiations.
Following are some of the key dates in the latest global free trade push:
NOVEMBER 2001 - WTO members meeting in Qatar agree to launch...
