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WTO reaches agreement on IT tariff cut

23/07/2015

GENEVA — Negotiators from countries and regions participating in World Trade Organization talks to eliminate tariffs on information technology products agreed Saturday to expand the list of products covered, negotiation sources said.

Vietnam’s basa fish becomes well-known thanks to lawsuits

23/07/2015

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam had to overcome serious difficulties in the thorny path to bring basa or catfish (Pangasius bocourti), to the US about 10 years ago. Since then, it has faced many lawsuits to retain the market. However, these lawsuits have helped promote Vietnam’s basa fish worldwide.

US hails breakthrough on WTO global tech tariff-cutting deal

23/07/2015

[GENEVA] Trade negotiators tentatively agreed on Saturday to eliminate tariffs on an array of technology products valued at US$1 trillion worth of global commerce.

Japan mulls import quota for US rice in TPP talks

23/07/2015

The Japanese government is considering setting an import quota for US rice as a compromise toward reaching a broad agreement in Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

US approves continued probe against steel productsfrom China

23/07/2015

WASHINGTON - The US International Trade Commission (USITC) Thursday approvedcontinued anti-dumping and countervailing duties investigations against imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from the Chinese mainland. Similar action was taken against India,Italy, South Korea and Taiwan.

U.S. launches antidumping probe against refrigerant from China

23/07/2015

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced Thursday that it initiated anti-dumping duty (AD) investigations against imports of certain refrigerant from China.

Removal of Non-Tariff Barriers Will Benefit U.S. Small Businesses

23/07/2015

With Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) signed into law June 29, 2015, the Obama administration now has the authority it needs to complete high profile trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that is among 12 Pacific Rim countries, and the less controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with all 28 European Union countries.

How the US is using a secret agreement on services to wriggle out of its WTO obligations

23/07/2015

It is increasingly evident that the TiSA negotiations are an attempt to pressure developing countries to grant greater liberalisation in sectors of interest to the US and other industrialised countries, without the latter having to pay any price for it.