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Australia "disappointed" at Indonesia's decision to sharply cut live cattle exports

16/07/2015

CANBERRA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government on Tuesday expressed deep disappointment at Indonesia's decision to drastically slash the number of live cattle it aims to imports from Australia.

WTO to resume talks on expanding tariff-free digital products

16/07/2015

TOKYO -- Negotiators will gather in Geneva starting Tuesday to discuss removing import tariffs on 200 or so electronics products under the tutelage of the World Trade Organization, but the prospects of an agreement remain unclear.

VN: Agriculture exports slow down

16/07/2015

HA NOI (VNS) — Export growth in the first six months of this year was affected by a decline in export turnover of the agricultural and aquatic sectors and fuel and minerals, said Nguyen Tien Vy, head of the Department of Planning under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Food subsidies still ‘haunt’ India at WTO

16/07/2015

Even as the WTO [World Trade Organization] members are currently engaged in thrashing out a work program for the 10th Ministerial at Nairobi [Kenya] in December, 2015, India is concerned over the delay in reaching a ‘permanent solution’ to the problem of dealing with food procurement subsidies. Its worry stems from the fact that the developed countries [primarily USA and EU] could use it as a bargaining chip for extracting concessions in other areas such as industrial goods and services.

India warns US of dumping probe in solar panel dispute

16/07/2015

Are India and the US headed for a face-off at the multi-lateral body, World Trade Organisation? Seems so, as the on-going dispute between the two on rules guiding India’s solar power generation programme have got more bitter.

Viet Nam to gain from regional FTAs

16/07/2015

HCM CITY (VNS) — Viet Nam would gain substantially from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is still under negotiation, a workshop heard in HCM City yesterday.

India feels the heat in WTO solar dispute with US

09/07/2015

India might once again face flak at the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement body over its solar mission programme case against the US even as the verdict is expected by end of August.

Ukraine Duties on Car Imports Under Fire From WTO

09/07/2015

These have been challenged by Japan, and a panel of the WTO disputes settlement body has concluded Ukraine broke so many (10) global trading rules in establishing this protection, it should scrap the duties.