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EU Opens a New WTO Dispute against U.S. over Boeing Subsidies
25/12/2014
The European Union launched a new trade dispute at the World Trade Organization due to the American subsidies for the Boeing Company. Brussels says that the United States was giving “millions of dollars” in unjust subsidies to help Boeing construct its new 777X jet. The Boeing Company is a multinational corporation that designs, produces, and sells airplanes, rockets, satellites, and rotorcrafts. It is among the largest aircraft producers and the second biggest defense contractor in the world.
Anti-dumping duties: No hope for non-market economy?
24/12/2014
Why have Vietnam Tra and Basa fish products unceasingly been subject to anti-dumping duties? Is it because the US has not recognized Vietnam as a market economy or is it the fate developing countries, including Vietnam, must accept when joining in the free-trade playground in which the US overwhelms?.
Vietnam – Korea to Sign FTA in 2015
23/12/2014
Recently in Busan, South Korea, Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick signed a Memorandum of Agreement to conclude negotiations on the Vietnam – South Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA). The Memorandum of Agreement was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung and President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye, on the occasion of the commemorative summit marking 25 years of ASEAN-RoK relations.Korea will liberalise 95 percent of tariff lines
India’s trade barriers worsening
23/12/2014
Sugar buyers' slam NAFTA sugar pact, shift focus to Australia, Canada
22/12/2014
Dec 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. sugar buyers' group has slammed a U.S.-Mexican government pact announced late on Friday, saying the deal has increased the importance of broadening access to the domestic market through other trade agreements and the need for greater reform of a government sugar support program.
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