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South Africa: Clucking in chicken coop as import row hots up

20/05/2013

Feathers are flying as the spat over import duties on chickens imported into South Africa heads to court.

WTO chief-elect vows to make Doha Development Round advance

20/05/2013

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General-elect, Brazilian diplomat Roberto Azevedo, said Friday that his greatest challenge after assuming office would be to make the Doha Development Round move forward.

EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

20/05/2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.

Vilsack Says U.S. Proposals May End Brazil Cotton Impasse

20/05/2013

U.S. House and Senate agriculture committee proposals for a new farm law represent a “good faith” effort by lawmakers to resolve a trade dispute over cotton with Brazil, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

Ethanol Groups File Complaint Regarding EU Antidumping Duties

20/05/2013

Two biofuels industry groups Thursday filed a complaint with the General Court in Luxembourg challenging the European Union's February decision to impose a 9.6% antidumping duty on all ethanol imported from the United States.

Canada prepares to target U.S. goods in meat-label spat

20/05/2013

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products it wants to target in retaliation for U.S. country-of-origin meat labels if last-minute changes to U.S. label regulations don't prove satisfactory, Canadian officials said on Friday.

EU’s Barroso Says Competitive Devaluations Are ‘Not Acceptable’

20/05/2013

European Commission President Jose Barroso said euro-area policymakers would oppose any efforts by trade partners to gain an economic advantage by weakening their currencies.

Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Oppose China Tariffs

20/05/2013

Ericsson AB (ERICB) and Nokia Siemens Networks urged the European Union to back off from its threat of imposing tariffs on Chinese-made mobile-telecommunications equipment, throwing support behind some of their biggest rivals in the region.