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Argentina-Trade problems with Brazil

11/03/2009

"Brazil can bactions against any country before the WTO", said Barral talking to the press in Brasilia. He added his office which depends from the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade was working to appeal, before WTO, the trade barriers imposed by Argentina in the wake of the global slowdown, to all imports, including those from Brazil.

S. Korea opts for dialogue in computer chip trade dispute with Japan+

11/03/2009

GENEVA, March 6_(Kyodo) _ South Korea has withdrawn an earlier complaint it filed with the World Trade Organization seeking the elimination of a punitive tariff imposed by Japan on computer chips produced by Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea, sources close to the matter said Friday.

Expert says Europe, China ought to coordinate policies to avoid protectionism

11/03/2009

Brussels: Economic ties are still the most important part of Sino-European relations and the two sides should coordinate policies to avoid protectionism, a European expert said here.

Customs to Begin ESAR Phase II Test

11/03/2009

Customs and Border Protection will begin the second phase of testing for the entry summary, accounts and revenue (ESAR) of the Automated Commercial Environment.

Turkey, Egypt under fire for textile duties

11/03/2009

NEW DELHI: New Delhi has approached Turkey and Egypt asking them to remove the additional duties they have imposed on Indian cotton textile imports or pay suitable compensation.

Canadian International Trade Tribunal Initiates Inquiry: Waterproof Footwear From China and Vietnam

04/03/2009

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 03/02/09 -- The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by the Shoe Manufacturers' Association of Canada, of Baie d'Urfe, Quebec, that it has suffered injury as a result of dumped imports of waterproof footwear and waterproof footwear in nearly finished form from the People's Republic of China and Vietnam

PM must decide whether he is for or against free trade

04/03/2009

'THE Australian Government's position has never changed. It is a position informed by history and the appalling history of the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of the 1930s": Kevin Rudd, January 31, 2009.

WTO: Protectionism cannot be ‘smart’, Lamy tells Australian think-tank

04/03/2009

Even “smart” isolationism would be a recipe for a global slump, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy told the Sydney think-tank the Lowy Institute on 2 March 2009, because protectionist measures taken by one government would be replicated by others, creating a domino effect of dire consequences.