... existing WTO system benefits goods trading but offers little help for service trade. By contrast, TPP will adopt a negative-list approach to achieve full opening of the service sector. The US focuses ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-12
... nization (WTO) by spearheading the creation of TPP. By all indications, it's meant to reinforce Washington’s predominance in international trade, give American companies the upper hand and, above all, ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-09
... f China’s WTO accession treaty. “This will take some time,” Rosario said. The United States, China’s second-biggest trading partner, is also set to examine the issue in the coming months. The Office o ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-10
... May, the WTO upheld an earlier ruling that country-of-origin labeling rules illegally discriminate against imported livestock from Canada and Mexico, rejecting a US appeal. The decision formally allo ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-05
... that the WTO acquire the technical capacity (and mandate) to analyze and adjudicate relevant national policies or that the IMF join the dispute-settlement mechanisms that accompany trade treaties. To ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... ties. The WTO put forward the concept of "sustainable tourism" back in 2004, under which tourism must not only meet economic, social and aesthetic demands, but also be able to help preserve local trad ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-02
... nization (WTO) framework, the report said, citing a meeting between Fung and Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress. Fung is a deputy to China's highest political advisory body whic ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... titute of WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. "In some sense the American government has some responsibility for that; [China's] concerns have some legiti ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
The US has launched a new case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over Beijing's alleged unfair subsidies for some export businesses. China's subsidy program for industries such as te ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-12
... o China's WTO entry. The Stock Connect program will foster the world's second-largest equity market and beef up its attractiveness for global investors. The scheme will enable investors to access both ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-28
... from the WTO decision,” Frank Tang, an analyst at investment bank North Square Blue Oak, was quoted as saying. “China is saying that as a WTO member, it’ll have to abide by WTO rules.” Rare-earth pri ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-06
... using the WTO classification. It is also the mainland's first bilateral agreement to use a negative list -- which specifies any restrictions on the freedom to operate of firms in some sub-sectors, rat ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
A World Trade Organization (WTO) appellate body has determined that US duties on Chinese solar panels violated trade rules, reversing an earlier finding, Bloomberg News reported. The WTO body was quot ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-19
... its APEC, WTO and OECD membership have already shown over the past decades, the territory's government is yet to express its stance toward the TPP. Some observers believe it is because local officials ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-18
... rt of the WTO deal because it was unclear if the program could continue beyond a 2017 deadline. “India and the US have successfully resolved their differences relating to the issue of public stock hol ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... pdate the WTO pact on technology trade broke down in the summer of 2013 due to disagreements over the scope of coverage of what listed products would be covered by the pact. "Since that time, the Unit ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-11
... numerous WTO and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meetings in my official capacity. In a book I wrote after my retirement, I talked at length about the then British Hong Kong government’ ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld a ruling that China violated international trade rules with its export restrictions on rare-earth minerals, Reuters reported Thursday. "... China has not ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-08
The World Trade Organization (WTO) failed on Thursday to reach a deal to standardize customs rules as India demanded concessions on agricultural stockpiling, Reuters reported. "We have not been able t ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-01
... ating the WTO rules, the minister said, urging the US to correct its ways. They "should not become a negative model for breaking the rules", Gao was quoted as saying in comments carried on the ministr ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-18
