Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States, in the first report on Russia’s compliance with its World Trade Organization commitments, said on Wednesday it was closely watching Moscow for any violations that thwart U.S. exports to the world’s sixth-largest economy. But in the report required by Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office did not announce any definite plans for […] Read more
U.S. puts Russia on notice in WTO compliance report
U.S. dairy, poultry producers press for Canadian access
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States must fix mistakes it made in the North American Free Trade Agreement by insisting in new trade talks with Canada on unrestricted access to that country’s poultry and dairy market, U.S. agricultural groups said Monday. "All we’re asking is that we have an open and free fair trade shot at the border," […] Read more
World food prices jumped 10 per cent in July
Reading Time: 2 minutes World food prices jumped 10 per cent in July as drought parched crop lands in the United States and Eastern Europe, the World Bank said in a statement urging governments to shore up programs that protect their most vulnerable populations. From June to July, corn and wheat prices rose by 25 per cent each, soybean […] Read more
Pork export rivals grumble over Canada in TPP talks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pork producers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand urged their governments on Tuesday to push for an end to Canadian pork subsidies as Canada enters into talks on an Asia-Pacific free trade agreement. "Canada needs to end its federal and provincial hog subsidy programs, which are distorting the North American and world pork […] Read more
WTO talks now at “grave risk” of failure: Lamy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly a decade worth of work to reach a world trade deal is on the verge of “failure,” World Trade Organization director General Pascal Lamy said Saturday in a plea for countries to rise above their own narrow interests for the good of the global economy. “The WTO system is in grave risk of not […] Read more
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