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You are here: Home / Archives for World Trade Organization

China-savvy tea partyer takes helm of US House panel on Asia

January 24, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The new leader of the House panel overseeing U.S. policy to the Asia-Pacific is a rarity in Congress: a deeply conservative Republican who shuns isolationism, favors closer ties with Asia and stands poised to praise as well as criticize China — and even do it in Mandarin.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Beijing, California State University, Central America, China, Chinese, East Asia, House Foreign Affairs, Jim Leach, Matt Salmon, Middle East, President Barack Obama, Republican Rep, TPP, Vol 34 No 5 | January 24 - January 30, World Trade Organization, Yongyi Song

Bangladesh trade privileges suspended over safety

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced June 27 the suspension of U.S. trade privileges for Bangladesh because of concerns over labor rights and worker safety that intensified after hundreds died there in the global garment industry’s worst accident earlier this year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aminul Islam, Bangladesh, European Union, Foreign Ministry, GSP, Joe Crowley, Obama, Robert Menendez, Senate Democrats, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, South Asian, Trade Representative Mike Froman, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12, WASHINGTON, World Trade Organization

China, US file trade cases against each other

September 23, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Joe McDonald THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING, CHINA (AP) — China filed a World Trade Organization case on Monday, Sept. 17, challenging U.S. anti-dumping measures on billions of dollars of kitchen appliances, paper, and other goods, adding to worsening trade strains as global demand weakens.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, Beijing, Canada, China, Chinese, European Union, General Motors Co, Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama, Shen Danyang, US, United States, Vietnam, Vol 31 No 39 | September 22 - September 28, WTO, World Trade Organization, japan

China and the United States allay growing trade tensions

October 1, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Sept. 24, China played down growing trade tensions with the United States, saying the two trading partners must focus on long-term relations and settle their differences through friendly talks.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Beijing, China, Chinese, Commerce Ministry, Indonesia, International Trade Department, Iran, North Korea, President Barack Obama, United Nations Security Council, United States, Vol 28 No 41 | October 3-October 9, World Trade Organization, Yu Jianhua

China to appeal WTO ruling on book, movie imports

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — China will appeal a World Trade Organization ruling that ordered it to ease restrictions on imports of movies, music, and books in a case brought by Washington, a Commerce Ministry spokesman said Monday, Aug. 18.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Associated Press, Beijing, Bonnie Cao, China, Chinese, Commerce Ministry, United States, WTO, World Trade Organization, Yao Jian, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

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