World Trade Organization

Changing to WTO's 'Made in the World' Labeling Would Harm Americans

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: World Trade Organization, Product Dumping, Environmental Abuse, Free Trade, Country-of-Origin, "Made in World" Label, Consumer Protection, Business News

How would you like to go shopping and find that everywhere you went, the label said "Made in the World" instead of "Made in China," "Made in India," "Made in USA" etc.?

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What Are They Trying to Hide?

Michael Brune | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Environment, Oil, Free Trade Agreements, World Trade Organization, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama Trade, Green News

Odds are that you haven't heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. And even if you've heard of it, I'm willing to bet you don't know what might be in it.

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Opening Russia

Ed Gerwin | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Uruguay, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, President Obama, Michael McFaul, Jobs, Democracy, Congress, United States, China, Ukraine, Foreign Policy, Pntr, World Trade Organization, Human Rights, Trade, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Jackson-Vanik, Business News

Bringing democratic reform to Russia will require concerted effort by the United States, our allies, NGOs, and the Russian people. Opening Russia's market under WTO rules can play a useful role in this effort.

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Trade Deals: Backdoor Financial Deregulation

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Tpp, Wto, Volcker Rule, Financial Reform, Barack Obama, Politics News, Obama Free Trade Agreements, Obama Free Trade, World Trade Organization, Nafta, Banking, Banks, Bankers, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Wall Street, Business News

Wall Street has a new power tool to demolish financial stability policies, and it comes from a source many would not expect.

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'Green News Report' - March 15, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Australia, George W. Bush, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Ohio, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Ocean Acidification, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Ozone, Republicans, Newt Gingrich, Senate, Joe Bastardi, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fox News, BP Oil Spill, Pipeline, Tar Sands, Oil Spill, Wto, World Trade Organization, Trade, Rare Earth Elements, China, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: War with ...

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America's Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Campaign for American?S Future, Auto Parts, Germany, World Trade Organization, Apple, United Auto Workers, Trade Enforcement Unit, Stakeholder Capitalism, Iphone, Trade Deficit, Usw, United Steelworkers, Wto, China, Economic Policy Institute, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Business News

Although conservative candidates revel in ridiculing Western Europe, America could learn crucial economic lessons from Germany, which maintains trade surpluses, including one with China in auto parts.

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No Votes in China?

Matt Browne | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: World Trade Organization, China, World News

What is really needed is a transatlantic strategy for economic growth, one that includes a common constructive approach towards China, aimed at ensuring a level playing field for trade, market access and investments.

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Russia Makes Big Promise To Keep Euro From Collapsing

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Russia, European Union, Video, World Trade Organization, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, President Dmitry Medvedev, International Monetary Fund, Business News

BRUSSELS — Russian officials indicated Thursday that their country may offer more than the $10 billion it already has promised the International...

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The Doha Round: Much More Than Market Access

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Free Trade, G20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Doha Round, European Debt, Doha Eurozone, Doha Talks, g20 Talks, Cannes Eurozone Crisis, Wto Talks, Doha Climate Change, World News

There is much that the Doha Round, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in particular, can do to improve trade conditions around the world.

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Obama Pushes Huge Free Trade Deals to Wednesday Vote

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Tunafish, Panama Free Trade Agreement, World Trade Organization, Colombia Free Trade, Tariffs, Free Trade, Occupy Wall Street, Disaster Capitalism, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Palm Oil, Barack Obama, Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Politics News

These trade agreements achieve a rare trifecta: it's hard to imagine a single initiative that at one time could so infuriate anti-corporate activists, labor unions, and environmentalists at the very moment these disparate movements are finding solidarity and support in the streets.

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OECD, ILO: World Governments Must Put Greater Focus On Jobs

AP | By SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: 2008 Financial Crisis, Unemployment, World Trade Organization, Great Recession, Greece Debt Crisis, International Labor Organization, Jobless, Economic Recovery, g20, Job Creation, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Nicolas Sarkozy, Video, Business News

PARIS -- World governments must not let their focus on spending cuts keep them from creating jobs that will be a key part of economic recovery, an int...

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States Losing The Most Jobs To China

24/7 Wall St. | Charles B. Stockdale, Douglas A. McIntyre | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Epi, Walmart, U.S. Trade Deficit, World Trade Organization, America, Economic Policy Institute, Currency, Economists, Manufacturing, Labor Unions, China, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: China is taking American jobs, labor unions, politicians and economists, have accused for some time. The logic is simple. While a ...

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U.S. Not Chicken Over Chinese Chicken Tariffs

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Trade Tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Wind Power, Jobs, Video, World Trade Organization, Chicken Exports, Trade Disputes, China, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The United States filed a complaint Tuesday with the World Trade Organization that says China violated international trade rules when it...

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WTO Panel Rules U.S. Tuna Labels Are Too Restrictive

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Wto, World Trade Organization, Trade, U.N., Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labels, United Nations, Mexico, Food, Tuna, Tuna Labels, Tuna Fishing, U.S. Commerce Department, Green News

GENEVA -- The popular "dolphin-safe" labels used to market tuna sold in the U.S. are illegal because they restrict too much trade, a World Trade Organ...

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Export Drop Shows Need for New Trade Strategy

James Bacchus | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: International Trade, Free Trade Agreements, Economic Recovery, Doha Development Round, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, Imports, Trade, Doha Round, Exports, Obama, Wto, Trade Agreements, FTA's, Business News

Turning up the heat a little more in this long hot summer of our national discontent is the news that American exports are declining.

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China May Alter 'Rare Earth' Policy

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: World Trade Organization, Rare Earth, China Rare Earth, China Exports, Rare Earth Elements, China Rare Earth Exports, China Rare Earths, China, Technology News

BEIJING -- A European trade envoy said Chinese officials indicated Thursday that Beijing might change its curbs on exports of rare earths after a Worl...

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China Unfairly Protected Domestic Manufacturers, WTO Rules

AP | By JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: World Trade Organization, Wto, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Mexico, Chinese Protectionism, European Union, United States, China, Fair Trade, Business News

GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that China was unfairly protecting its domestic manufacturers by limiting the export of nine raw ...

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China's Pre-Imperial Overstretch

Daniel Wagner | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: International Trade, Spratlys, Wto, World Trade Organization, Asia, China, World News

The current Spratly Islands dispute is ultimately a litmus test for if, and when, China may act not as an 800-pound gorilla that may do as it pleases, but rather as a responsible member of the international community that exercises discretion and judiciousness in its actions.

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The End of China's Wind Subsidy Program and the Future of Global Clean Technology Markets

Jake Colvin | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Wind Power, International Trade, Trade and Climate, Green Trade, World Trade Organization, Trade, Environmental Goods and Services, Environment, Global Trade, Wind Energy, Clean Technology, National Foreign Trade Council, Solar Power, China, International Economy, Green News

The announcement earlier this week that China would end its controversial wind subsidy program is welcome, but is only the tip of the iceberg when it ...

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In South Africa, Wal-Mart Refuses to Buy Local, Threatens WTO Action, and Wins

Stacy Mitchell | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: South Africa, World Trade Organization, Wto, Local Food, Buy Local, Massmart, Labor Unions, Wal-Mart, Mergers, Business News

Even in countries where the law clearly states that the public interest must be protected in large mergers, global trade agreements give corporations the upper hand, or at least give government authorities an excuse to ignore their own laws.

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House Committee Votes To Cut Farm Subsidies

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: House Appropriations Committee, Farm Subsidy, World Trade Organization, Brazil, Cotton, Gop, Farm Subsidies, Jeff Flake, Arizona, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A House committee voted Tuesday to cut farm subsidies to pay for deficit reduction and other budget priorities, chipping away at the bil...

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Survey: China Is BIased Against Foreign Companies

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, World Trade Organization, American Chamber of Commerce, European Chamber of Commerce, Global Financial Crisis, Subsidies, Growth of the Market, Fair Trade, China, Business News

BEIJING -- A growing number of European companies in China believe they are being treated unfairly by the government and expect discrimination to incr...

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The Economics of Fishing Subsidies -- Destroying a Vital Global Enterprise

Hilary Kramer | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: World Trade Organization, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fish, Fishing, Doha, Overfishing, Slidepollajax, Green News

An international agreement that limits global fishing subsidies would not only be a huge success for ocean health, but would also set a new framework for effective cooperation on trade and the environment.

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Trade, Islands, and Diversity

Carl Pope | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Chiquita, Dominica, Vanilla, World Trade Organization, Monoculture, Wto, Neoliberalism, Bananas, Green News

If you are over 50 and think that bananas tasted better when you were young, you are right. Bananas are not the only example of how neo-liberal trade rules are bad news for small places.

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Boeing Received Minimum Of $5.3B In Banned U.S. Subsidies, WTO Says

Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Boeing, Nasa, World Trade Organization, Wto, Illegal Subsidies, European Union, Government Subsidies, US Subsidies, Airbus, Business News

Planemaker Boeing received at least $5.3 billion of dollars of banned U.S. subsidies, the World Trade Organization said Thursday. The subsidies...

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