Current account trade deficit widens in 4Q but for year falls to the lowest level since 2001 The current account trade deficit widened in the fourth quarter, reflecting an improving economy, but the imbalance for all of 2009 fell to the lowest ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Members of the World Trade Organization are likely to conclude next week that it will take a political miracle to agree a new trade deal this year, consigning yet another Doha round deadline to the dustbin. The U.S. and ...
EU trade commissioner, Karel De Gucht, on Thursday accused US President Barack Obama's administration of having a "protectionist" agenda, blaming Washington for holding up a global free-trade deal. "One of the problems is that we don't know exactly what the United States ...
US ambassador urges disputes with China be separated from cooperation on international issues Beijing needs to take seriously American concerns about the value of the Chinese currency, but bilateral disputes should not impede cooperation on global issues such as climate change and ...
The UN body regulating commerce in endangered wildlife on Wednesday slapped down a US plea to remove cross-border trade restrictions on a common bobcat. Lynx rufus has never been threatened with extinction and today roams much of North America in numbers ranging ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress will pass a new law to overhaul the antiquated U.S. food safety system by the end of the year, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, an influential House lawmaker, said on Wednesday. The first major reform of the system in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As U.S. gasoline prices head toward $3 a gallon, states with many drivers in rural areas would take the biggest financial hit if pump costs spiked to record levels again, according to a new report released on Wednesday. Consumers ...
Nunavut lawmakers voted to ban European alcohol in the northern Canadian territory in symbolic retaliation for an EU ban on seal products, a government official told AFP on Wednesday. However, the motion is unlikely to become law, said Emily Woods, spokeswoman for ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and India signed an agreement on Wednesday to strengthen trade and investment ties, following through on a pledge leaders of the two countries made last year. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Indian Minister of Commerce ...
A forthcoming WTO ruling on a US complaint against European Union subsidies to Airbus is likely to have a broader impact on aerospace markets, a lawyer acting for Airbus' US rival Boeing predicted Wednesday. A World Trade Organization panel is expected to ...
