Archive - Jan 9, 2007

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Canada launches WTO case over US subsidies

8 January, 2007
Canada has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organisation over the use of "trade-distorting" agricultural subsidies by the US.

US, EU Coming Closer on DDA

8 January, 2007
Washington and Brussels over the last few weeks - including over the weekend - came closer to a common position on agricultural market access and domestic supports that is needed to finally break the deadlock in the long-stalled Doha Development Agenda negotiations

Some Progress in Global Trade Effort

8 January, 2007
Trade envoys from the United States and Europe said on Monday that they had made progress in resolving differences to break an impasse on global trade negotiations, but they declined to say specifically where the differences had narrowed.