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Japan-SKorea trade spat overshadows WTO meeting
Diplomats are attending a World Trade Organisation meeting in Geneva Tuesday where South Korea is expected to air objections to Japan's recent tightening of controls on high-tech exports to South Korea.
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WTO arrivals with Japan-SKO dispute on agenda
The General Council of the World Trade Organisation will meet again in Geneva on Wednesday with delegations from Japan and South Korea amid rising tensions between the two countries.
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Timelapse of Hong Kong skyline at night
CLEAN: Exterior timelapse shots of Hong Kong's city skyline as night falls and the lights of the skyscrapers turn on, over the harbour on September 20, 2015 in Hong Kong, China.
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David Davis: Disrespect May, you disrespect the UK
Quotes from former Brexit Secretary David Davis as he addressed a Leave Means Leave rally in Bolton.
He hits out at the treatment of Theresa May and says she should have sent them Jacob Rees-Mogg in return - adding that disrespecting...
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CLEAN : Opening of the WTO General Council meeting
The World Trade Organization holds its General Council meeting in Geneva as its capacity to settle international disputes a core function of the body throughout its 25 year history is on the brink of collapse following relentless US...
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Five candidates battle it out for WTO leadership
STOCKSHOTS of the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: WTO headquarters, as organisation fails to agree on appointing acting leader
STOCKSHOTS of the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Deadlocked WTO fails to agree on appointing acting leader
FILE IMAGES of the World Trade Organization's four deputy directors-general, as the organisation announces that its members have failed to agree on appointing one of them as an interim chief, underlining the deadlock in the institution...
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CLEAN : German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes G7 guests of honour
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes the G7 guests of honour, including the heads of the WTO and WHO, as well as the leaders of India and Senegal (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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China's 20 Years at the WTO, and What Lies Ahead
James Bacchus, a former Democratic congressman and onetime head of the World Trade Organization's appellate body, looks back at China's 20 years as a member of the WTO and what to expect going forward. Governments and businesses around...
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U.S. to Back Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver
May.06 -- The U.S. signaled support for at least a temporary waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday as the debate now switches to the World Trade Organization. Bloomberg’s Ben Bain reports.
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Legal changes aimed at helping China move closer to WTO requirements
APTN - June 26, 2001
1. Wide shot tilt down exterior of Changfugong hotel
2. Wide shot journalists in the presser room
3. Medium wide shot the spokesperson walking in and sitting down at the podium, zoom out to wide shot
4. Medium wide...
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Commerce Sec. Ross Says Trade Enforcement a Primary Focus
Mar.31 -- Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross discusses President Trump’s executive orders on trade, enforcement and trade deficits. He speaks with David Gura on “Bloomberg Markets.â€
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SINGAPORE: WTO: DISCUSSIONS ON ABOLISHING TARIFFS ON COMPUTERS
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The United States and Europe failed, Monday, to resolve their differences over a global deal on abolishing tariffs on information technology products but vowed to keep trying.
Both the US and Europe have been pushing to...
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The US Trade Representative is calling on China to show why it continues to impose what the WTO called restrictive tariffs and duties on "GOES" steel. (Jan 13)
The United States want to know why China is not in compliance with a WTO ruling on high tech steel exports.
The WTO ruled that the Chinese were imposing unusually high duties and restrictions on US exports of "GOES" or grain oriented...
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US trade officials says China has failed to comply with WTO rules on steel exports
The US wants to know why China is not in compliance with a WTO ruling on high tech steel exports.
The WTO ruled that the Chinese were imposing unusually high duties and restrictions on US exports of GOES, or grain oriented flat rolled...
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'Stagnant and Paralyzed' WTO Needs Reform, Rebrand: Okonjo-Iweala
Feb.24 -- Incoming World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala discusses her reformation priorities, talks with the Biden administration, and impact of the global pandemic on trade and poverty. She speaks with...
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U.K. Seeking to Deepen Partnerships in Southeast Asia
Sep.03 -- Natalie Black, the U.K.'s trade commissioner for Asia-Pacific, says the government and British businesses were already focused on deepening partnerships in the region before the coronavirus pandemic, and are now doubling down...
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USA: UPCOMING WTO MEETING LATEST
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President Clinton's top trade official has warned that the upcoming meeting of the World Trade Organisation has to be successful.
Trade representative Charlene Barshefsky told the House Committee on Agriculture that the...
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Trade official in push for resumption of trade talks
1. Robert Zoellick, US trade representative at podium
2. Media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Zoellick, US trade representative:
"In the months after Cancun, a number of companies were feeling some sense of disappointment - a realisation...
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Former Japanese Ambassador to the U.K. on Trade Relations, U.K. Election, WTO
Dec.11 -- Former Japanese Ambassador to the U.K. Koji Tsuruoka discusses Japan’s investment into the U.K., how Brexit might impact the trade relations between the two countries, the U.K. election and the WTO. He speaks on “Bloomberg...
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Professor Bacchus Says TPP-11 Will Go Forward
Nov.21 -- James Bacchus, professor of global affairs at the University of Central Florida, discusses the WTO's relationship with the U.S. and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He speak on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia" from the Asia Global...
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China’s Paper WTO Win Won't Dissuade U.S. From Trade War
Sep.15 -- The World Trade Organization undercut the main justification for President Donald Trump’s trade war against China, saying that American tariffs on Chinese goods violate international rules. Still, the ruling failed to dissuade...