China to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, says Trudeau
China will resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, some four months after Beijing blocked shipments amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the two countries. "Good news for Canadian farmers today: Canadian pork and beef exports to China ...
Japan and South Korea discuss export controls at WTO, but solution to dispute still far off
Tokyo and Seoul are believed to have repeated their claims during the Geneva talks.
No-deal Brexit threatens Nissan's future in Europe, says regional chief
The head of Nissan in Europe warned Thursday that a chaotic no-deal Brexit would threaten the Japanese car giant's future in the region — and its key U.K. factory. Nissan Europe Chairman Gianluca de Ficchy was speaking at Britain's biggest car plant in Sunderland, northeast ...
South Korea and Japan to hold talks over trade dispute on Friday
Trade officials from South Korea and Japan will hold bilateral consultations in Geneva on Friday, following a complaint filed by Seoul with the World Trade Organization last month over Tokyo's tightening of export controls, trade ministries of the two countries said Thursday. The talks are ...
'We feel hijacked': U.S. duties on French wine are bad news for all, exporters say
The U.S. decision to impose tariffs on French wines will penalize American consumers who will see a sharp rise in prices while severely hurting French producers on their largest export market, exporters said on Thursday. The United States has said it will impose 25 percent ...
The United States on Wednesday said it would slap 10 percent tariffs on European-made Airbus planes and 25 percent duties on French wine, Scotch and Irish whiskeys, and cheese from across the continent as punishment for illegal EU aircraft subsidies. The announcement came after the ...
Japan agrees to WTO consultation with South Korea amid trade dispute
The move effectively locks both countries into the World Trade Organization’s painstaking and lengthy dispute settlement process.
The World Trade Organization has disclosed Seoul's recent complaint against Japan over its tighter controls on exports of three semiconductor materials to South Korea. The complaint, dated last Wednesday, claims that the Japanese measure constitutes "politically motivated, disguised restrictions on trade." South Korea believes that the ...
Airbus, French exporters reel as U.S. tariffs loom in aircraft subsidy row
Shares in Airbus and French luxury goods exporters fell on Monday as the European Union acknowledged it may face U.S. tariffs in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies, part of an escalating tit-for-tat trade row. The World Trade Organization has approved a U.S. request to ...
As WTO dispute looms, new trade chief says Japan won't budge in export control row with Seoul
Isshu Sugawara stepped into a ministerial role for the first time amid Japan’s worsening relations with its neighbor.
South Korea lodges complaint with WTO over Japan's export controls
Seoul files a complaint with the WTO over Tokyo’s tightening of export controls, alleging the measures are retaliation for a court ruling against Japanese firms over wartime forced labor.
China lodges WTO trade complaint against U.S. on heels of new tariffs leveled by Washington
China said Monday it had lodged a complaint against the United States with the World Trade Organization, one day after new tariffs imposed by Washington on billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods came into force. The world's two biggest economies have been embroiled in ...
