China has missed a deadline to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling against restrictions on foreign companies distributing copyright-intensive goods including books, newspapers, films, DVDs and music, U.S. movie and music groups said Monday. Get the full story »
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Jan. 21 at 9:18 a.m.
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Filed under: Airplanes, Government, International, Investigations, Transportation WTO set to issue findings on Boeing subsidies
The World Trade Organization will issue a confidential final ruling Jan. 31 concerning European claims that Boeing benefited from unfair aircraft subsidies, sources familar with the case said on Friday.
The report, which will not be made public for several weeks, is the latest round of legal Ping-Pong between the European Union and United States over mutual claims their aircraft industries have been unfairly shielded from competition. Get the full story »
Putin: Russia seeks 2011 WTO entry
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Nov. 26, 2010. (John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia may be able to join the World Trade Organization as soon as next year, completing over a decade and a half of membership negotiations, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
“Regarding our possible accession to the WTO in 2011, I think this is possible, and we would like this to happen,” he said at a joint press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Get the full story »
EU accepts WTO ruling on technology goods
The World Trade Organization adopted a ruling Tuesday condemning controversial European duties on electronics products after the European Union declined to appeal against the verdict by WTO judges. Get the full story »
Sep. 15, 2010 at 11:30 p.m.
Filed under: Airplanes, International, Investigations, Manufacturing, Trade, Transportation, Updated Chicago headquarters cited in Boeing WTO loss
Boeing Co. received billions of dollars in illegal government subsidies, including $25 million in incentives that Illinois provided the plane maker to relocate its world headquarters to Chicago in 2001, a panel of the World Trade Organization determined.
The WTO report is confidential and was released to U.S. and European trade officials Wednesday. It is the first ruling in the second of dueling trade cases filed by the U.S. and European Union against each other last decade alleging that aircraft manufacturers had received unfair government support. Get the full story »
