
Africa cotton producers warned that they may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the United States if the issue over subsidies paid to US cotton growers is unresolved.
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Africa cotton producers warned that they may file a complaint at the World Trade Organization against the United States if the issue over subsidies paid to US cotton growers is unresolved.
The United States is pressing China to change policies that overfuel its exports and led to President Barack Obama slapping duties on Chinese-made tires last month, a U.S. trade official said.
Brazil can retaliate against the United States with sanctions worth roughly $300 million a year, under a WTO ruling in Brazil's six-year-old dispute with the United States over U.S. cotton subsidies.
A sharp fall in U.S. cotton exports is making chances of a world trade deal to cut U.S. cotton subsidies more difficult without new market access opportunities to replace lost revenue.
Asia is leading a recovery in global trade, but world trade volumes are still expected to shrink 10 percent this year, the World Trade Organization said.
The current deal at the World Trade Organisation to cut cotton subsidies offers little hope to African countries as it ignores most trade-distorting supports.
Belarus, pursuing a campaign to improve relations with the West, wants to create a free trade zone with the European Union within three to four years.
New US and Indian trade negotiators met Monday 8 June in a bid to breathe life back into stalled negotiations on a global free-trade pact.
Global economic giants Japan and China Sunday 7 June pledged to throw their combined weight behind efforts to revive the struggling world economy after talks aimed at boosting trade between the two powers.
The United States is keen to exchange views with U.S. trading partners, and will try to resolve European Union disputes through negotiation where possible, the top U.S. foreign trade official said on Monday 11 May.