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A worker pours fresh shrimp at a local seafood processing factory ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:39:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - A worker pours fresh shrimp at a local seafood processing factory in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh in 2004. Vietnam has filed its first case over anti-dumping measures under World Trade Organisation rules since joining the body three years ago, official media reported.(AFP/File)

A woman uses mobile phone in a shoe shop in Hefei, in central ...

(AP) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:25:56 GMT

(AP) - A woman uses mobile phone in a shoe shop in Hefei, in central China's Anhui province, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. China launched an unfair trade case against the European Union on Thursday, accusing the 27-nation bloc of imposing illegal duties on Chinese shoes, the World Trade Organization said. The dispute concerns an EU decision in December to extend trade charges on Chinese and Vietnamese leather shoes by 15 months to protect European shoemakers. (AP Photo)

A shopkeeper waits for customers in his shop in Shanghai. Beijing ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:12:30 GMT

(AFP/File) - A shopkeeper waits for customers in his shop in Shanghai. Beijing has launched a complaint with the World Trade Organisation over European Union penalty taxes on imports of Chinese shoes it said violated WTO rules, the commerce ministry said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)

Chinese made shoes on sale alongside other latest style footwares ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:12:30 GMT

(AFP/File) - Chinese made shoes on sale alongside other latest style footwares at a shop in Beijing. Beijing has launched a complaint with the World Trade Organisation over European Union penalty taxes on imports of Chinese shoes it said violated WTO rules, the commerce ministry said.(AFP/File/Gou Yige)

Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim talks at the World Economic ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:21:14 GMT

(AFP/File) - Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim talks at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on January 28. Brazil has suggested that world leaders meet to give a final push to long-stalled negotiations for a global trade pact, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy said Saturday.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)

World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy ...

(AFP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:21:14 GMT

(AFP) - World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy listens during the "Rethinking Trade and Climate Change" session at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Brazil has suggested that world leaders meet to give a final push to long-stalled negotiations for a global trade pact, Lamy said Saturday.(AFP/Eric Piermont)

Director-General, World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, during ...

(AP) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:28:13 GMT

(AP) - Director-General, World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, during a panel on 'Rethinking Trade and Climate Change' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Michel Euler)

Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:27:01 GMT

(Reuters) - Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:20:41 GMT

Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:17:20 GMT

(Reuters) - Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 30, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

From left, Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts, Pascal ...

(AP) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:44:26 GMT

(AP) - From left, Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts, Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO, Gerard Lyons, Chief Economist and Group Head Standard Chartered, United Kingdom and Hirotaka Takeuchi, Dean of the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Japan attend a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 4th ...

(AP) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:32:19 GMT

(AP) - Barney Frank, Congressman from Massachusetts (Democrat), 4th District and Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, USA, left, speaks with Director General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Climate change moves to the forefront at the World Economic Forum with the question of what steps world governments, big business and activists can take together to find a path that is both effective environmentally but won't break the bank. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:24:16 GMT

(Reuters) - Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:47:48 GMT

(AP) - Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, right, speaks with Bud Ris, President and Chief Executive Officer of the New England Aquarium, USA, during a panel on 'Rethinking the Global Commons: Fisheries' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:44:18 GMT

(AP) - Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization listens to comments during a panel on 'Rethinking the Global Commons: Fisheries' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:43:04 GMT

Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam GB attends a session at the World ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:12:47 GMT

(Reuters) - Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam GB attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam GB attends a session at the World ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:10:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Barbara Stocking, CEO of Oxfam GB attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (SWITZERLAND)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) heads a meeting on ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:44:59 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) heads a meeting on the Russian economy with First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov (L) in 2008. Shuvalov on Wednesday accused the United States of hindering his country's long-running bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), calling on Washington to step up cooperation.(AFP/POOL/File/Alexey Druzhinin)

A man passes Google China's headquarters in Beijing. Some ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:49:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man passes Google China's headquarters in Beijing. Some groups are calling on the United States to challenge China?s "firewall" before the World Trade Organization, as a bilateral row over cyberattacks on Google adds to trade tensions.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:49:23 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting in Elyria, Ohio. In addition to a row over Google, the US and China are locked in other trade disputes ranging from tires, steel and poultry to patents, Hollywood films and currency.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J.D. Pooley)

The headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:49:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - The headquarters of the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. As US President Barack Obama awaits answers from Beijing on cyberstrikes against web titan Google, Washington is being asked to contest China?s Internet censorship as a breach of global trade rules to which the Asian giant, as a WTO member, is subject.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:49:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Some groups are calling on the United States to challenge China?s "firewall" before the World Trade Organization, as a bilateral row over cyberattacks on Google adds to trade tensions.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:43:12 GMT

(AP) - Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) gestures during an interview with the AP at his headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Trade friction between the United States and China over everything from cars to chemicals will increase in the coming years as the world's biggest importer and exporter buy and sell more of each other's goods, the World Trade Organization's director-general announced. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:34:37 GMT

Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:34:21 GMT

A woman walks by a rack of tyres at a bus depot in Beijing. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:52:28 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman walks by a rack of tyres at a bus depot in Beijing. The World Trade Organisation said it would rule on a complaint lodged by China against punitive US tariffs on Chinese tyres.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

On January 16, 2010, workers from the international NGO Oxfam ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:13:56 GMT

(AP) - On January 16, 2010, workers from the international NGO Oxfam pass pipes hooked to taps over a wall at the Sports Centre in the city of Carrefour, near Port-au-Prince, the capital. They are setting up a water bladder provided by UNICEF to help provide safe water to an estimated 3,000 people who, displaced by the earthquake, are camping in the centre. The bladder is one of 26 UNICEF has distributed, with a holding capacity of 5,000 - 10,000 litres. Water is provided by roaming water tankers and the bladders are linked to pipes and taps available to the displaced. To donate to the ongoing emergency relief efforts in Haiti, please visit: www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake or call 1-800-4UNICEF. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Fund for UNICEF)

On January 16, 2010, workers from the international NGO Oxfam ...

(AP) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:13:50 GMT

(AP) - On January 16, 2010, workers from the international NGO Oxfam set up a water bladder provided by UNICEF at the Sports Centre in the city of Carrefour, near Port-au-Prince, the capital. An estimated 3,000 people, displaced by the earthquake, are camping in the centre. The bladder is one of 26 UNICEF has distributed, with a holding capacity of 5,000 - 10,000 litres. Water is provided by roaming water tankers, and the bladders are linked to pipes and taps available to the displaced. To donate to the ongoing emergency relief efforts in Haiti, please visit: www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake or call 1-800-4UNICEF. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Fund for UNICEF)

A diplomat is seen at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:48:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - A diplomat is seen at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva. The United States said Thursday that it was hauling the Philippines to the World Trade Organization over a dispute on taxes imposed by the Asian nation on imported whiskey and gin.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

Would-be new European trade chief Karel De Gucht has expressed ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:44:46 GMT

(AFP) - Would-be new European trade chief Karel De Gucht has expressed confidence that a deal to free up international commerce is attainable by next year.(AFP/John Thys)