From
Chinese
Market
China
Becomes
World's
6th
Largest
Foreign
Trader
BEIJING,
May
09,
2002
(AsiaPulse
via
COMTEX)
--
China
has
edged
one
step
forward
to
become
the
world's
6th
largest
trading
nation,
the
Ministry
of
Foreign
Trade
and
Economic
Cooperation
(MOFTEC)
said
in
a
press
release,
quoting
figures
issued
by
the
World
Trade
Organization
(WTO).
MERCOSUR
PREPARES
OFFENSIVE
AGAINST
INCREASED
U.S.
FARM
SUBSIDIES
Buenos
Aires,
May
10,
2002
(EFE
via
COMTEX)
--
Mercosur,
the
South
American
trading
bloc
that
includes
some
of
the
world's
largest
grain
and
feed
producers,
is
preparing
an
offensive
against
the
farm
subsidy
increases
approved
by
the
U.S.
Congress,
diplomats
told
EFE.
WTO
to
Set
Up
Dispute
Panel
on
U.S.-Japan
Antidumping
Row
GENEVA,
May
08,
2002
(Kyodo
via
COMTEX)
--
The
World
Trade
Organization
(WTO)
is
likely
to
set
up
a
dispute
settlement
panel
later
this
month
to
handle
wrangling
between
Japan
and
the
United
States
over
anti-dumping
tariffs
imposed
by
the
U.S.
on
Japanese
surface-treated
steel
imports,
trade
sources
said
Wednesday.
US
Senate
Passes
Election-Year
Increase
in
Farm
Subsidies,
Sends
Bill
to
Bush
WASHINGTON,
May
08,
2002
(The
Canadian
Press
via
COMTEX)
--
The
Senate
gave
final
approval
Wednesday
to
a
farm
bill
that
will
shower
billions
of
dollars
in
new
subsidies
on
political
battleground
states
and
scrap
the
1996
law
that
was
intended
to
make
growers
less
dependent
on
the
government.
EU
Set
to
Impose
100%
Retaliatory
Tariffs
on
U.S.
Products
BRUSSELS,
May
08,
2002
(Kyodo
via
COMTEX)
--
The
European
Union
(EU)
said
Wednesday
its
member
states
have
agreed
to
impose
100%
tariffs
on
U.S.
products
worth
360
million
euros
(42
billion
yen)
possibly
next
month
in
retaliation
for
the
U.S.
imposition
of
hefty
tariffs
on
steel
imports
from
the
EU,
Japan
and
other
economies.
TRADE:
PRESSURE
AT
WTO
TO
ELIMINATE
FISHING
SUBSIDIES
GENEVA,
May
7,
2002
(Inter
Press
Service
via
COMTEX)
--
The
World
Trade
Organization
(WTO)
is
debating
the
subsidies
industrialized
countries
grant
to
their
fishing
industries,
a
practice
that
developing
nations
and
environmentalists
complain
distorts
international
markets
and
pushes
some
species
towards
extinction.
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Beats
Out
Hong
Kong
as
Best
Asian
Place
for
Business
Iraq
Said
to
Sign
Oil
Deal
with
Syria
E.
Asian
Nations
Vow
to
Accelerate
Structural
Reforms
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