Tag: Global trade
Amsterdam mayor apologizes for city fathers’ role in slavery
AMSTERDAM — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the extensive involvement of the Dutch capital's former governors in the global slave trade, saying...
EU, US close to deal to end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute
BRUSSELS — The United States and the European Union appeared close to reaching a deal to end a damaging dispute over subsidies to rival...
Australia says WTO should punish Chinese economic coercion
CANBERRA, Australia — The World Trade Organization should penalize “bad behavior when it occurs,” Australia's prime minister said Wednesday ahead of a Group of...
WTO to intensify talks over protections of COVID-19 vaccines
GENEVA — World Trade Organization member states agreed on Wednesday to intensify talks toward improving access to COVID-19 products, as developing nations push for...
WTO panel considers easing protections on COVID-19 vaccines
GENEVA — Envoys from World Trade Organization member nations are taking up a proposal to ease patents and other intellectual property protections for COVID-19...
WTO chief calls for diversification of vaccine production
<p>BRUSSELS — The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday it is of paramount importance to diversify vaccine manufacturing and to have more...
WTO chief calls for diversification of vaccine production
BRUSSELS — The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday it is of paramount importance to diversify vaccine manufacturing and to have more...
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
<p>AMSTERDAM — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a...
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery
AMSTERDAM — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a...
WTO chief: Vaccine waiver helpful, not key for virus fight
<p>GENEVA — The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday the U.S. administration’s call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines could help...