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China Has Mixed Record on WTO Compliance
Washington, Dec 12, 2006 -- China’s record in implementing its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments is “decidedly” mixed despite “significant” progress in many areas. In a news release announcing the USTR annual report to Congress on China’s compliance with its WTO obligations, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab expressed concern about “worrisome” signs that China’s market liberalization efforts have slowed in 2006 and that Beijing's industrial policies and interventions have created new barriers to trade and preserved existing ones. more | report | ejournal
Incoming U.S. Congress Seen Not Changing Trade Agenda
Washington, November 29, 2006 – The Bush administration’s trade agenda will remain basically unchanged as the Democrats take control of the Congress in January 2007 for the first time in 12 years, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said November 28. The administration and key Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress can work together, building on shared trade principles and objectives, she told business representatives at a conference organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest U.S. business lobbying group based in Washington.
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RECENT Speeches and Press Releases
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- Remarks by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson At Columbia University (Aug 1, 06) | Deutsch
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official documents
Fact Sheets
- European Union Economic Overview (Jan 12, 06)
- Summary of EU Subsidies in U.S. WTO Case (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, May 31, 2005
- The United States and the European Union Initiative to Enhance Transatlantic Economic Integration and Growth, The White House, June 20, 2005
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U.S. Government Reports
- Report on China's WTO Compliance. USTR. Dec 06.
- Agricultural Trade Liberalization. Congressional Budget Office (Nov 06)
- Report to the President and Congress on Coordination of Intellectual Property Enforcement and Protection (Sep 06)
- The Year in Trade 2005 - U.S.ITC (Aug 06)
- 2005 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers - European Union (pdf), Office of the United States Trade Representative, March 30, 2005 (complete report)
- National Export Strategy. International Trade Administration. (July 06)
- 2006 Special 301 Report - USTR (April 2006) The 2006 "Special 301" annual review examines in detail the adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights protection in 87 countries.
- 2006 Trade Policy Agenda and 2005 Annual Report - USTR (March 06)
- Economic Report of the President (Feb 06)
- U.S.- Economic Conditions (Beige Book) - Federal Reserve Board (Jan 06)
- Focus on Intellectual Property Rights (U.S. Dept.of State, Jan 06)
CRS Reports (Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress)
- Europe's New Trade Agenda (December 6, 2006)
- Current Economic Conditions and Selected Forecasts (updated Nov 22,06)
- U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts (updated Nov 22, 06)
- Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress (updated Nov 14, 06)
- Trade Preferences for Developing Countries and the WTO (updated Sep 25, 06)
- U.S. Agricultural Trade: Trends, Composition, Direction, and Policy (updated Sep 25, 06)
- Trade Negotiations During the 109th Congress (updated Sep 15,06)
- Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: An Overview -- (updated Sep 14,06)
- WTO Doha Round: The Agricultural Negotiations (updated Sep 12, 06)
- World Trade Organization Negotiations: The Doha Development Agenda (updated, Aug 2, 06)
- Free Trade Agreements: Impact on U.S. Trade and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy (updated Aug 1, 06)
- Trade Conflict and the U.S.-European Union Economic Relationship (updated July 26, 06)
- U.S. Trade Deficit and the Impact of Rising Oil Prices (updated June 9, 06)
- U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges (updated May 1, 06)
- EU-U.S. Economic Ties: Framework, Scope, & Magnitude (Jan 2006)
State Department eJournals
 - Transforming the Culture of Corruption (Dec 06)
This issue highlights the important roles that the public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organizations play in eradicating corruption worldwide.
- The Challenges of Globalization (Feb 06)
- The Promise of Biotechnology (Oct 05)
infoalert
- Fast Track Forever? Mastel, Greg & Hal Shapiro. International Economy, Summer 2006, v20, #3, pp50-55 fulltext
- Will Emerging Markets Escape the Next Big Systemic Financial Crisis? Rogoff, Kenneth. Cato Journal, Spring/Summer 2006,v26, #2, pp337-341 fulltext
- The 2006 Globalization Index Kearney, A.T. Foreign Policy, November/December 2006, online edition, 9p fulltext
See: InfoAlert Archive
Documents In German Translation
- US-Finanzminister Paulson spricht an der Columbia University (1. Aug 06)
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