World Trade Organization

B-20 head says world needs to boost trade

The world needs to boost trade and the Trade Facilitation Pact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be ratified by all countries in this vein, said the chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and the Business-20 (B-20), Rifat Hisarc?kl?o?lu, in a meeting at the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Nov. 15. 

Turkey 'considering WTO appeal over US steel pipe duties'

Turkey is considering lodging an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against a U.S. move to slap anti-dumping duties on imports of Turkish steel pipes, an industry group told Reuters.

?We firmly believe that the Turkish Ministry of Economy will take the ... case to the WTO,? Nam?k Ekinci, the president of the Turkish Steel Exporters? Association (CIB), told Reuters.

G-20 ministers meet world business leaders in Ankara

Top officials from the world's major 20 economies (G-20) and global business leaders have agreed on the latter's 19-item list of demands to solve problems in the world economy, upon a meeting in Ankara attended by treasury ministers, central bank heads from the G-20 countries and business leaders from the international business community, daily Hürriyet reported on Sept. 6.

EU 'not satisfied' with Turkey's int'l services trade offer, leaked documents show

Leaked wires have shown European Union executives were allegedly ?not satisfied? with Turkey?s offer to the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Market Access Negotiations, a deal currently being negotiated by 24 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including the EU and the United States, stating Turkey needed to ?substantially improve? its offer.  

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