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U.S. seen likely to win in effort to shut down WTO’s appeals court
Geneva | Reuters — The United States is likely to succeed in shutting down the World Trade Organization’s supreme court because other WTO members are powerless to stop it, diplomats, lawyers and officials said at a conference in Geneva on Friday. The United States has blocked appointments of judges to the Appellate Body, throwing the […] Read more

Trade deals open doors, but meeting customers’ needs is the key
Europe has agreed to lower its tariffs, but will only accept beef raised without growth promotants and beta-agonists
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trade agreements have changed in nature. Canada once went through a formal process via GATT or WTO. Now it is first come, first serve. This has been both favourable and limiting for our country. Trade liberalization is just that — the freeing of trade. This transcends from country to country and even penetrates from business […] Read more