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Mode 4 - Indo-US FTA? India will continue to push aggressively on the Mode 4 issue with other developed countries like the US and EU.

The New Zealand government is backing Uruguay's Carlos Perez del Castillo for the top job in global trade - the leader of the World Trade Organisation.

Japan will host an informal session of World Trade Organization talks April 10 in Chiba to narrow gaps over market access for nonfarm products, Japan's trade minister said Tuesday.

Trade dispute pitting Boeing against Airbus

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is strengthening its efforts to prepare the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member states for membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The spat has outgrown the World Trade Organization, which did not yet exist when the United States and EU first addressed the charges of unfair trade practices in the aerospace industry back in 1992.

The Islamic Development Bank is strengthening its efforts to prepare the OIC member states for membership of the WTO.

The dollar plunge and records-high trade deficit has created an opening ofr those who object to US membership in the WTO.

'I don't believe we can force American withdrawal, but once every five years we get to vote on it,' said Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. 'And I think we can have a very vigorous debate.'

The US has informally circulated a draft paper containing its views and proposals for the meeting in WIPO on a Development Agenda.