http://www.mpi.gov.vn MPI Portal - WTO News portal.mpi.gov.vn:http://portal.mpi.gov.vn/rss/ http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=26091612&p_details=1 Vietnam will continue to implement the agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) in lines with its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO), according to a statement on Friday. 29-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=26091579&p_details=1 Global trade ministers on Friday approved Russia’s bid to join the World Trade Organization, giving Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin a victory on the international stage at a time of rising domestic opposition to his hold on power. 22-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25858945&p_details=1 The rainy, gray weather over Geneva matches the mood of the first ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization since 2009, with ministers turning their attention to other areas amid little hope of resurrecting the stagnant Doha round of trade talks. 21-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25782076&p_details=1 A ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Geneva formally adopted the accession agreement of the Russia Federation, drawing a finishing line for the country's 18-year-long membership accession. 19-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25785890&p_details=1 Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has joined his foreign counterparts at the 8 th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. 17-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25686161&p_details=1 The Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA) on Monday hailed a move by the U.S. Trade Representative to reopen the U.S. case in the World Trade Organization against the European Union over subsidies to Airbus. 16-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25685958&p_details=1 Ten years after joining the World Trade Organization, China still does not fully embrace many fundamental free market principles of the global trade body, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Monday in an annual report to Congress. 16-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25686073&p_details=1 For many multinational firms, the past 10 years in China have not only marked the rise of the world’s second-largest economy but have also been a decade of expansion and profit growth, reports Xinhua 15-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25516362&p_details=1 A report from the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO), forming the basis of the sixth review of the trade policies and practices of Thailand which took place at the end of last month, points out, in particular, the complex and time-consuming systems that exist for paying taxes and tariffs in the country. 07-DEC-11 http://www.mpi.gov.vn/portal/page/portal/mpi_en/32343?pers_id=417334&item_id=25516197&p_details=1 The euro zone crisis will continue to hamper African countries' trade and economic growth because of the continent's dependence on exporting to European markets, the World Trade Organization chief said on Saturday. 06-DEC-11