India to appeal to world to keep tiger trade ban
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India will appeal to a U.N. wildlife forum to retain a ban on trading in tiger parts, despite Chinese lobbying to legalise trade in organs of the endangered big cats, the government said on Tuesday.
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Long a forum for protecting endangered species like whales or tigers, a U.N. meeting in Bangkok next month will seek a wider role in regulating the billion-dollar trade in timber, fish and medicinal plants.
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JAKARTA (DPA): European Union Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy said Monday that nations must move forward with plans to abolish trade quotas on clothes and textiles at the end of this year, despite opposition from many in the industry.
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Officials from 75 nations begin on Monday talks critical to whale conservation amid political pressure to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle giants.
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The illicit trade in tiger and leopard skins has reached alarming proportions, posing a serious threat to the survival of the big cats, a conservation group said Wednesday.
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The United States wants a World  Trade Organization panel to arbitrate a dispute with India over  its wine and spirit import tariffs, the U.S. trade  representative said on Friday.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with a controversial U.S. civilian nuclear deal and to take a leadership role in stalled global trade talks by opening more of its economy.
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India's West Bengal state appeals for help to cull up to two million chickens in bird flu scare.
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Indian tiger skins are still openly bought and sold on the streets of China, conservationists say.
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The World Trade Organization's (WTO) 150 states backed on Wednesday a call for a full-scale resumption of the Doha round of free trade talks, suspended six months ago due to deep divisions between members.
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The World Trade Organisation will rule on a complaint brought by the United States against India&#39;s alcohol duties following a second request by Washington, trade sources said on Wednesday.
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The European Union has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to order the United States and Canada to lift sanctions on EU exports because of EU&#39;s ban on hormone beef.
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China&#39;s Commerce Minister Bo Xilai ( èçä¾ ) urged the US and other countries to live up to World Trade Organization agreements and refrain from seeking limits on Chinese textile exports when global quotas expire next year.
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The Treasury secretary is urging a successful conclusion of world trade talks, pushing for expansion of Indiaâs capital markets and for regulators to open the financial sector to foreigners.
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The Indian government issued a decree on Sunday to bring its patent laws into compliance with the requirements of the World Trade Organization, the commerce minister, Kamal Nath, said.
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China will eventually lift a ban on the trade of tiger bones, state media reported Tuesday, a move that wildlife experts believe could wipe out the endangered species in the wild.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Elephants emerged safer and tigers won a vote of support, but sharks and corals failed to win protection at a two-week wildlife trade conference that ended Friday.