The World Trade Organization ( WTO) must do more to help Caribbean nations seek access to international markets, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser said Tuesday during a tour of Caribbean countries to support his bid to become the next WTO head.Groser, who was in Kingston, Jamaica, said in a statement from his office that he knew first-hand from New Ze

The free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and Turkey, which was signed on August 1 last year, will go into effect on May 1, following its ratification by the countries' parliaments.Both countries are hoping that the FTA will strengthen their economic and trading relationship, which is currently dominated by South Korea's exports to Turkey, partic

With the rise of China in its sights, the Obama administration has posted marines in Darwin, Australia and increased the number of warships visiting Subic Bay in the Philippines.

The 16th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations concluded in Singapore recently with few reports of progress on the remaining difficult issues, which will most likely be left to the end-game of negotiations.The 11 Asia Pacific members negotiating the TPP are attempting to set rules for economic exchange that reflect commerce in the 21st

After a fallow first term, President Obama has embraced an ambitious — but highly problematic — trade agenda for his second term.First, he has adopted the goal of completing the complex and politically difficult 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) in the next 12 months.

(Reuters) - China expressed "resolute opposition" and "strong dissatisfaction" with a new U.S.