Washington, Jan. 21 (CNA) U.S.-Taiwan trade talks and Taiwan's participation in international organizations will be the major priorities in bilateral relations in the near future, Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said in Washington, D.C. Monday. Wang, in the U.S.

MOSCOW, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Russia will stop importing chilled meats fromGermany starting from Feb. 4 because of health concerns, a spokesman from Russia's animal and plant health watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday.

On January 17, the United States and Thailand concluded a two-day meeting under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing to expand cooperation on bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues in order to increase trade and investment.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided not to announce whether Japan will join the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama in February, informed sources said Saturday.The decision was shelved by strong opposition from members of his conservative Liberal Democratic Party and key support groups in the heavily protected farm industry, the sources said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday that it was launching countervailing duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from China and other six countries.The investigations are in response to the petition filed by the U.S. Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries, who alleged producers and exporters of China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have received financial assistance from governments.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) decided Friday that the domestic industry was materially injured or threatened by imported wind towers from China and Vietnam, thus allowing Washington to impose punitive duties on these products.

Within a decision of the European Commission (EC) published in the Official Journal, the European Union (EU) has extended the anti-dumping import duty levied on Chinese exporters of open mesh fabrics of glass fibres to exporters from Taiwan and Thailand.

HCM CITY (VNS)— Viet Nam hopes to export 700,000 tonnes of fragrant rice this year and one million tonnes in the near future, according to the Viet Nam Food Association (VFA).

Jan 17 (Reuters) - The United States and Thailanddiscussed Bangkok's interest in joining a free-trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region that negotiators hope to wrap up this year, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Thursday."The United States provided an update on the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, and outlined the goals and objectives we are seeking in this agreement," the trade office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, January 17 (Xinhua) -- Russia faces challenges as a member of the World TradeOrganization (WTO) and its future depends on how Moscow could cope with the new realities, asenior Russian official said Thursday.Five months after it became a WTO member, Russia must obey the organization's rules andimplement its obligations to the world trade bloc, Pascal Lamy, the country's WTO directorgeneral, said at the ongoing international Gaidar Forum.