(TOKYO-Kyodo) A Japanese business lobby urged the government Monday to swiftly announce its participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations, warning Tokyo could lag further behind in the talks otherwise depending on the result of the U.S. presidential election.

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- China will deal with Mexico's dispute settlement over alleged subsidies in the textile and clothing sectors, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) on Tuesday. The ministry confirmed it had received the request for dispute settlement. Mexico filed a complaint with the WTO on Monday saying that China was subsidizing Chinese clothing and textiles companies. "China will properly deal with the request for dispute settlement in accordance with the WTO's settlement procedures," the MOC said.

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Canada is set to lose a dispute at the World Trade Organization brought by the European Union and Japan over support for renewable energy in Ontario, according to a newsletter published by a Geneva-based trade think-tank. Ontario's green scheme aimed to guarantee prices for renewable energy as long as it was generated with Canadian made equipment, which Japan described as protectionism when it brought the case against Canada.

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Mexico filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday to challenge China's support for its clothing and textile industries, the WTO said in a statement. The wide-ranging complaint cites exemptions from income tax, value-added tax and municipal taxes; discounts on loans, land rights and electricity prices; support for the cotton sector; and cash payments from government agencies.

KOLKATA, India, Oct. 15 (Xinhua)-- A heavy inflow of under- invoiced processed cashew kernels from Vietnam and Brazil has hit the chances of Indian cashew processor-exporters to capitalize on the domestic festival demand, an exporter said Monday.

Canada has officially joined Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, a move that Canadian Internet advocates say could result in harsh restrictions on Internet use in Canada and leave ordinary citizens facing heavy fines and banishment from the online world over accusations of copyright infringement.

At a joint press conference with Prime Minister Julia Gillard during his visit to Australia, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed the hope that the outstanding trade issues between the two countries could be settled as a package in the short term. The Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), which has been in force since July 2003, has been reviewed twice – once in March 2009 and the second time in September 2011.

(Reuters) - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said on Saturday that there was no system of rotating his job between countries and regions and his successor should be picked on the basis of competence alone. Lamy, who will leave the WTO after two terms in August 2014, said it was up to the organization's member countries to decide on the criteria for selecting the new WTO chief who will oversee unfinished negotiations over trade liberalization.

(Reuters) - World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said on Saturday that there was no system of rotating his job between countries and regions and his successor should be picked on the basis of competence alone. Lamy, who will leave the WTO after two terms in August 2014, said it was up to the organization's member countries to decide on the criteria for selecting the new WTO chief who will oversee unfinished negotiations over trade liberalization.

BEIJING — China demanded Thursday that Washington repeal steep tariffs on solar panels that Chinese producers fear will shut their equipment out of the American market. The tariffs upheld Wednesday by the US Commerce Department add to financial pressure on struggling Chinese solar panel manufacturers who are suffering heavy losses due to weak demand and a price-cutting war.