MANILA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government urged on Wednesday the exporters to pursue cross country and sector partnership agreements to boost production and demand for local products, and benefit from research and development and technology advancement.

SHANGHAI - China has imposed duties on imports of some U.S.-made vehicles, claiming damage from foreign automakers due to dumping and subsidies in the latest round of trade friction between the two countries. The Commerce Ministry said Wednesday that the duties would be imposed for two years on imported cars and sport utility vehicles with engine displacements of over 2.5 litres. The duties range from 2 per cent to 21.5 per cent.

(Reuters) - China will impose punitive duties of up to 22 percent on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States, China's Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two largest economies. The new duties take aim at vehicle exports valued near $4 billion and come at an awkward time for U.S.-China relations, with China's currency and trade policies becoming a focus of criticism for U.S. presidential candidates.

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canada and Japan have agreed to decide soon whether to negotiate a bilateral economic partnership agreement, and Canada also aims to complete a free trade agreement with India by 2013, government officials said on Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda agreed in a phone call late on Tuesday night to complete a joint study in the near future on the feasibility of an economic partnership deal, Harper spokesman Andrew MacDougall said. The two countries launched the study in March.

India's Ujal Singh Bhatia and Thomas R Graham from the US have been appointed new members of the appellate body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Appellate Body is responsible for hearing appeals of WTO panel reports. It is composed of seven members, each appointed for a four-year term, with a possibility to be reappointed once.

HANOI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese tuna has been exported to 87 markets, nearly double the number earlier this year, thanks to high demand from foreign market, local Vietnam News reported on Monday quoting the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) as saying.

(Reuters) - 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. "In 2011, the prevalence of interventionist policies and practices, coupled with the large role of state-owned enterprises in China's economy, continued to generate significant concerns among U.S. stakeholders," the USTR said.

US poultry organisations have encouraged US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to begin consultations with the government of India in the World Trade Organization (WTO) for India’s longstanding prohibition on the import of US poultry.

MAPUTO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Exports of goods and services have earned Mozambique 302 million U.S. dollars this year, up 17 percent from last year, Radio Mozambique reported on Monday. Coal exports kicked off two about three months ago boosted the southern African country's economy. As the mining sector grows up, Mozambique will earn more hard currency in near future, the radio said.

BEIJING, Dec. 12: 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. As they look back at this “golden decade”, which is often used to describe the days after China entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, their early expectations and ambitions in a more liberalized Chinese market were found to be more than fulfilled.