BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- China Daily on Monday issued an commentary on Sino-U.S. trade cooperation.Chinese market "cash cow" of the U.S.

GENEVA - For the first time in over 13 years of talks, World Trade Organization (WTO) Intellectual Property negotiators have started work on producing a single draft text for setting up a multilateral geographical indications register for wines and spirits.A press release by the Organization, a draft on notification — the first of six broad topics of the system to be discussed — was circulated by chairperson Darlington Mwape at an informal meeting of the full membership on January 13, 2011.

Government representatives from around the world convened in Cancun, Mexico late last year for the UN climate change negotiations in an effort to reach agreement on a successor regime to the Kyoto protocol, which expires next year.In the wake of the Copenhagen talks, it is no surprise that climate negotiations are perceived by many as having settled into a familiar pattern that has come to characterise large scale global negotiations with no real constructive outcomes emerging.

Baku - APA-ECONOMICS. Turkmenistan’s leader said Saturday his energy-rich country was ready to sell gas to Europe as the EU Commission urged it to apply for membership in the World Trade Organisation, AFP reported."Turkmenistan’s adhesion to the WTO would exert positive influence on economic development in the country and its attraction for investors," Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said after talks with President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.

A cooperation agreement and free trade deal discussion will help accelerate the relationship between the European Union and Vietnam in 2011, EU ambassador to Vietnam Sean Doyle said last week.“Building on recent agreements and on strong growth both in Vietnam’s exports to Europe and in Europe’s investment in Vietnam, both sides can look forward to a very fruitful year in 2011,” said the ambassador, who is also head of the EU delegation to Vietnam.

BRUSSELS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - EU tariffs on footwear from China and Vietnam will expire at the end of March following a decision by European shoemakers to abandon the duties as a way of tackling Asian competition, an EU spokesman said on Thursday."Given that the European shoemakers' association has publicly stated that it has not applied for an extension of the duties on certain Chinese and Vietnamese shoes, it's therefore very clear for everyone that the current measures in place will expire on April 1," said EU Commission spokesman John Clancy.

Geneva, Jan 13 (PTI) The stalled Doha round of trade negotiation can conclude this year only if the emerging economies like India, China and Brazil accept the "responsibilities" that come along with their position in the global economy, a senior US trade official said today."If they are not prepared to accept the responsibility we wouldn’t (have a successful outcome)," said Ambassador Michael Punke, the US trade envoy to the World Trade Organization.

GENEVA, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Trading powers must get down to real negotiations right away if there is to be any hope of concluding the long-running Doha talks to open up global commerce this year, a top U.S. negotiator said on Thursday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Senators John McCain and John Barrasso said on Monday the extension of U.S. ethanol subsidies and a tariff on imports is likely illegal under international trade rules, lending some support to Brazil's opposition to U.S. ethanol policy.

GENEVA: India has refused to play ball with the US and other developed countries on a controversial proposal for opening up developing markets to remanufactured goods under the Doha trade talks, apprehending this will lead to dumping of sub-standard goods. In a proposal issued to World Trade Organisation members on Tuesday, India maintained that it is "gravely concerned on various aspects of the revised text..."