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China in WTO will shake up tech sector

...and Taiwan have cleared the last serious hurdles to entry into the World Trade Organization, and the technology market will never be the same Read more

19 September, 2001 by Michael Kanellos

US asks China to drop filtered software

...software required to be installed on all PCs by July 1 violates World Trade Organization rules. The software is intended to keep children from accessing... Read more

25 June, 2009 by Erica Ogg

EU seeks overhaul of global IT trade pact

...across the world. The ITA came into being in 1996 at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Singapore. The pact involved the elimination of... Read more

16 September, 2008 by David Meyer

Standards expert defends OOXML fast-track bid

The former secretary general of Ecma has dismissed claims that the move to fast-track the ISO approval process for Microsoft's OOXML is flawed and unfair Read more

25 March, 2008 by Lee Min Keong
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6 July, 2007
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6 July, 2007

EU commissioners clash over mobile roaming

...that Reding's proposals go against the principle of non-discrimination between World Trade Organization (WTO) members. It is unclear how well this case would... Read more

6 July, 2006 by David Meyer

On challenging China with a tariff

...If that itself doesn't work, then I would go to the World Trade Organization and file a case that China is violating two or... Read more

15 June, 2005 by Ed Frauenheim

IBM sets up courses in China

...the explosive demand for skilled labour following China's accession into the World Trade Organization in 2001, the company added. Financial details of this deal... Read more

6 September, 2004 by ZDNet UK

Monti to Microsoft: Guilty as charged

Update: Mario Monti issued his ruling against Microsoft today, fining the company €497m and instructing it to change the way it does business in Europe Read more

24 March, 2004 by Michael Parsons

China urged to follow the Wi-Fi herd

...transfer and local content requirements that China committed to eliminate with WTO (World Trade Organization) accession," Scalise said. "In addition, the WAPI requirements create a... Read more

26 February, 2004 by Winston Chai

Oracle opens research centre in China

...year. Oracle attributes the rising demand to China's entry into the World Trade Organization and the subsequent need for Chinese businesses to ratchet up... Read more

30 October, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

Software patents need shelter from the storm

...is enshrined in the TRIPs agreement to which all members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are signatories. Such monopoly power gives the owner the... Read more

17 September, 2003 by John Carroll

China draws back the curtain on new Windows

...to software piracy in order to give its bid to enter the World Trade Organization more credibility. Zymaris, who has met and spoken with delegations... Read more

23 July, 2002 by Andrew Colley

Singapore's future lies in services, says WTO

...global economy. The advice came from Supachai Panitchpakdi, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in a high-level industry forum hosted in Singapore... Read more

10 July, 2002 by Irene Tham

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