WTO COMPONENTS
August 1st, 2001
Keith NuthallA DEAL has been stuck at the World Trade Organisation's goods council, which will extend the time that eight developing countries can erect trade barriers to restrict the import of components for automobile manufacturing, to promote local engineering companies.The council agreed that Argentina, Colombia, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Romania and Thailand should definitely be able to retain these restrictions to the end of this year, with a possible extension to December 2003.These developing countries had originally been committed ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.