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On international trade, Vladimir Putin seems to be channeling the autocratic spirit of Catherine the Great. He wants Russia to modernize by joining the World Trade Organization -- but not too much.

World trade will grow by 6.5 percent this year, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday, above the average rate between 1990 and 2008 of 6 percent, but falling short of last year's dramatic rebound.

Planemaker Boeing received at least $5.3 billion of illegal U.S. subsidies, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday in a dispute that shows no signs of an end to years of inconclusive wrangling.

Planemaker Boeing received at least $5.3 billion of dollars of banned U.S. subsidies, the World Trade Organization said Thursday.

A long-running transatlantic trade dispute over illegal state handouts for Airbus and Boeing comes to a head Thursday with the latest ruling from the World Trade Organization.

China said on Friday it complied with most measures at issue in an international trade ruling made against its restrictions on copyright-intensive goods such as books and music.

Russia's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be in focus as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets European Union leaders on Thursday, but business leaders and trade officials from the U.S., EU and the WTO think Russia's entry is going to be difficult, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

The World Trade Organization handed a report to U.S. and EU officials on Monday, which industry sources said found that plane manufacturer Boeing received billions of dollars in unfair subsidies from the U.S. government.

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Airplane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA) received billions of dollars in questionable subsidies from the U.S. government according to a study by The World Trade Organization (WTO) which was presented on Monday to officials of the U.S. and the European Union (EU).

The World Trade Organization will issue a confidential final ruling on January 31 concerning European claims that Boeing benefited from unfair aircraft subsidies, sources familiar with the case said on Friday.

China defended its export controls on rare earth minerals on Thursday, saying that they were in line with World Trade Organization rules, after a government move to slash export quotas on rare earths sparked trade concerns.

The rare earth controversy heats up yet again after China cut its rare earth export quotas by 11 percent for 2011, according to a statement by the Ministry of Commerce.

The United States on Wednesday dragged China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) alleging that the country was illegally providing subsidies towards manufacture of wind power equipment.

China on Tuesday criticized a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling yesterday that upheld the U.S. decision last year to slap duties on Chinese-made tires and said it will appeal to the global trade body. The Chinese commerce ministry repeated that the safeguard measures adopted by the U.S. on Chinese tire imports were protectionist and counter-productive.

China was the subject of most number of anti-dumping investigations in the first half of the year, and products exported from China attracted the highest number of anti-dumping measures by other countries, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has said in a report.

Russia is widely expected to secure European Union approval to join the World Trade Organization at a summit on Tuesday, taking Moscow closer to completing membership negotiations after 17 years.

World trade growth slowed in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) figures. An 18 percent rise in global merchandise trade annually in value terms was remarkably lower than the 26 percent increase registered in the second quarter.

Many countries have taken it upon themselves to negotiate regional or bilateral trade agreements to match evolving economic realities as the multilateral Doha Round negotiations stall.

After nearly a 17-year long wait, Russia could finally be a member of the World Trade Organization by 2011, as it finally reached a deal with European Union, the last opposing member, on Wednesday.

The most serious [economic] challenge today is that of unemployment, said Pascal Lamy, the director-general of the WTO. Lamy urges countries to expand global trade, instead of clamping down on it, to create more jobs for everyone.

WTO director-general Pascal Lamy said statements from G20 and APEC leaders last week “provided a clear signal that they expect the Doha Development Round to be a deliverable next year.”

A World Trade Organization panel gave broad backing on Monday to the United States, Japan and Taiwan in their complaint over controversial European duties on electronics products, and told Brussels to bring its trade measures into line with international rules.

A World Trade Organisation panel has ruled that the European Union was wrong to impose duties on three types of electronics products from the United States and other countries, trade sources said on Monday.

EADS Chief Executive Louis Gallois on Saturday slammed arch-rival Boeing's propaganda campaign over a World Trade Organization panel ruling and said it was a sign of fear ahead of a decision on a hotly contested U.S. aerial tanker contract.

EADS will submit its bid for the hotly contested competition to build a new generation of aerial tankers for the U.S. military either on Thursday or Friday, Chief Executive Louis Gallois said on Saturday.

World Trade Organization judges gave the European Union a stinging rebuke on Wednesday, saying the EU must axe prohibited export subsidies to plane-maker Airbus which had injured U.S. rival Boeing .

A World Trade Organization report on aid for European planemaker Airbus, expected to condemn the European Union for illegal subsidies, will be published on June 30, trade sources said on Friday.

Proposed U.S. legislation aimed at punishing China unless it lets the yuan rise would not be in line with World Trade Organisation rules, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.