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...also cut levels of pollution. Published: 6:13PM GMT 06 Nov 2009 In the latest round of UN climate change talks in Barcelona, the US said it was unfair to expect rich countries to cut emissions while developing nations like China and...

In this article: Climate change, US, UN, Copenhagen, Carbon, and China

...and anti-subsidy investigations into imports of U.S. chicken parts and automotive parts, in response to the U.S. tire duties. U.S. breeders like Tyson Foods Inc sell chicken feet and wings, not consumed in the United States, to China...

In this article: World Trade Organization, China, U.S. International Trade Commission, Appropriation, Tax, Carbon, and Potassium phosphate

...complaint. China launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations into imports of US chicken parts and automotive parts, in response to the US tyre duties. In August, a WTO panel found in favour of the United States, which claimed...

In this article: China, WTO, Barack Obama, Climate change, US Commerce Department, and Beijing

By Doug Palmer The United States on Thursday slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to 99 percent on Chinese-made oil well pipe in the biggest U.S. trade action against China. The preliminary Commerce Department decision...

In this article: China, Barack Obama, United Steelworkers, ITC, and Potassium phosphate

...procedures will likely include DNA testing," the State Department said in a statement given to the Associated Press. The U.S. experiment using genetic testing ended in 2008 and was aimed only at proving family relationships. The program was...

In this article: State Department, Homeland Security Department, Barack Obama, Africa, and Washington

...for elections next year in army-ruled Myanmar to be credible without detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's involvement, a top U.S. official said on Thursday. Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel made the comment after a two-day...

In this article: Burma, Washington, China, Aung San Suu Kyi, Macquarie University, Hillary Clinton, Thein Sein, and Than Shwe

...would be closely watching the junta's next moves. "We are going to maintain our existing sanctions, pending progress. They are still a useful tool. We would certainly be looking at lifting sanctions if there is significant progress," Marciel...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Bangkok, Washington, Democracy, and Asean

...with deepening questions about how China's rising military and economic clout will reshape the decades-old U.S.-Japan alliance. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates last month bluntly urged Japan to implement a 2006 deal on where to put...

In this article: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Washington, Kurt Campbell, Barack Obama, Okinawa, Tokyo, Democratic Party, and Yomiuri newspaper

...strikingly after the 1995 rape of a schoolgirl by three U.S. servicemen. As part of a 1996 pact to reduce the U.S. military presence, the United States and Japan agreed to close Futenma Air Station, home to about 4,000 Marines and located...

In this article: Japan, Barack Obama, Okinawa, Tokyo, Liberal Democratic Party, Washington, Yukio Hatoyama, and Robert Gates

...that end, too. Describing the visit as an exploratory mission designed to explain the results of a U.S. policy review toward Myanmar, he said the United States advocated "strong support for human rights, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi...

In this article: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Washington, Yangon, and Democracy