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Trump’s Commerce pick Wilbur Ross is no stranger to protectionism

By Roberta Rampton and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When billionaire investor Wilbur Ross salvaged two North Carolina textile mills from bankruptcy in 2003 and 2004, one of the first things he did was head to Washington to immerse himself in trade law and policy. China's accession to the World Trade …

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China complains to WTO that U.S. fails to implement tariff ruling

In another sign of escalating trade tensions between China and the United States, Beijing told the World Trade Organization on Friday that Washington was failing to implement a WTO ruling against punitive U.S. tariffs on a range of…

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China says EU should take steel dumping claims to WTO

China's Ministry of Commerce said that claims it was dumping steel in Europe should be put to the World Trade Organization (WTO), responding to reports that the European Commission (EC) was preparing to impose duties on imported Chinese steel. WTO members should fulfill their treaty obligations and stop using “surrogate countries” to pursue anti-dumping claims, a Ministry of Commerce spokesman said, according to a statement released on the ministry's website on Saturday. The EC is set to impose provisional duties later this month of up …

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Nissan recalling 930,000 cars for hood latch problem

Nissan Motor Co said Friday it will recall nearly 930,000 Nissan cars worldwide for potentially faulty hood latches, marking the third time since 2014 the automaker has recalled vehicles to address the problem. The Japanese automaker said it is recalling the 2013-2015 Nissan Altima, because its secondary hood latch may bind on account of improperly applied rust coating and remain in the unlatched position when the hood is closed. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which said on Friday that 846,000 vehicles in the United States would be recalled, has received …

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Xerox to split into two companies, Icahn to get board seats on one

Xerox Corp will split into two companies, one holding its legacy printer operations and the other its business process outsourcing unit, it said on Friday, in a bid to be more nimble after years of trying to integrate the businesses. Activist investor Carl Icahn, who first revealed a stake in Xerox in November, will get three board seats on the outsourcing company. Xerox Chief Executive Officer Ursula Burns said in an interview on Friday that the strategic…

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U.S. economy hits soft patch in fourth quarter as inventories, trade weigh

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth braked sharply in the fourth quarter as businesses stepped up efforts to reduce an inventory glut and a strong dollar and tepid global demand weighed on exports. Gross domestic product increased at a 0.7 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said on Friday in a report that showed a further cutback in investment by energy firms grappling with lower oil prices. Growth in consumer spending also slowed as unseasonably mild weather cut into

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Volkswagen chairman eyes job rotation for key roles: Welt am Sonntag

Volkswagen plans to limit the time staff can remain in certain roles, its supervisory board chairman told a German weekly, in a step to improve oversight at the German carmaker. VW said in September it had cheated U.S. emissions tests and installed software capable of deceiving regulators, wiping billions of euros off its market…

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Fed’s Lacker says four rate hikes in 2016 would be ‘gradual’

Federal Reserve forecasts pointing to four interest rate hikes in 2016 show what the U.S. central bank means when it says it anticipates raising rates at a “gradual pace,” Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Friday.

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WTO backs agricultural reforms, split on Doha

By Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization reached deals on agricultural export subsidies, food aid and other issues on Saturday, capping a ministerial conference in the Kenyan capital where rich and poor countries had been split over

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