China Faces Challenge in Defending Export Limits on Rare-Earth Resources

China may be vulnerable in seeking to defend its restraints on the export of rare earths or other commodities because of conditions it accepted when joining the World Trade Organization in 2001, a former WTO judge said. While the trade arbiter’s rules let nations tax exports and safeguard natural resources, China signed pledges that it would only tax or limit exports from a list of specific raw

Shanghai World Expo News in Brief

The following are highlights of latest developments in preparations for the upcomingWorld Expo 2010 in Shanghai:COLLECTIONS OF TWO GERMAN MUSEUMS TO BE DISPLAYED AT WORLD EXPOSome treasures from Berlin National Museum and a national artwork collections museum in Dresden as well as related replicas have been delivered to the "city-footprint" pavilion, one of the five theme pavilions for the