PARIS — Russia’s appetite for joining the World Trade Organization appears to have evaporated, even though the trade group has been proving its mettle in discouraging protectionist reactions during the recent financial upheaval, the head of the W.T.O. said Friday.
06 October 2009 , 08:18Matthew Saltmarsh, Andrew E. KramerThe New York Times0
Gas suppliers are making bigger profit margins than at any time in the past decade because of a plunge in wholesale prices that has not been matched by a fall in household bills, a leading consultancy has calculated.
