Stockwell Day, left, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, holds a joint press conference with Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on Monday, July 27, 2009. A decision by the European Union to ban imports of seal products violates international guidelines and Canada will appeal it at the World Trade Organization, says Day. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Stockwell Day, left, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, holds a joint press conference with Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada on Monday, July 27, 2009. A decision by the European Union to ban imports of seal products violates international guidelines and Canada will appeal it at the World Trade Organization, says Day.

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  1. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day, center, and Mexico's Secretary of the Economy Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, talk with each other before the start of the Free Trade Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement meeting in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Kirk will discuss trade, labor and the environment in the meeting.

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  1. Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 29, 2009.
  2. A Memorandum of Understanding to mark the establishment of a bilateral working holiday arrangement is signed between Matthew Cheung (front R) and Canada's Minister of International Trade Stockwell Day (front L) as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (back L) and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang look on in Hong Kong December 6, 2009.
  3. (L-R) Canada's International Trade Minister Stockwell Day, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and China's Premier Wen Jiabao toast during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 3, 2009. Picture taken December 3, 2009.
  4. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day, center, and Mexico's Secretary of the Economy Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, talk with each other before the start of the Free Trade Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement meeting in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Kirk will discuss trade, labor and the environment in the meeting.
  5. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day, center, and Mexico's Secretary of the Economy Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, talk before the start of the Free Trade Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement meeting in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Kirk will discuss trade, labor and the environment in the meeting.
  6. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, and Canada's Trade Minister Stockwell Day, arrive for the start of the Free Trade Commission of the North American Free Trade Agreement meeting in Dallas, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009.
  7. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  8. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  9. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  10. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (R) arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  11. Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  12. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  13. ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 4: In this handout image supplied by the IMF, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy (L) talks with International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) prior to the International Monetary and Financial Comittee (IMFC) meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 4, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. An allocation of 4bn USD (2.5bn GBP), which will go into the IMF new loan facility, has been announced by the French and British government to help poorer countries.
  14. World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy (L) talks with International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn prior to the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) meeting at the Istanbul Congress Center October 4, 2009. Finance ministers and central bankers from around the globe. are in Istanbul for the semiannual meetings of the. International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which run from Oct.. 4-7.
  15. Television sets screen Russia�s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speak during a question-and-answer show at a Russian state TV channel, at an electronics shop in Moscow December 3, 2009. Putin on Thursday said the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik amendment that tied U.S. trade relations to emigration rights for religious minorities was an anachronism and hindered Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
  16. World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy, left, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) head Kandeh Yumkella, right, attend a news conference at Vienna's International Center, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. U.N. officials are warning that the world's least developed countries are especially hard hit by the global financial crisis and will feel its impact for years to come.

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