CHICAGO - Just after the US House of Representatives passed legislation which allows to impose trade sanctions on China to compensate for the "artificially weakened" yuan, a US economic expert warned against the Obama administration doing so.David Besanko, a US economist and professor at the Northwestern University, told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that "it is untraditional for trade sanctions to be imposed on a country by the US government due to currency policy."

MOSCOW, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Russia is ready to restrict itself to the limitations of the World Trade Organization (WTO), only after Moscow's admission to the organization, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday."Restrictions related to the accession (to the WTO) must not be applied before the accession is complete," Putin was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization called on Wednesday on the United States -- criticized by many trade partners for a lack of interest in trade policy -- to show leadership in global commerce.In a two-yearly review of U.S. trade policy, part of a regular survey of all 153 members, the global trade referee urged the United States to show leadership in the fight against protectionism by opening up further to trade and investment.