The United States could lose 1 million green jobs by 2020 if it gives into demands by poor countries to loosen patent protections on climate-friendly technologies, a U.S. business leader said on Wednesday.

Tom Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said U.S. manufacturers...

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Trade. Trade Representative Kirk today indicated he has backed away from the Obama administration's goal of completing an anti-counterfeiting trade agreement with some trading partners by 2010. "I can't promise you we'll have a resolution to that next year, but we are back...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently said that the recession, which has contributed to nearly 7 million lost jobs since 2007, is probably over. If Bernanke's claim is right, America is emerging from the worst recession since the 1930s. And although this economic downturn has been...

The Obama administration on Friday nominated Victoria Espinel as co-ordinator for intellectual property enforcement, a new position demanded by the entertainment industry to help it battle copyright theft.

Ms Espinel's role, shortened to IP ‘czar' long before the current administration's...