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HOW WOULD A TRADE DEAL ON SUGAR AFFECT EXPORTING AND IMPORTING COUNTRIES? By Amani Elobeid, The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, October 2009. This study examines how exporting and importing countries could be affected by a trade deal on sugar along the lines of that under discussion in the WTO’s Doha Round, as well as in bilateral and regional negotiations. The study takes into consideration the preferential access arrangements that currently exist, recent historical trends in sugar trade in different countries and geographical regions, and the internal market reforms in importing regions such as the EU. The publication is available at http://ictsd.net/downloads/2009/10/sugar_web-1.pdf
EUROPEAN UNION TRADE WEBSITE. European Commission, 21 October 2009. The European Commission has unveiled a new website for trade policy that will feature more information, better navigation, and user-friendly features including a database of trade defence investigations. The EU Trade website remains the gateway for detailed information on EU trade policy. With a clear layout, improved navigation, and a host of added features, the new site provides visitors with a more user-friendly access to key information. Key features and innovations include: an interactive database containing information on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations initiated by the EU, links to related documents will also be provided, as well as relevant contact details for each on-going investigation. The website’s content has been reorganised and language has been simplified with a view to improving transparency and providing accurate, up-to-date information that is easy to find. Visit the new site at http://ec.europa.eu/trade/
INFORMATION ECONOMY REPORT 2009. UNCTAD, 22 October 2009. The report is the fourth in a series published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report is one of the few publications to monitor global trends in information and communication technologies (ICTs) as they affect developing countries. It serves as a valuable reference for policymakers in those nations. It gives attention to the impact of the global financial crisis on ICTs. The report offers an assessment of the diffusion of key ICT applications between 2003 and 2008. The report explores policy options for countries seeking to improve broadband connectivity. A PDF version of the IER 2009 and its statistical annex are downloadable from the UNCTAD website www.unctad.org/ier.
GLOBAL PHARMACEUTICAL POLICY: ENSURING MEDICINES FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD. By Frederick Abbott and Graham Dukes. Edward Elgar Publishing, 30 October 2009. Pharmaceuticals play a central role in health care throughout the world. The pharmaceutical industry is beset with difficulties as increasing research and development expenditure yields fewer new treatments. The world’s poor see little effort to address diseases prevalent in less affluent societies, while the world’s wealthy are overusing prescription drugs, risking their health and wasting resources. As the global economic crisis exacerbates pressure on health care budgets, a new presidential administration in Washington, DC has committed to broad health care reform. These circumstances form the backdrop for this extraordinarily timely examination of the global system for the development, production, distribution and use of medicines. This book will be of interest to government policy-makers, members of industry, healthcare professionals, teachers, students and lawyers in the fields of public health, intellectual property and international trade. To purchase a copy, please visit http://www.amazon.com/Global-Pharmaceutical-Policy-Medicines-Tomorrow%C2%92s/dp/1848440901
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