RESOURCES
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the BRIDGES staff to resources@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcome (see mailing address below).
GREENING THE AMERICAS: NAFTA’S LESSONS FOR HEMISPHERIC TRADE. Edited by Carolyn L. Deere and Daniel C. Esty. Forward by José María Figueres- Olsen. September 2002. The various chapters in the Deere-Esty volume review the history of the environmental negotiations of the NAFTA, explore the treaty’s economic and environmental impacts, and draw lessons that can be applied to the ongoing Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations. GREENING THE AMERICAS analyses in detail NAFTA’s environmental elements, highlighting those provisions that should be included in future agreements and those that should be amended or dropped. Available from MIT Press, ISBN 0-262-04212-6, 452 pp; Internet: visit http://www-mitpress.mit.edu.
WTO: EARLY DECISIONS ARE VITAL TO PROGRESS IN ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS. A US General Accounting Office (GAO) Report to Congressional Requesters, September 2002. In this report, the GAO (1) analyses the factors that contributed to the Doha Ministerial Conference’s successful launch of new negotiations, (2) analyses the key interim deadlines for the most sensitive issues from the present time through the next Ministerial Conference in 2003, and (3) evaluates the most significant challenges facing the WTO in the overall negotiations. Appendix I contains a brief synopsis of remaining issues on the Doha negotiating agenda. Serial number GAO-02-879. For a copy of the report, visit: http://www.gao.gov/
REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT. March 2002. A United Nations Publication. 50 Heads of State as well as over 200 ministers from different nations met in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico during March 2002 to discuss financing development worldwide, particularly in developing countries. The goal of the conference was to move towards eliminating poverty, attain sustaining economic growth and promote sustainable development throughout the world. This report provides a detailed account of the conference as well as the resolutions that were agreed upon. To obtain a copy of this report, visit http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/.
AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A MODEL FOR DISCUSSION. September 2002. Prepared by the Cultural Industries Sectoral Advisory Group on International Trade (SAGIT). The discussion paper is a further step towards the development of a New International Instrument on Cultural Diversity (NIICD) aimed at establishing clear rules to enable Canada, and other countries, to maintain policies that promote their culture while respecting the rules of the international trading system and ensuring markets for cultural exports. This report constitutes a further Canadian contribution to the ongoing development of an international approach to support the objectives of cultural diversity worldwide. To obtain a copy of this report, visit http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/diversity_culture-e.asp.
WALKING THE TALK: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. August 2002. By Charles O. Holliday Jr, Chairman and CEO of DuPont, Stephan Schmidheiny, Chairman, Anova Holdings and Philip Watts, Chairman of Shell. As planetary anxieties about globalisation, poverty and climate change grow, where does the international business community stand? Are they a barrier to change or an engine for it? In "Walking the Talk", international business leaders argue that business can be an agent of positive change - positive for the environment and the world’s poor. Leading industrialists argue that not only is sustainable development good for business, the solving of environmental and social problems is essential for future growth. To obtain a copy of this publication, visit http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/walk.htm.
WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2003 – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN A DYNAMIC WORLD. August 2002. Prepared by The World Bank. This publication is the World Bank’s contribution to an ongoing international dialogue on sustainable development. To make the report as useful and comprehensive as possible, the WDR 2003 team sought the views of a wide range of key stakeholders: government, civil society, academia, and the private sector world wide. To obtain a copy, visit http://publications.worldbank.org/ecommerce/catalog/product? item_id=1017492.
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2002: TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS. August 2002. Prepared by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report discusses the importance of FDI by transnational corporations in order for countries to develop and sustain growth in today’s globalising economy. In the last two years, some developing countries — including Brazil and Argentina — have shown a dramatic loss in FDI due to the reluctance of TNCs to increase investments into their countries. Mexico, on the other hand, doubled its investments to USD 25 billion to become the largest FDI recipient in Latin America for the first time since 1995. For further information, or to obtain a copy of this report, visit http://www.unctad.org/wir/.
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GUIDE TO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT: THE ONLY WTO-APPROVED GUIDE ON THE WTO MECHANISM FOR RESOLVING TRADE DISPUTES. September 2002. This practical guide explains the dispute settlement process and summarises the WTO experience in settling disputes since 1995. For further information visit: http://www.wto.org.
UNITED STATES - TAX TREATMENT FOR "FOREIGN SALES CORPORATIONS" WT/DS108/ARB. 30 August 2002. Report concerning the decision of the arbitrator in the case against the US brought before the WTO by the European Community. The arbitrator concluded that the tax breaks the US offers producers was harming EU trade in the amount of USD 4.043 million, and allowed the EU to impose sanctions as it sees fit. To view a copy of this decision, visit http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_browseDetail.asp? preprog=2#Decisions+of+Arbitrator.