EVENTS
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email us.
Upcoming : 6 October - 12 October
6 October, Washington, D.C.: US IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WTO COTTON CASE. Women in International Trade (WIIT) is organising this brown-bag lunch discussion on the WTO decision on the Brazil-US cotton case, which has had a great impact on the US cotton industry and has elicited a serious debate inside the US Congress on how the country will comply with its international obligations. For further information contact Isabel Simmerman, tel: +1-202-222-5608; fax: +1-202-293-0495; e-mail: mdungas@yahoo.com.
6 October, Washington, D.C.: STRUCTURING CROSS BORDER TRANSACTIONS: MANAGING COMMERCIAL AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE RISKS. This seminar, organised by law firm Baker & McKenzie, will address the challenges of cross border project management, conducting effective due diligence, documenting a deal in a cross-cultural environment, crafting appropriate contractual provisions and negotiating other solutions, complying with laws in multiple jurisdictions and post-acquisition integration issues. The seminar is free of charge and registration is required. For further information contact Christie Raukar, tel: +1-202-835-1866; fax: +1-202-452-7074 ; e-mail: christie.a.raukar@bakernet.com.
10-14 October, Vientiane, Laos: INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE FOR NEGOTIATORS OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS. Developed in cooperation with the International Investment Agreements work programme of UNCTAD’s Division in Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development (DITE), this course is part of the TrainForTrade project for Laos and Cambodia. For further information contact Sven Callebaut, tel: +41-22-917-2039; fax: +41-22-917-0050; e-mail: unctadtft@online.com.kh.
11 October, Geneva, Switzerland: TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE ROLE OF LAW AND SCIENCE. Jointly organised by the University of Geneva’s Faculty of Law and by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Economics and Trade Branch, this colloquium will offer researchers and diplomats a forum where they can discuss the relationship between law and science in the development of trade and environmental policies and in the implementation of related legal agreements primarily at the multilateral level. For further information contact Francine Pinget, tel: +41-22-379-8473; fax: +41-22-379-8467; email: Francine.pinget@droit.unige.ch.
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
6 October: WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF BHUTAN
7 October: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - TUNISIA
7 October: WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF SERBIA
10 October: COMMITTEE ON TRADE-RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES
11 October: WORKING GROUP ON TRADE AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
11 October: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT
11 October: WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF SAUDI ARABIA
12 October: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - GUINEA
Other Upcoming
28 October, Bangkok, Thailand. FEMINISTS TALK TRADE: HOW TO GET THE BIG BOYS TO LISTEN. In this Skills Building Workshop, representatives from the International Gender and Trade Network (IGTN) will train participants on how best to speak out on substantive feminist issues in trade talks. This workshop is organised as a component of the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum on Women’s Rights and Development (27-30 September). For further information contact AWID, tel: +1-416-594-3773; fax: +1-416-594-0330; e-mail: awidforum@awid.org.
31 October-2 November, Cape Town, South Africa. AFRICAN REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN AGRICULTURE. This workshop, co-organised by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) the Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC), targets government officials, academics, practising lawyers, industry advisers and all others whose knowledge of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism on agriculture could contribute to meeting development targets. For further information contact Chitra Radhakishun, tel: +41-22-917-5695; fax: +41-22-917-0247; e-mail: chitra.radhakishun@unctad.org.