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CITES AT A CROSSROAD - ELEPHANTS, WHALES AND STRICTER DOMESTIC MEASURES
CITES AT A CROSSROAD - ELEPHANTS, WHALES AND STRICTER DOMESTIC MEASURES The use of economic incentives in the conservation of endangered species and the relationship between conversation measures and WTO rules were among the topics discussed during the first negotiating days of the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP-12) to the Convention on the International Trade…
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CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SCRUTINISE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS IN FTAA TEXT
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SCRUTINISE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS IN FTAA TEXT A wide range of civil society representatives met on 29-30 October in Quito, Ecuador, for a stakeholder forum entitled "Towards Civil Society Participation in the Americas" to discuss the content and the process of the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The…
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US SIDES WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN RESISTING ADDITIONAL CLIMATE COMMITMENTS
US SIDES WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN RESISTING ADDITIONAL CLIMATE COMMITMENTS The deep division between developing and developed countries’ positions was again apparent at the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in New Delhi, India, on 23 October to 1 November. Many civil society groups accused the US of deliberately…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. 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. Coming up in the next two weeks 3-15…
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In Brief
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CRITICISE WIPO FOR MEETING CLASH The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came under strong criticism from a number of developing countries for re-scheduling the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (Eighth Session) to exactly coincide with the November-session of the WTO Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). Discussions at the…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. 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. Coming up in the next two weeks 3-15 November,…
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baumüller. 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…