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WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ADMITS MEA OBSERVERS IN NEGOTIATIONS
WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE ADMITS MEA OBSERVERS IN NEGOTIATIONS At the special (negotiating) session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) on 12-13 February, Members agreed to allow secretariats of certain multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) to attend the CTE negotiations. The move effectively unblocked an impasse that had dogged the environment talks since the beginning of…
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'FRIENDS OF FISH' PRESS FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON FISHERIES SUBSIDES AT WTO
‘FRIENDS OF FISH’ PRESS FOR NEGOTIATIONS ON FISHERIES SUBSIDES AT WTO During the meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules on 3, 6 and 7 February, the ‘Friends of Fish’ group, consisting of Argentina, Chile, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Peru, presented a categorisation of fisheries subsidies in an effort to create a negotiating…
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CONSULTATIONS ASSESS TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY LINKAGES
CONSULTATIONS ASSESS TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY LINKAGES Forestry experts from governments, the private sector and non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations convened from 3-5 February in Rome, Italy, for the Expert Consultation on Trade and Sustainable Forest Management. Specifically, experts discussed issues ranging from global trends in trade of forest products and services, trade…
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In Brief
In Brief UK ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ADVOCATES LIABILITY REGIME FOR GENE CROPS Michael Meacher, the UK environment minister, declared last week that in his opinion conventional and organic farmers should be compensated if their crops sustain damage or cannot be sold due to cross-pollination from nearby genetically modified (GM) crops. "Our approach to GM must be compatible…
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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 17 -…
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Resources
MAKING GLOBAL TRADE WORK FOR PEOPLE. By the United Nations Development Programme, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation and Wallace Global Fund, published by Earthscan, 2003. The book presents a far-reaching reassessment of the current multilateral trade regime and examines how it can be improved in order to contribute genuinely to human development.…