Bridges Trade BioRes

Volume 4 • Number 23 20th December 2004

  • CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING TAKES CAUTIOUS LOOK AT POST-KYOTO ERA
    CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING TAKES CAUTIOUS LOOK AT POST-KYOTO ERA On 18 December — a day behind schedule — climate change negotiators wrapped up two weeks of discussions by agreeing to engage in further talks on what might come after the Kyoto Protocol. The tenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate…
  • EU, ACP REVIEW FISHERIES; NEW EU QUOTA PROPOSALS RELEASED
    EU, ACP REVIEW FISHERIES; NEW EU QUOTA PROPOSALS RELEASED In an attempt to resolve differences of opinion and process, experts from Europe and from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries met on 13-14 December to address the developmental implications of EU-ACP fisheries relations. Meanwhile, fishing quotas proposed by the European Commission for 2005 proved…
  • GMO UPDATE: MEXICO, ZAMBIA, ARGENTINA
    GMO UPDATE: MEXICO, ZAMBIA, ARGENTINA Mexico Approves New GM Law On 16 December the lower house of the Mexican Congress approved a new genetically modified organisms (GMO) law that aims to create a regulatory process to fully evaluate possible risks posed by GMOs to human health and the environment. The legislation was approved by the Senate…
  • CHINA CONSIDERS GM RICE APPROVAL
    CHINA CONSIDERS GM RICE APPROVAL The Biosafety Committee of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture is considering the approval of at least four varieties of genetically modified (GM) rice and is expected to make a decision on the approval of their commercialisation as early as January 2005. If approved, it will be the first time that…
  • In Brief
  • Highlighting Trade-Climate Linkages
    ICTSD and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 14 December co-hosted a side-event to the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC - see related story, this issue) to discuss synergies and conflict between the trade and climate regimes at. Among the specific issues…
  • Consultations on Geographical Indications Get Underway
    At the first meeting of technical consultations under the WTO July Framework (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 6 August 2004), Members on 16 December considered on how to proceed in discussions on whether or not to extent the additional protection for geographical indications (GI) currently accorded to wines and spirits under the Agreement on Trade-related Intellectual…
  • Events
  • 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 five weeks 10…
  • Resources
  • 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. THE GLOBAL DIFFUSION OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION AND RESEARCH IN 2004. By C. Ford Runge (Council on Biotechnology Information, 8 December 2004). This…