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WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS
WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS The WTO special (negotiating) session of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) met on 19 April, and a regular CTE session took place on 20 April. The CTE special session considered an EC submission on the CTE and global governance, and continued discussions on environmental goods. The regular…
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GMO UPDATE: US-EC DISPUTE, VENEZUELA, VERMONT
GMO UPDATE: US-EC DISPUTE, VENEZUELA, VERMONT US argues EU biotech moratorium hurts developing countries The US has highlighted the alleged impacts on developing countries of the EU’s de facto moratorium on the approval of biotech products in its first written submission to the WTO panel hearing the complaint brought by the US, Argentina and Canada (see…
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AGRICULTURE: COTTON DISPUTE, EU CAP REFORM, WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS
AGRICULTURE: COTTON DISPUTE, EU CAP REFORM, WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS Brazil claims victory in WTO dispute on US cotton Brazil has claimed victory on an interim report issued by the WTO panel on 26 April in a challenge against subsidies maintained by the US for its cotton producers (see BRIDGES Weekly, 18 March 2003). Clodoaldo Hugueney, Brazil’s…
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DECREASING POLARISATION ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES NOTED AT WTO AND UNEP
DECREASING POLARISATION ON FISHERIES SUBSIDIES NOTED AT WTO AND UNEP A feeling of progress on how to tackle the negative effects of fisheries subsidies was apparent at both the 28 April meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules and the UNEP Workshop on Fisheries Subsidies and Sustainable Management, held from 26-27 April. New Zealand,…
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EU Enlargement: Environmental Challenge or Opportunity?
On 22 April, IUCN released an assessment that highlights the environmental challenges the EU will face after ten new countries join the block on 1 May. The assessment highlights in particular the role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). “Environmentally-minded citizens in these new member states are concerned that the new soft money directed for…
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WB, IMF: Mixed Progress on Millennium Development Goals
Participants at the annual World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings, held from 24-25 April in Washington, D.C., said the developing world needs more aid and more open markets in developed countries in order to be able to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Despite an IMF forecast that world growth…
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US Accused of Regressive Environmental Policies
The third annual assessment of US environmental policies entitled “Rewriting the Rules - The Bush Administration’s Assault on the Environment“, released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on 15 April, documents more than 150 policy actions destructive to the environment over the past year. The group argues that detrimental changes have been made to…
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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 26 April…
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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 Marianne Jacobsen. ICTSD ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. By Keith E. Maskus (UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No. 7, May 2004).…