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US UPHOLDS ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AGAINST THAI AND INDIAN SHRIMP
US UPHOLDS ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AGAINST THAI AND INDIAN SHRIMP The US-based International Trade Commission (ITC) on 4 November decided not to revoke its anti-dumping duty on shrimp imports from India and Thailand. The Commission decided in April 2005 to review the 10 percent duty imposed in January of this year to light of the impacts of…
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WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE DEBATES DRAFT TEXT FOR HONG KONG
WTO ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE DEBATES DRAFT TEXT FOR HONG KONG WTO Members have been convening in informal meetings of the Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session (CTE-SS) to discuss proposed text to be included in the draft Ministerial Declaration of the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December. Discussions on the draft text brought out underlying divisions…
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DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS RAISED OVER EUROPEAN CHEMICALS LEGISLATION
DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS RAISED OVER EUROPEAN CHEMICALS LEGISLATION The European Parliament on 8 November said that major political groups had come to a compromise agreement on the draft European Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) legislation that is expected to ease the adoption process in the run up to the 17 November vote on the text.…
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EU, CANADA GRANT PATENTS ON GURTS
EU, CANADA GRANT PATENTS ON GURTS The EU on 5 October and Canada on 11 October issued a patent to Delta & Pine Limited, a US-based biotech company, for a genetic use restriction technology (GURTS) that could be used to make plants sterile. The technology has been dubbed "terminator technology" by environment, farmer and indigenous groups,…
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WTO Members Scale Back Expectations for Hong Kong Ministerial
Trade ministers from the US, the EU and Brazil told the press in Geneva on 9 November that it was highly unlikely that WTO Members would be able to agree on a detailed framework for the Doha Round in time for the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in December. Members had hoped that negotiations in Hong…
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China Highlights Trade Implications of EU Ecodesign Requirements
At a bilateral US-China meeting on 1 November, China expressed concern that the European Directive 2005/32/EC — a framework to create EU rules for the eco-design requirements of electronic devices — could create market uncertainty and prove to be a technical barrier to trade. At the meeting of the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers 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 8-15 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 Sarah Mohan . THE EU-CHILE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR IN CHILE: ISSUES ARISING. BY Juan Carlos Cárdenas N., Patricio Igor Melillanca and Patricia…