Bridges Trade BioRes

Volume 7 • Number 15 7th September 2007

  • EU APPEALS WTO RULING IN RETREADED TYRE DISPUTE WITH BRAZIL; NGOS PROTEST
    EU APPEALS WTO RULING IN RETREADED TYRE DISPUTE WITH BRAZIL; NGOS PROTEST The EU has formally appealed a WTO ruling against Brazil’s import restrictions on retreaded tyres, taking the unusual step of challenging a decision in which it was nominally victorious. Several environment and development NGOs have expressed their concern over this move, asking the EU…
  • UN DESERTS MEETING LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
    UN DESERTS MEETING LOOKS TO THE FUTURE Participants at a major international meeting on desertification are staking out a plan for efforts to combat the problem over the course of the next ten year. Taking place in Madrid from 3-14 September, the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-8) to the UN Convention to…
  • GMO UPDATE: BRAZIL, INDIA PAVE WAY FOR NEW CROPS; PERU BANS BIOTECH POTATOES
    GMO UPDATE: BRAZIL, INDIA PAVE WAY FOR NEW CROPS; PERU BANS BIOTECH POTATOES Brazil and India have recently taken measures that signal a growing acceptance of new genetically modified (GM) crops — although these measures also face fierce criticism. In Brazil, two GM corn varieties are progressing through the regulatory approval progress, and a Brazilian company,…
  • In Brief
  • EU Set to Keep Extra Duties on Energy-Saving Light Bulbs from China
    A divided European Commission decided last week to retain heavy anti-dumping duties on energy-saving light bulbs from China for an additional year, angering environmental groups who argue that the move will impede efforts to curb climate change. Certain industry groups had proposed retaining the duties for an additional five years. The EU’s executive body on 29…
  • Seal Hunt Lands at WTO
    Canada is taking a strong stance against countries that have enacted or are planning to enact import bans with regard to Canadian seal products. The Canadian government issued a statement at the end of July on its intention to challenge Belgium at the WTO over a ban on the importation and marketing of seal products,…
  • EU Food Safety Agency: GM Feeds does Not Affect Meat, Eggs, Dairy
    A statement from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), dated 20 July, says there is no evidence that genetically modified (GM) animal feed can negatively effect meat, eggs and dairy products. In March this year international environmental group Greenpeace and one million EU citizens petitioned the European Commission to labels food products (such as meat, milk…
  • Iceland Finds No Market for Whale Meat
    Fisheries Minister Einar Guofinnsson recently announced that he would refrain from issuing a new quota for commercial whaling until the market for whale products improved. The old quota — issued in October last year for 30 minke whales and 9 fin whales in defiance of an international whaling moratorium that has been in place for…
  • Events
  • Events
    For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm. Coming up in the next two weeks 3-14 September, Madrid, Spain: EIGHTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE UN CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATON (COP-8). COP-8 of the CCD will consider the following agenda items:…
  • 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 for review by the Bridges staff to Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch. ICTSD resources TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT IN DRYLANDS, Selected Issue Brief, published by ICTSD (August 2007). This publication aims to provide a…