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ALL ONBOARD: BALI MEETING STAKES OUT PATH TO GLOBAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT
ALL ONBOARD: BALI MEETING STAKES OUT PATH TO GLOBAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT A global meeting has agreed a roadmap for negotiations on a new agreement to tackle climate change, bringing all countries onboard. Close to 11,000 people convened in Bali, Indonesia, from 3-15 December, at the largest climate meeting to date. In addition to the official negotiations under…
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TRADE MINISTERS DISCUSS LINKS BETWEEN COMMERCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN BALI
TRADE MINISTERS DISCUSS LINKS BETWEEN COMMERCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN BALI International cooperation and a multilateral framework to address greenhouse gas emissions are a prerequisite for effective global economic governance, trade ministers from several major economies said during a weekend meeting on the margins of the UN climate change conference in Bali (see related story, this…
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EU, US CALL FOR ELIMINATING TRADE BARRIERS TO CLIMATE-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES
EU, US CALL FOR ELIMINATING TRADE BARRIERS TO CLIMATE-FRIENDLY GOODS AND SERVICES Just prior to the UN climate change conference in Bali, the EU and US submitted a joint proposal at the WTO calling for trade liberalisation in climate-friendly goods and services. The proposal called for the elimination of trade barriers facing goods and services directly related…
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Fisheries Subsidies Text Provides Good Starting Point, Delegates Say
At a WTO meeting on fisheries subsidies last week, Members provided their initial reactions to a new draft text for trade rules in this area. While not all Members agreed on the specific details of each provision, the majority of delegates were content with the draft text - at least as a starting point for…
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LINKS BETWEEN PATENT RULES AND ACCESS TO GREEN TECHNOLOGY COME UNDER SCRUTINY
LINKS BETWEEN PATENT RULES AND ACCESS TO GREEN TECHNOLOGY COME UNDER SCRUTINY On the eve of the international conference on climate change in Bali, the European Parliament called for examining the impact of intellectual property protections on the spread of environmentally sound technologies, suggesting that WTO rules might be impeding their diffusion. Wider use of energy-saving technology…
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US Groups Want Curbs on Airplane Emissions
A coalition of states and environmental groups has asked the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions stemming from aircraft. The petition, which would cover both foreign and domestic aircraft entering US airports, followed an earlier petition focused on greenhouse gas emissions from marine vessels in US territory (see Bridges Trade BioRes, 5…
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WTO Appellate Body Reinforces Ruling Against Brazil Tyre Import Ban
The WTO’s highest court on 3 December confirmed an earlier ruling that Brazil’s import ban on used and retreaded tyres violated multilateral trade rules because it was applied in a discriminatory manner. Notably, the Appellate Body set a substantially higher bar for Brazil to make its import ban WTO-compliant, by reversing some aspects of the original…
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US-Peru Trade Deal Approved
A trade pact between the US and Peru has now been formally approved in the US, and implementation - including of new and strong provisions on illegal logging - can go ahead after final legislative adjustments are made. The US House of Representatives voted through the deal on 8 November (see Bridges Weekly, 14 November 2007,…
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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. 18-19 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO GENERAL COUNCIL. For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: +41 22 739 5007; fax: +41 22 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org. 21-25…
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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 for review by the Bridges staff to Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch. TRADE-RELATED MEASURES AND MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS. UNEP, 2007. This paper contributes to ongoing negotiations at the WTO by analysing MEA trade-related measures…