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EU Ministers Acknowledge Need for CFP Overhaul
European fisheries ministers have reached a consensus on the need for radical reform of the EU’s controversial Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Those attending the European Commission’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on Monday acknowledged that the rules governing the EU fisheries sector are flawed and should be decentralised to give member states and the…
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Business Leaders Look toward Copenhagen
Business leaders meeting at the latest major roadside attraction on the way to Copenhagen have endorsed a statement urging climate negotiators to agree to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half by 2050. The so-called ‘Copenhagen Call’ includes six major points that attending CEOs and other top business leaders say should be considered essential elements…
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WTO Rules Group Inches along Fisheries Roadmap
An informal meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules inched forward slowly but largely avoided controversial issues at its 11-14 May meeting in Geneva. The group’s talks - which cover fisheries subsidies, anti-dumping, and horizontal subsidies disciplines - have been marked by long-standing disagreement over a few issues. But the chair of the committee, Ambassador…
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EU Looks to Extend Import Duties on US Biodiesel
The European Commission submitted a proposal on Thursday to extend for up to five years the temporary tariffs that it imposed on imports of US biodiesel in March. A decision on the matter should come next month. The anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs are meant to counteract the effects of the payments and other forms of support…
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EU, South Korea Take on Climate Change during Trade Talks
Leaders of the EU and South Korea discussed their shared vision for climate change policy at the parties’ Fourth Summit Meeting on 23 May in Seoul. The two countries have agreed in principle to long-term cooperation to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 at a level considered safe by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
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TRIPS Council Debates Way Forward
An informal meeting of the WTO committee on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) was urged to move on from broad discussions to tackle the ‘substantive’ issues at issue in the talks. The chair of the talks, Ambassador Trevor Clarke of Barbados, warned delegates that they should not be complacent in the talks. The issue at…
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Events
Coming up in the next two weeks (29 May - 12 June) 31 May - 4 June, Monterey, US. SUSTAINABLE BRANDS CONFERENCE 2009. This private sector conference is an international event discussing the rapid rise of sustainability as a driver for revenue growth and brand equity in the 21st Century. Over 400 business and brand strategists, designers and…
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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 Andrew Aziz at aaziz@ictsd.ch. WASTE WITHOUT BORDERS IN THE EU? TRANSBOUNDARY SHIPMENTS OF WASTE. By the European Environment Agency (EEA), 4 March 2009. This report presents…