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Lamy Sets End-June Deadline For AG, NAMA Modalities
WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on 30 May set an end-June deadline for a deal on ‘modalities’ for how much the Doha Round will cut farm subsidies as well as tariffs on both agricultural and industrial products. He told an informal heads-of-delegation meeting that this would be necessary for Members to wrap up the negotiations by…
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AG Chair To Produce Draft Text Around 19 June, As Members Remain Divided On Subsidy Cuts
Doha Round agriculture Chair Ambassador Crawford Falconer (New Zealand) told an informal meeting on 30 May that he would circulate an initial draft ‘modalities’ text the week of 19 June, as per the timeline set out by WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy earlier that day (see related story, this issue). Falconer will do so in spite…
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Services Negotiations Waiting For Movement On AG, NAMA
Many developing countries are waiting to see what comes out of the ongoing talks on agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) before committing themselves to anything on services, said trade diplomats after a ten day-long ‘cluster’ of services meetings primarily dedicated to market access negotiations. The cluster, which concluded with a Council on Trade in Services…
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World Health Assembly Adopts Resolutions On R&D, Trade And Health
World Health Organisation members have agreed to launch official discussions on a global strategy to promote "needs-driven" research and development aimed particularly at finding treatments to diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries. Public health advocates have hailed the decision as a ‘historic opportunity.’ They believe that it could ultimately serve to…
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In Brief
CARICOM WORRIED ABOUT MISSED DOHA DEADLINES, HIGHLIGHTS DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS On 29 May, Guyanese Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Clement Rohee released to the press a statement on the Doha Round WTO negotiations on behalf of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). The statement, which expressed concern over the…
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WTO In Brief
AID FOR TRADE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE At the 29 May meeting of the WTO’s Aid for Trade (A4T) Task Force, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy presented the findings of his bilateral consultations with various international organisations, financial institutions and WTO Members. Lamy noted that international organizations and WTO…
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Events
EVENTS For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email us. Upcoming : 1- 7 June 1-2 June, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRADE. Ministers from APEC’s 21-member economies will…
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Resources
BRIDGES TRADE BIORES - TRADE AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES NEWS DIGEST. By the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and IUCN - The World Conservation Union. How can trade impact on the environment? Can trade rules be made more supportive of biodiversity protection? Bridges Trade BioRes is a bi-weekly electronic publication providing news reporting…