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Chair's AG Market Access Paper Sparks Fierce Debate On Tariff Cuts
The EU and the G-10 have rejected the idea that a proposal from the G-20 group of developing countries could form the basis for an eventual Doha Round deal on farm tariff cuts, rebutting a suggestion to this effect from the chair of the WTO agriculture talks. While the EU and G-10 argued that the…
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NAMA: Members Appear No Closer To Convergence
Developing countries including Brazil, India, and South Africa have vehemently rejected a new proposal aiming to ensure that Doha Round liberalisation leaves them with industrial tariff ceilings no more than 5 percent higher than those of industrialised nations. WTO Members appear no closer to consensus on industrial tariff cuts, with little over two weeks to go…
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Members Table Draft Articles For Future Agreement On Trade Facilitation
The outlines of a future WTO draft agreement on trade facilitation are starting to take shape, as Members proposed text for several potential articles during the 6-7 June meeting of the negotiating group. The trade facilitation negotiations aim to simplify customs procedures and cut commerce-related red tape, as well as to enhance developing countries’ ability to…
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On the Move
Susan Schwab has formally taken up her duties as US Trade Representative, following Senate confirmation of her nomination on 8 June. She had been a deputy USTR prior to the current appointment.…
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In Brief
US AND KOREA HOLD FIRST ROUND OF FTA TALKS The US and South Korea wrapped up the first round of comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations on 9 June, with disagreements over issues including pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and goods produced in a North Korean industrial park. The prospective deal has been…
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WTO In Brief
BRAZIL FILES FIRST SUBMISSION IN RETREADED TYRES CASE Brazil has defended its import ban on retreaded tyres on health and environment-related grounds, in its first written submission to the WTO regarding a dispute with the EU. In November 2005, the EU formally challenged the WTO consistency of Brazil’s import ban on…
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Aid For Trade Task Force Progressing Towards Recommendations
The WTO Aid for Trade (A4T) Task Force is moving towards finalising the recommendations it is set to make to Members by the end of July. Chair Ambassador Mia Horn af Rantzien (Sweden) circulated a six-page draft recommendations text to the 13 members of the Task Force at its most recent meeting on 16 June. The…
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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 : 15-21 June 15-16 June, Geneva, Switzerland: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO) WORKSHOP FOR MEDIATORS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES. This Workshop will consist of an intensive two-day…
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Resources
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: GLOBALISATION’S LAST FRONTIER. By Jonathon W. Moses. Zed Books, March 2006. Abolish border controls? Let in large numbers of immigrants? Can this author can be serious? That may be the immediate response to this book’s evidence in favour of getting rid of costly, often inhumane and only partially effective barriers. The book points…