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Doha Talks Risk &Quot;Total Failure,&Quot; Lamy Warns
In unusually strong language, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy has warned that the troubled Doha Round of trade negotiations is in danger of "total failure," and that any chances for success depend on support from the US Congress. Lamy told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper in an interview published on 3 December that progress in the talks would…
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Brazil To Grant Duty And Quota Free Market Access To LDC Exports
The Brazilian government plans to start granting duty- and quota-free market access to exports from 32 of the world poorest countries in early 2007, according to officials in Brasilia. The move would make Brazil the first developing country to accord unimpeded access to goods from the 32 least-developed country (LDC) Members of the WTO — not…
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WTO Reports Increased Use Of Anti-Dumping Measures In First Half Of 2006
WTO Members introduced anti-dumping duties with greater frequency in the first half of 2006 even though the number of anti-dumping investigations continued to decline, according to new data from the WTO Secretariat. The semi-annual report on anti-dumping, released on 27 November, summarises information submitted by WTO Members to the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices (ADP). ‘Dumping’…
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In Brief
BASEL PARTIES DEBATE E-WASTE, BAN ON SHIPPING HAZARDOUS WASTE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal recently debated the difference between reusable electronic products and obsolete electronic waste with hazardous components that poses a real problem when dumped in developing countries. The Basel Convention’s…
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WTO In Brief
COLOMBIA JOINS ECUADOR IN BANANAS DISPUTE AGAINST EU Colombia on 30 November announced that it would seek to participate in Ecuador’s recent WTO complaint against the EU’s banana import regime. The two countries claim that Brussels discriminates against their banana exports in violation of prior WTO rulings. The longstanding dispute has pitted Latin American banana producers…
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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 at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch. Upcoming : 7 - 13 December 7-8 December, Khartoum, Sudan: FIFTH ACP SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT. The…
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Resources
INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PROMOTING QUALITY FDI. By Annie Dufey. International Institute for Environment and Development, December 2006. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered to be a major catalyst in promoting sustainable development in developing countries. Benefits associated with FDI include economic growth and increased income, employment, and technology transfer. Liberalisation…
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Resources
INVESTMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: PROMOTING QUALITY FDI. By Annie Dufey. International Institute for Environment and Development, December 2006. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is considered to be a major catalyst in promoting sustainable development in developing countries. Benefits associated with FDI include economic growth and increased income, employment, and technology transfer. Liberalisation…