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AG Chair To Draft 'Reference Papers' On Issues Where Some Convergence Apparent
Following a week of discussions, agriculture negotiations Chair Ambassador Crawford Falconer (New Zealand) told Members at an informal meeting on 17 February that he would start producing ‘reference papers’ on the handful of issues where there had been some convergence, in an effort to keep the talks on track towards the end-April deadline for an…
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Services: Plurilateral Requests Taking Shape
Trade negotiators are expecting groups of WTO Members to put forward close to 20 collective requests for countries to open their markets to foreign services providers, across almost every services sector and mode. Sources report that Brazil, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are targeted by many of the plurilateral requests, with other countries…
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Trade Facilitation Talks Resume With Flurry Of New Proposals
The 15-16 February meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation, its first since the December Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, saw a flurry of new proposals. The eight new submissions addressed all three of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 articles that the trade facilitation negotiations are supposed to clarify:…
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Chirac Recalls Asbestos-Laden Ship From India, Orders Inquiry
French President Jacques Chirac on 15 February ordered the decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau back home, after the country’s top administrative body ruled that the warship contained too much asbestos to legally be sent to India for dismantling. The Clemenceau, which had already been moored outside Indian territorial waters as courts in India deliberated over…
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In Brief
EU TO SLAP ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE SHOES The EU is planning to impose anti-dumping duties of up to 20 percent on leather shoes from China and Vietnam. Press reports suggest that EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will announce the additional tariffs on 23 February, after an investigation by the European Commission found what…
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Additional Panel Established In Boeing-Airbus Dispute
On 17 February, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a panel in response to an additional EU complaint against the US in the mammoth transatlantic dispute over subsidies to Airbus and Boeing for the development of new aircraft. The US blocked the EU’s first request for the establishment of a panel at the DSB’s…
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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. VACANCY The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development is recruiting a Programme Officer for its Trade in Services Programme. The objective of the position is to assist…
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Resources
POLICY BRIEF ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS: HOW HUMAN RIGHTS CAN SUPPORT PROPOSALS FOR A WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION (WIPO) DEVELOPMENT AGENDA. By 3D -> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy, February 2006. The purpose of this policy brief is to encourage advocates, policy-makers and WIPO member states to continue high-level discussions…