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NAMA Week: Members Differ On S&D Flexibilities, Link To AG
WTO Members remain divided over the extent of special and differential treatment (S&D) in the negotiations on non-agricultural market access (NAMA). During an informal meeting of about 25 delegations on 1 March, several developing countries, including China, insisted that developing countries should be allowed to slate no fewer than 10 percent of products for tariff…
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Proponents Of Cotton Proposal Clarify Call For Ambitious Cuts In Cotton Subsidies
At the WTO Cotton Sub-Committee meeting held on 2 March, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali expanded on an earlier proposal for cutting trade-distorting subsidies for cotton more deeply and quickly than those for other commodities in the agriculture negotiations, as stipulated in the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration (see BRIDGES Weekly, 29 June 2005). They…
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CTD-SS Continues Examining S&D Proposals
Meeting on 6 March, the WTO Committee on Trade and Development Special Session (CTD-SS) again failed to agree on where to discuss the implementation of the Hong Kong Ministerial Decision on duty- and quota-free access for products originating in least-developed countries (LDCs). Consensus seemed within reach in flexibilities in the application of the Agreement on…
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Plurilateral Services Requests Continue To Trickle In
Collective requests from groups of WTO Members seeking access to services markets in other countries continue to trickle in. ‘Plurilateral requests’ have been tabled in a wide range of sectors, including telecom, financial, logistics, construction, legal, environmental, energy, computer, maritime transport, audiovisual, and postal services. Sources report that at an informal meeting of…
- Events
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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 : 9-15 March 8-9 March, Sao Paulo, Brazil: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BRAZIL: IMPLICATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GLOBAL AGRICULTURE. Biotechnology and Brazil is the first major international conference to…
- Resources
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Resources
AID FOR TRADE REFERENCES DATABASE. Produced by the Overseas Development Institute and funded by International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty. The database identifies reports and policy documents that are relevant to the current discussions of Aid for Trade in order to inform policy debate. Available online at: http://www.odi.org.uk/iedg/Projects/Aid4trade.xls. NEW NGO POSITION PAPERS FOR THE…