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G-6 Ministerial In London Fails To Break Deadlock In Doha Round
Trade ministers from the EU, the US, Australia, Brazil, India, and Japan — the so-called G-6 — proved unable to bridge the gaps that have deadlocked the Doha Round trade negotiations during a gathering in London on 10-11 March. The talks followed a 7-9 March preparatory meeting in Geneva of senior trade officials from a…
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Tariff Simulation Results Reveal Nothing New, Say Delegates
The results of an informal simulation exercise to assess how the main proposals on the table in the Doha Round agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) talks would affect ten WTO Members with a wide range of economic profiles "do not show us anything we did not already know," according a Geneva-based trade diplomat. The data…
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In Brief
US AND MALAYSIA TO NEGOTIATE BILATERAL FTA The US and Malaysia will begin negotiating a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) in three months, announced US Trade Representative Rob Portman and Malaysian International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz in Washington on 8 March. The talks will start after a mandatory 90-day consultation period with the US…
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Five New Proposals In Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations
On 15 March, WTO Members started discussions in the Negotiating Group on Rules on five new proposals on disciplining fisheries subsidies from New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, India and Brazil. The negotiations will continue on 17 March. New Zealand, a leading Member of the "Friends of Fish" group of countries that advocate for a broad ban on…
- 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 : 16 March - 22 March 13-31 March, Singapore: DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE FOR THE ADOPTION OF A REVISED TRADEMARK LAW TREATY (TLT). This conference, organised by the World…
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Resources
EXPLORING THE MARKET FOR VOLUNTARY CARBON OFFSETS. By Nadaa Taiyah. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), March 2006. This paper explores the potential for financing small-scale, high-benefit sustainable development projects through the voluntary and retail sector of the carbon market. Through a literature review and interviews with offset retailers and buyers from the private…