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G-33 Ministers Call On Developed Countries To Take First Step To Break Doha Deadlock
Members of the G-33 bloc of developing countries called on industrialised nations to take the lead in breaking the deadlock in the Doha Round trade negotiations by offering greater cuts to their farm subsidies, during a summit in Jakarta on 20-21 March. "It shouldn’t be on the developing countries to be the ones to move faster…
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Trade Facilitation Negotiations Slowed By Lack Of Progress On AG, NAMA
Even the Doha Round negotiations on reducing red tape and other obstacles to the movement and transit of goods are being affected by the lack of progress in the agriculture and industrial tariffs talks. Although Members actively discussed their proposals at the Trade Facilitation negotiating group’s meeting on 12-13 March, several delegates expressed doubt whether negotiations…
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Indian Govt Denies Reports Of Internal Disagreement On Special Products
The Indian government has vehemently denied media reports of internal disagreement over the number of ’special’ farm products for which it will seek lenient tariff treatment in the Doha Round trade negotiations. These reports suggest that the ministry of commerce wants the agriculture ministry to lower its estimate for the number of ’special’ products from…
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In Brief
US, KOREA, CONTINUE PUSH FOR FTA AHEAD OF END-MARCH DEADLINE Lead negotiators from South Korea and the US started a week of high-level informal discussions in Washington on 19 March, in an attempt to resolve the final outstanding issues in their free trade agreement (FTA) talks. "I’ll make my utmost efforts to narrow remaining differences as much…
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WTO In Brief
TURKEY REPEATS CALL FOR WTO REVIEW OF TEXTILE QUOTA PHASEOUT; CHINA OPPOSED Turkey has once again called for the establishment of a formal WTO work programme to review the ramifications of the removal of quotas on textile and clothing trade at the end of 2004, raising the ire of other exporters, including India and China. It…
- 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 at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch. Upcoming : 22-28 March 26-29 March, Geneva, Switzerland. SOUTH CENTRE WORKSHOP ON TRADE IN SERVICES. Organized by South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation…
- Resources
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Resources
NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY. By John H. Barton, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), February 2007. Part of ICTSD’s Programme on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development, this paper describes the current ways in which technology is transferred to developing countries, the barriers affecting…