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Mind The Gaps: Divisions Persist As AG, NAMA Chairs and G-4 Step Up Search For Compromise
Trade negotiators at the WTO are saying that it is "now or never" for the troubled Doha Round talks, and that the next two months will either see a framework agreement or a prolonged breakdown. WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy on 6 June once again called on Member delegations to soften their negotiating stances, "so that effective…
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AG: Hints Of Rapprochement Amidst Differences, As Draft 'Modalities' Text Looms
Trade diplomats report signs of movement and an improved atmosphere in the troubled Doha Round agriculture talks, saying that long-awaited concessions on market access and subsidy reform may finally be emerging as the chair of the negotiating group puts together a new draft ‘modalities’ text to release later this month. Chair Ambassador Crawford Falconer (New Zealand)…
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EU, ACP Determined To Meet End-Of-Year Deadline For EPAs
Leaders from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states have vowed once again to work to finalise a set of free trade agreements with the EU before a critical end-of-year deadline, although many issues in the negotiations remain unresolved. Meeting in Brussels from 22-24 May, the ACP ministers expressed their commitment…
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In Brief
G8 CLASHES OVER CLIMATE CHANGE IN RUN-UP TO SUMMIT Heads of state from the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations remained divided on climate change as they headed into the first day of a 6-8 June summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. Recent weeks have seen the US spar with Germany and other EU member states about whether…
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WTO In Brief
JAPAN PROPOSES ‘BOTTOM-UP’ APPROACH TO FISHERIES SUBSIDIES, INSTEAD OF BLANKET BAN Japan on 1 June tabled a proposal calling for a ‘bottom-up approach to fisheries subsidies disciplines under the Doha Round WTO negotiations. Unlike the blanket bans on most types of fisheries subsidies proposed by the US and Brazil, Japan wants to ban only specific types…
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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. Coming Up: 7 - 13 June 3-15 June, The Hague, Netherlands. FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO CITES.…
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Resources
THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC DEBT MARKETS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION FOR LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES AND EMERGING MARKETS. By Ali Abbas and Jakob Christensen. International Monetary Fund, June 2007. The authors of this working paper present evidence suggesting that moderate levels of non-inflationary domestic debt, as a share of GDP and bank deposits, exert a…