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G-4 Talks In Potsdam Break Down, Doha Round's Fate In The Balance Once Again
Prospects for concluding a Doha Round trade deal in the foreseeable future took yet another blow last week when talks among the EU, the US, Brazil, and India broke down amidst persistent divisions on cutting industrial tariffs and farm subsidies. Ministers and top negotiators from the so-called ‘G-4′ — the four WTO Members that have been…
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WIPO Broadcast Treaty Talks Collapse
Ten years of discussions on an international treaty to update broadcasters’ rights in the internet age came to a standstill last week, after members of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) failed to agree on what the agreement should protect. A ‘diplomatic conference’ to finalise a treaty, scheduled for this…
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OECD: Dangers Of Globalisation Real But Perceptions Exaggerated
Trade and investment liberalisation, long viewed with ambivalence in much of the developing world, is facing growing scepticism in rich countries. The heightened concern has been prompted in part by fears of job losses, wage stagnation, and growing inequality. However, a recent analysis by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation…
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Ratification Of TRIPs Health Amendment Languishes, With Five Months To Go
One and a half years after governments agreed on how to amend WTO intellectual property rules to allow poor countries to import cheap generic versions of patent-protected medicines, only seven of the global trade body’s 150 Members have ratified the controversial amendment. For the amendment to enter into force on schedule, two-thirds of WTO Members -…
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In Brief
WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESS FINALISE NEW TRADE PROVISIONS The Bush administration and US legislators from both parties have finalised formal legal text for incorporating stronger environmental, labour, and access-to-medicine provisions in bilateral trade agreements, officials said on 25 June. In a joint statement, representatives Charles Rangel (D-New York), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee,…
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WTO In Brief
BANANA FIGHT RESURFACES, WITH NEW PANEL TO EXAMINE EU’S COMPLIANCE The latest chapter in the decade-long battle over banana trade unfolded earlier this month, when a WTO dispute panel was named to review an Ecuadorian complaint that the EU has yet to comply with previous WTO rulings and that its tariffs on the fruit remain too…
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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: 28 June - 4 July 2-6 July, Paris, France. 12TH MEETING OF THE CBD SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVICE. Delegates to…
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Resources
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY POLICY NOTES. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), June 2007. These six notes, which were commissioned by DESA, cover major areas relevant to national development strategies: macroeconomic and growth policy, trade policy, investment and technology policy, financing development, social policy, and state-owned enterprise reform. The notes,…