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Doha: Draft AG Text Meets Lukewarm Response, NAMA Likely to Be Chillier
WTO Members are in agreement that the parameters for a potential Doha Round agriculture deal identified last week by the chair of the negotiating committee constitute a "good starting point" for further talks in September. However, they appear to agree on little else, at least in public: at a 23 July meeting organised for them to…
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Rwanda Becomes First Country To Try To Use WTO Procedure To Import Patented Hiv/Aids Drugs
Nearly four years after WTO Members agreed on a procedure for poor countries to import generic versions of patented medicines that they are unable to produce themselves, Rwanda has become the first country to notify the global trade body that it intends to use it. The notification (IP/N/9/RWA/1), filed on 19 July, is the first in…
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Steady Progress On Trade Facilitation, Though Developing Countries Ruffle Feathers
WTO Members are making "steady progress" on reducing red tape and other obstacles to the movement and transit of goods, the chair of the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation said at the end of a week of talks on 20 July. Chair Ambassador Eduardo Ernesto Sperisen-Yurt (Guatemala) said that particularly valuable work had been done with…
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In Brief
UNCTAD: POOREST NATIONS MUST FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY The world’s poorest nations continue to fall behind the rest of the world in terms of technology and innovation, according to a new UN report. The Least Developed Countries Report 2007, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), maintains that least developed countries (LDCs) -…
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WTO In Brief
EU BACKS OFF CHALLENGE TO INDIAN WINE, SPIRITS TARIFFS The EU has suspended its WTO challenge to India’s duties on wine and spirits, following New Delhi’s decision earlier this month to eliminate a series of taxes on wine and spirits imports (see BRIDGES Weekly, 4 July 2007). Prior to the recent change in policy, a series of…
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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: 26 July - 1 August 26-29 July, Ravello, Italy. 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES: NEW FRONTIERS AND PRODUCTS - ECONOMICS, POLICIES…
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Resources
NEGOTIATING THE REVIEW OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING. By Thomas Zimmerman. Cameron May, 2006. This study analyses recent negotiations to reform the WTO’s Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU). The study offers an overview and analysis of the negotiating process, as well as a detailed review of specific proposals on…