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Prospects For Doha Accord Dim, As WTO Heads Into Summer Recess
Prospects for salvaging an accord in the Doha Round of global trade talks remain dim as the WTO heads into its annual August recess, even though Director-General Pascal Lamy insists that a deal is within governments’ grasp, should they be willing to make it. Member delegations should return to Geneva in September "ready to engage in…
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Draft NAMA Agreement Text Criticised By Many Developing Countries
A potential Doha Round compromise on industrial goods trade set out by the chair of the negotiating committee came under heavy fire from several developing countries last week. Countries such as South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, India, Nigeria, and El Salvador decried the tariff cuts set out in the draft negotiating text put together by non-agricultural market…
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US Democrats Seek Greater Assistance For Workers Hurt By Trade
US Senators from both parties have jointly introduced a bill that would greatly expand governmental assistance to workers who have lost their jobs as a result of either increased imports or the relocation of their jobs overseas. Most significantly, the proposed legislation would extend benefits to service sector workers such as computer programmers and call-centre employees…
- WTO in Brief
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WTO In Brief
US COTTON SUBSIDIES STILL NOT WTO-COMPLIANT: INTERIM RULING A WTO dispute panel has in a preliminary ruling found that the US has failed to reform cotton subsidy programmes enough to comply with an earlier decision, potentially opening the door to billions of dollars worth of sanctions from Brazil. The panel issued the confidential interim report to the…
- Events
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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: 2 August - 5 September 6-8 August, Bangkok, Thailand. ASIA-PACIFIC TROPICAL FOREST INVESTMENT FORUM: ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTING IN NATURAL TROPICAL…
- Resources
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Resources
HOW TO APPROACH THE MONITORING OF THE ACP-EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS: AN OVERVIEW. By S. Bilal, F. Rampa, F. Jerosch, and D. Makhan. European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2007. The African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) states and the European Union (EU) countries have agreed to negotiate new WTO-compatible Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). These agreements…