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AG Negotiators Discuss Market Access Exceptions As 'Core Group' Intensifies Work
Two weeks of intensive discussions have yielded “some tangible progress” in the Doha Round agriculture talks, the chair of the negotiations said last week, though not enough to put an agreement within WTO Members’ reach. Now in the third and final week of a round of consultations on the potential terms for a deal set out…
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China Files WTO Case Against US Trade Remedies
China on 14 September initiated WTO dispute proceedings against the US, requesting consultations on a series of extra duties imposed by Washington on some of its paper exports. Beijing contends that the US has failed to adequately justify the countervailing and anti-dumping tariffs. The decision to pursue a case at the global trade arbiter signals a…
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Kenyan Parliament Rejects Patent Law Amendments, Preserves Trips Flexibilities
The Kenyan parliament last week rejected proposed amendments to national patent rules which could have threatened the provision of essential medicines. The decision preserves the government’s right to issue compulsory licenses that authorise the import, manufacture and supply of generic copies of patented products. Public health advocates greeted the move with relief. “It means Kenya can…
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European Parliament TRIPS Amendment Vote Postponed Once Again
The European Parliament’s international trade committee on 12 September once again prevented the ratification of a controversial amendment to WTO intellectual property rules aimed at easing poor countries’ access to patented drugs. It cited a continuing failure by the EU’s 27 member states to guarantee that they will help developing nations manufacture and import affordable…
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NAMA: Looking At 'Non-Core' Issues While Waiting On Agriculture
Industrial goods negotiators at the WTO are once again waiting for signs of progress in the Doha Round agriculture talks before tackling the controversial issue of how the world’s major markets will cut tariffs on manufactures. Trade diplomats report that the chair of the negotiations on non-agricultural market access (NAMA), Canadian Ambassador Don Stephenson, will not…
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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: 20-26 September 20-21 September, Geneva, Swizterland. EXPERT MEETING ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES. The meeting…
- Resources
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Resources
CAN THE TRADING SYSTEM BE GOVERNED? INSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE WTO’S SUSPENDED ANIMATION. By Robert Wolfe. Centre for International Governance Innovation Working Paper No. 30, September 2007. Do the difficulties in reaching an agreement in the Doha round signal the need for institutional reform of the WTO? Members face great difficulty in undertaking needed renovations…