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Agriculture: 'Degrees' Of Progress, While Broad Divisions Persist
With WTO Members still deadlocked on the depth of Doha Round farm subsidy and tariff cuts, negotiators in Geneva are focusing on a range of secondary and technical issues in order to make it possible for governments to conclude an agreement swiftly if and when they make the concessions necessary to bridge their differences. New Zealand…
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'Interim' Goods-Only EPAs May Suffice For ACP Before End-Year Deadline , EU Says
The EU appears to have stepped back from threats to curtail preferential market access for some of the world’s poorest countries if they fail to reach comprehensive trade agreements before a key negotiating deadline at the end of the year. Interim accords limited to goods trade may suffice to preserve uninterrupted market access, Brussels now…
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'Exchange Rate' Comes To Fore In NAMA Impasse
The balance between concessions demanded of rich and poor nations as part of a potential Doha Round accord has acquired heightened prominence in the talks on liberalising trade in industrial goods. Following last week’s sharp disagreement over how deeply developing countries should have to cut their bound industrial tariffs compared to developed countries, negotiators report that…
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WTO Panel: US Has Failed To Comply With Cotton Ruling In Dispute With Brazil
A WTO dispute panel has determined that the US failed to bring its cotton subsidy programmes fully into compliance with an earlier ruling, potentially opening the door to billions of dollars worth of sanctions from Brazil. The panel’s final report, released confidentially to the US and Brazil on 15 October,…
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In Brief
EU, SOUTH KOREA RESUME FTA TALKS South Korea and the EU started their fourth round of free trade agreement (FTA) talks this week in Seoul, with differences primarily on auto trade and the extent and speed of tariff cuts. The EU has been urging Seoul to make concessions on goods trade comparable to those in the FTA…
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WTO In Brief
CHINA FACING SCRUTINY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS AT WTO China continues to come under heavy scrutiny from its trading partners at the WTO. The US on 11 October announced that it had requested the creation of a WTO dispute panel to examine its allegations that China’s restrictions on the importation and distribution of copyright-protected goods such as books,…
- 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: 18-24 October 18 October, Geneva, Switzerland. BRUNDTLAND REPORT + 20, ECOLOMICS INTERNATIONAL + 5: QUO VADIS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?. The Roundtable is organised…
- Resources
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Resources
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: RECLAIMING POLICY SPACE: DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATES. By the UN Centre for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 26 September 2007. The objective of this year’s report is to examine the potential of African countries to increase their total domestic financial resource envelope in order to reduce dependence on official development…