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Draft Texts Facing Delay, As WTO Contemplates End-2008 For Doha Accord
For weeks, diplomats at the WTO had expected the chairs of the struggling Doha Round trade talks on agriculture and industrial goods to soon come up with new draft agreement texts that were to be the basis for a last-ditch attempt at a deal. The drafts were initially due in mid-November, then towards the end of…
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Acp Regions Splinter, As EU Turns Up Pressure For EPAs
A bloc of Eastern and Southern African countries appears to be splintering in economic partnership agreement (EPA) talks with the EU, with some members of the group set to sign a separate deal with Brussels. The East African Community (EAC) is preparing to initial a deal on goods trade, development cooperation, and fisheries with Brussels, possibly…
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World Bank: Trade Liberalisation Could Bolster Efforts To Combat Climate Change
Trade policies, especially trade liberalisation in low-carbon goods and technologies, can contribute to efforts to combat climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank. The International Trade and Climate Change (ITCC) report found that carbon taxes do not hurt countries’ international industrial competitiveness, while energy efficiency standards are associated with a more…
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In Brief
ENERGY CONFERENCE CONSIDERS TRADE, CLIMATE CHANGE A recent conference among major players in the realm of energy has called on the global trading system to support a transition to a sustainable energy future. The Italian government hosted the tri-annual World Energy Congress in Rome from 11-15 November. The meeting was convened by the World Energy Council, which…
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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: 22-28 November 22 November, Brussels, Belgium. EU BILATERAL AND REGIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS - BRINGING WOMEN TO THE CENTRE OF THE DEBATE. This one…
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Resources
MARKETS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES: NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT World Business Council for Sustainable Development and World Conservation Union (IUCN), 2007. This report argues that, at a fundamental level, all economies and businesses depend directly or indirectly on the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable supply of ecosystem services and states…