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Trade Ministers Discuss Links Between Commerce And Climate Change At Bali Conference
International cooperation and a multilateral framework to address greenhouse gas emissions are a prerequisite for effective global economic governance, trade ministers from several major economies said during a weekend meeting on the margins of the United Nations climate change conference in Bali. They stressed that policies to combat climate change must be structured in ways that…
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More African Countries Sign EPAs With EU, As Leaders Quarrel At Lisbon Summit
More African countries have moved to sign provisional Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the EU, even as African and European leaders clashed over trade relations and human rights during a weekend summit in Lisbon. Cote d’Ivoire initialled a goods-only EPA on 7 December, agreeing to open its market to EU imports in exchange for unobstructed access…
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Eu-Us Bid To Restrict NAMA Flexibilities Sparks New Row In Divided Talks
A new proposal by the EU and the US to constrain developing nations’ freedom to choose which industrial products to shield from Doha Round tariff cuts met strong opposition last week from countries such as Brazil, China and India, further polarising the troubled negotiations. The extent of ‘flexibilities’ for developing countries to make lower-than-normal tariff cuts…
- WTO in Brief
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WTO In Brief
PROGRESS ELUSIVE IN S&D NEGOTIATIONS Progress remains sluggish in WTO negotiations to strengthen provisions for ’special and differential treatment’ (S&DT) for developing countries in multilateral trade rules. Members met during a 7 December meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development Special Session to inform each other about discussions they had held in smaller groups.…
- 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: 13-19 December 16 December, Teheran, Iran. SEMINAR ON IMPLICATIONS OF IRAN´S WTO ACCESSION ON AGRICULTURE: MARKET ACCESS AND DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS.…
- Resources
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Resources
GROWING USE, UNCERTAIN BENEFITS, UNEVEN CONTROLS. By Kenneth P. Thomas. Global Subsidies Initiative/International Institute for Sustainable Development, November 2007. This report analyzes governments’ use of investment incentives. These subsidies are designed to induce an investor to choose one location over another, affecting the location of an investment. They can thus be distinguished from…