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LDCs Outline Priorities, As WTO Members Try Once Again For Doha Deal
The world’s poorest countries have set out a common set of priorities for a global trade accord, as WTO Members gear up for another attempt to strike a deal in the long-running Doha Round trade talks.Trade ministers from the group of least-developed countries (LDCs) met in Maseru, Lesotho from 27-29 February in an attempt to…
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Easter Mini-Ministerial Unlikely, Says WTO AG Chair
The chair of the WTO agriculture negotiations has admitted what many trade diplomats have been saying privately for some time: a ‘mini-ministerial’ meeting around Easter to finalise a framework global deal on cutting tariffs and subsidies is not a realistic possibility. "I can’t see myself how ministers could meet in March," Chair Ambassador Crawford Falconer…
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With Talks At Impasse, NAMA Chair Suggests Tradeoffs Between Formula, Flexibilities
In an attempt to help WTO Members find a way out of the impasse in the Doha Round industrial goods talks, the chair of the negotiating committee has outlined some ways in which they might trade deeper tariff cuts off against wider exceptions for some products so as to reach an acceptable compromise.Canadian Ambassador Don…
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WIPO Committee On Development And Intellectual Property Meets For First Time
The first session of a new World Intellectual Property Organisation committee charged with placing development concerns at the heart of the agency’s work is underway in Geneva.The Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) is meeting from 3-7 March. WIPO members created the committee in order to develop a work programme for implementing some 45…
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EU, US initiate WTO dispute proceedings against Chinese news regulations
China is on the receiving end of another WTO complaint from the EU and the US, this time over Beijing’s regulations on on foreign financial news providers.The Chinese rules, which date back to September 2006, gave Xinhua news agency "sole power… to regulate news services that distribute financial information in China," effectively barring foreign financial…
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Events
Coming up: 6 March - 12 March10 March, New York, United States of America. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL AFRICA STEERING GROUP COMMITTEE. This meeting will convene the MDG Africa Steering Group for the second time, following its launch by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 14 September 2007. The MDG Africa Initiative aims to bring together the…
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Resources
LINKING AFRICAN SMALL PRODUCERS TO LARGE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS: ENHANCING CAPACITY OF MOZAMBICAN PRODUCERS TO SUPPLY THE SOUTH AFRICAN MARKET. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, February 2008. The export of non-traditional agricultural products from Africa has the potential to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction. This study is based on interviews with various…