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Incoming EU Ag Commissioner Fields Questions on CAP, Doha
In a hearing on 15 January, Dacian Ciolos, the EU Agriculture Commissioner-designate, outlined his agenda on agriculture trade and subsidy reform in front of the European Parliament. The only agronomist on EU President José Manuel Barroso’s slate of commissioners, Ciolos made strong statements in support of greater spending under the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and…
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Rough Start for China-ASEAN FTA
On the first day of this month, the world’s third-largest free trade area - between China and the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations - came into being. But the new tariff-free zone has gotten off to a bumpy start. Trade between China and the ten-member ASEAN bloc has mushroomed over the past ten years, shooting…
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Native Group Launches Legal Action over EU Seal Ban
A coalition of native groups in Canada and Greenland is taking the EU to court over its controversial ban on seal product imports. The Inuit groups say the ban is not based on accurate information regarding conservation or animal welfare. The coalition’s lawyer, Hendrik Viaene, says the documents were filed on 11 January at the Luxembourg-based…
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World Bank Ranks Countries on Ease of Trading
Germany is now the best country in the world at handling the movement of goods across borders, according to a new study from the World Bank, while conflict-ridden Somalia ranks last. Those findings come from the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), the World Bank’s second such report, which was released on 15 January in Berlin. The LPI…
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US, EU Ramp up Cases against Philippines Liquor Tariffs
Taking the first step in the WTO’s dispute settlement process, the United States requested formal consultations with the Philippines on Monday, alleging violations of national treatment in the Philippines’ tax scheme on distilled spirits. “The Philippines continues to tax distilled spirits from the United States at much higher rates than distilled spirits produced in the Philippines,”…
- Events
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Events
21 January, Washington, DC, US. JOBS ON MAIN STREET, CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD: A POSITIVE TRADE AGENDA FOR US SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES. United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk will host this conference at the Peterson Institute for International Economics on Thursday, January 21, 2010 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Featured participants will be Administrator Karen…
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Resources
TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: CASE STUDIES AND LESSONS FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. Andrew L. Stoler, Jim Redden, and Lee Ann Jackson, eds. The World Trade Organization, 2009. This book explores the complex relationship between international trade and poverty reduction through a combination of research papers and contemporary case studies. Written mainly by…