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Après Seattle
WTO Members on 17 December decided to postpone consideration of their failure to reach agreement on the scope of new trade talks in Seattle on 3 December 1999. They also took an ambiguous decision with regards to expiring terms of several key Uruguay Round Agreements. At the first meeting of the General Council since the…
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DSB Update
A WTO Dispute Settlement panel ruled on 22 December that — as long as it is implemented in conformity with the WTO Agreements — the US’ Section 301 law does not violate international trade rules. The EU brought the complaint to the WTO in March 1999 in the context of the ongoing dispute between the…
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S. Africa Trade Agreements Stalled
As BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest went to press, Italy had announced its refusal to implement an EU-South Africa free trade accord set to enter into force from 1 January. Greece is reported to have joined Italy in refusing to implement the trade agreement that took nearly four years to negotiate. The deal, signed in…
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EU Takes its Beef with France to Court
The European Commission (EC) on 4 January moved forward with legal action against France for France’s refusal to lift its ban on British beef imports. The EC alleges that France is in violation of the EC’s founding treaty by failing to comply with a decision taken by EU states based on sound scientific evidence. France has…
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Captive Audience: US Companies Look to State Prisons for Labour
Faced with the lowest unemployment rate in decades, US businesses are beginning to turn their eyes toward the large prison population for labour. Prisons Industry Enhancement (PIE) programs (state penal system work programs) are expected to engage 10,000 prisoners by 2005 in everything from light manufacturing to customer service work for private enterprises. There are…
- In Brief
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In Brief
The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), on 3 January 2000, published the Interim Final Rule implementing the provisions of the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act (IDCPA) in the Federal Register. The regulations will meet internationally adopted standards for protecting dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP). Under the regulations, tuna products can be…
- Events
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Events
EVENTS & RESOURCES For a more complete list of events, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at http://www.ictsd.org/html/calendar.htm WTO MEETINGS An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted athttp://www.wto.org/wto/about/meets.doc . Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings…
- Resources
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Resources
GREEN POLITICS (GEN-1). November 1999. By the Centre for Science and Environment. This first report on Global Environment Negotiations (GEN) was launched by Anders Wijkmann of the European Parliament during the fifth conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn. The GEN reports are an effort to document global…