Number 43 20th December 2001
- Mexico Confirmed For Next Ministerial; WTO Adopts Expanded Technical Assistance Mandate
- Dispute Settlement Update: Bananas; US-EC Steel
- Moore Shuffles WTO Secretariat Deck
- Note To Subscribers
- In Brief
- EU Signs Association Agreement with Algeria
- WTO in Brief
- UN Officials Doubt Doha's Deliverables For Developing Countries
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 42 12th December 2001
- Agriculture: Members Discuss Environment, Food Aid And Preferences
- Services Week: Members Rehash Old Stances
- WTO To Establish New Technical Assistance Trust Fund
- New GSP Adopted by European Union
- US House Narrowly Passes Fast Track Bill
- New ICTSD internet portal on intellectual property rights
- In Brief
- European Comission Calls For 'Dramatic Quota Cuts' On Fishing
- WTO in Brief
- China Accession Completed, Taiwan To Join In New Year
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 41 4th December 2001
- Services Week Update: Emergency Safeguards & Domestic Regulation
- News From The Regions: Asia-Pacific
- News From The Regions: East & West Africa
- Update On Fisheries
- In Brief
- EC Says Mixed Result For Developing Countries At Doha
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 40 28th November 2001
- Note To Subscribers; New ICTSD E-Publication
- Negotiations In Holding Pattern As Countries Await Trade Negotiations Committee
- Budget Committee Begins Translating Doha Agenda Into Practice
- Services Week: Time Running Out For Safeguard Measures
- Dispute Settlement Update: Shrimp-Turtle & US-Can Lumber
- India, EU Boost Trade And Investment Ties
- Regional Trade Developments in the Wake of Doha
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 39 15th November 2001
- Comprehensive Trade Round Broadens Scope Of Discussions In The WTO
- EC-ACP Cotonou Waiver Finally Granted
- Civil Society Related Resources
- TRIPs-Public Health Accord Seen As Bright Spot By Civil Society
- NGOs Pursue New Avenues To Get Their Voice To The Table
- In Brief
- In brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 38 6th November 2001
- Ministerial Texts Make Their Way To Doha, But Great Disparities Remain
- FAO International Undertaking Finally Adopted
- EU Resists Biotech Discussion In SPS Committee
- Canada - US Softwood Lumber Dispute Continues
- US Textile Makers Attack Accelerated Trade Liberalisation
- ICTSD Activities In Doha
- Last-Minute Arrangements For NGOs
- Civil Society Resources for the Ministerial
- Note To Subscribers
- WTO Protests Mushrooming Around The Globe
- In Brief
- Eurofish Officially Established
- WTO in Brief
- Security Concerns For Doha Despite Reassurances By Bin Laden
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 37 30th October 2001
- New Ministerial Text To Hand Ministers A Challenge In Doha
- Draft Declaration On TRIPs And Health Highlights Divisions In The WTO
- New Implementation Draft - Another Round For Gains Or Grounds To Refrain
- GMO Update: EU Moratorium, US-China Dispute, APEC
- Second WTO Draft Declaration & Draft Texts On Implementation And TRIPs Now Available
- Events
- Related Resources
- Note To Subscribers
- Civil Society In Doha: Still Fewer Expected To Attend
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 36 23rd October 2001
- Full Steam Ahead For Doha As Prep Talks Refine Ministerial Text
- Anthrax Scare Draws New Focus On IPRs & Access To Medicines
- WTO Heads Of Delegations Meet On Developing Country Concerns
- Developing Countries Scrutinised At Meeting on Ozone Depleting Substances
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 35 16th October 2001
- Singapore 'Mini-Ministerial' Moves Doha Agenda Forward
- General Council Takes On DSU Review, Iran Accession
- LDCs Strive To Have Their Voices Heard
- Prior Informed Consent Advances Towards Full Convention Status
- GATS: Financial Services Last But Not Least In Services Week
- EU Lends Support To New African Initiative
- In Brief
- IN BRIEF
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- RESORCES
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Number 34 9th October 2001
- Efforts Acknowledged, But Implementation Menu Far From Fulfilling
- Agriculture And Environment Polarise Ministerial Process
- GATS: Highlights From WTO Services Week
- WTO's CTE Work Distracted By Ministerial Preparations
- Special And Differential Treatment Text Not Yet Ripe For Ministerial Draft
- Approval Of Cotonou At WTO Ministerial Now In EC's Hands
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 33 2nd October 2001
- Sustainable Development Lacking In Draft Declaration
- Implementation - Finding New Ground Or Grounding To A Halt?
- 'Shadow Boxing' on Agriculture Negotiations At WTO Continues
- GATS: Negotiations To Continue During WTO Services Week
- On The Move
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Electronic Resources
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Number 32 25th September 2001
- WTO Pursues Discussion On IPRs And Access To Medicines
- Developing Countries Advocate New Negotiating Areas At WTO
- Implementation Becoming Lynchpin Of Ministerial Process
- African Ministers Convene On Trade Priorities In Preparation For Doha
- Revised Draft Annex On Tourism Services Tabled; Many Developing Countries Still Sceptical
- GMO Roundup
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 31 18th September 2001
- WTO Working Party Finally Approves Chinese Membership
- EC Shows Improved Understanding Of Asian Developing Countries' Concerns
- Speculation Emerges On Possible Trade Repercussions Of US Attacks
- UNCTAD Report Calls For Dramatic Increase In African Aid And Trade
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 30 11th September 2001
- Little Progress In Doha Preparations
- Civil Society in Doha: Few Into The Glass Building, None Outside It
- UN Human Rights Body Criticises WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures
- Granting of Basmati Patent to US Firm Raises Traditional Knowledge Concerns
- GMO Update: Sri Lanka, China, EU-US
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Vacancies
- Position Vacancies
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 29 31st July 2001
- No Progress On Doha Agenda At WTO's 'Reality Check
- LDCs Say 'Not Ready' For New Round
- TRIPs Continues Discussions On Medicines
- GMO Update: EU Labelling Of GMOs; Brazil; Thailand
- Dispute Settlement Update: Aircraft, Anti-dumping, Shrimp-Turtle
- Agriculture: EC Wants Food Safety In Negotiations
- In Brief
- French Infringement of the EU-US Banana Deal
- WTO in Brief
- Climate Change Negotiations Almost Completed
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 28 24th July 2001
- General Council: Still No Movement On Implementation
- EU's New Strategy On Labour; EU-US Draw Closer On Investment
- G-8 Leaders Support New Round Amid Violence
- WTO General Council Meets On Document De-restriction, Other Business
- Last Steps On Road To Chinese WTO Accession
- WTO Agriculture Negotiations Plow Through Export Subsidies
- Climate Change Deal Reached at Resumed COP-6
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 27 17th July 2001
- Rapprochement on Doha Prep Evades WTO Members as Time Grows Short
- New GATS Proposals Tabled as WTO Meets for Services Week
- SPS Committee Debates Equivalency; Foot-and-mouth Revisited
- EU Cosies Up to South America on Trade
- Africa In Brief
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 26 10th July 2001
- NGOs Air Concerns on Trading System at WTO Symposium
- Like Minded Group Sets Out Positions Before Doha
- Codex: Biotech and Food Safety, New Standards on Toxins and Organics
- China Inches Closer to WTO Accession
- News from the Regions: Africa, ACP OAU
- Something for Both Parties in Canada-US Softwood Lumber Dispute
- CITES Decides on Sturgeon Protection Plan
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Vacancies
- Vacancy
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 25 3rd July 2001
- Light at the End of the Tunnel for FAO IU Revision
- UNEP & CTE Meetings Address Elusive Trade and Mea Interface
- Expert Panel Calls for WTO Reform and Launch of 'Development Round'
- GM Labelling Update: Asia
- WTO Net Food Importers Call for Food Aid Fund
- News from the Regions: The Balkans, Mercosur-EU
- Accessions Brief: China, Russia, Moldova, Cambodia
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 24 26th June 2001
- WTO Looks at IPR Flexibility in Access to Medicines
- Proposal Provides Fresh Fuel to Implementation Process
- EU, US Move Closer as WTO Gathers Senior Officials on Doha Prep
- Brazil-US Reach Agreement in IPR Dispute
- ILO Leads Discussion on Trade and Labour
- Dispute Settlement Update
- CITES Decides on Sturgeon Protection Plan
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
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Number 23 19th June 2001
- US, EU Leaders Meet On New Round, Climate Change, Sustainable Development
- Rapprochement Elusive in Agriculture, Services Doha Prep
- IPRs for Development Take Centre Stage at WTO
- Proposed EC GSP Scheme Includes Labour and Environmental Incentives
- S. Africa Urges Sub-Region to Begin Preparing Action for Doha
- Fisheries: EU Initiates Policy Reform; Sturgeon Protection
- Details Released on China-US WTO Accession
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Vacancies
- Fellowship Available
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 22 12th June 2001
- China-US Talks Unfreeze at APEC Side Event
- APEC Meeting Overshadowed by Brewing Trade Rows
- Senior Capital Officials to Set Course of Action for Doha
- EU Environment Council Redefines European Environmental Policy
- GATS Focus: New Spark for Discussions on Emergency Safeguards
- Clarification
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 21 6th June 2001
- Common Ground Elusive as WTO Doha Prep Process Tackles Environment, Investment
- G-15, COMESA, SADC Meet on Trade
- UN Development Commission Focuses on Biotech Capacity Building
- APEC Promotes New Trade Round and Early China WTO Accession
- In Brief
- EU-LDC Network Annual Conference on Trade and Poverty Reduction
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 19 22nd May 2001
- UN Conference Mandates 10-Year Programme For LDCs
- Doha Prep: Members Building Agenda Piece By Piece
- Services: Sectoral Discussions Commence
- WTO Agriculture Negotiations Proceed Amicably
- OECD Ministers Call For New Round and Action on Climate Change
- Dispute Settlement Update: Shrimp-Turtle, FSC, Lamb
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 18 15th May 2001
- WTO Convenes on Doha, Document De-Restriction, Dispute Settlement Review
- Doha: WTO Approves Procedures for NGO Registration and Attendance
- Bush Presents International Trade Agenda to US Congress
- Textiles: WTO Textiles Rules Reviewed; Pakistan Pushes Market Access
- Doha: Declaration to Call for Public Health and Sustainable Development
- Trade and Sustainable Development on the Agenda at EC
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 17 8th May 2001
- WTO Members Hammer Out Doha Prep for July
- Services: EC Pushes to Make 'Necessity Test' Predictable
- Codex Discussions on GM Labelling Stalled; EU Set to Tighten Rules
- LDC-III Conference to Urge More Assistance for Development
- US-Brazil War of Words Over Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property
- Property Dispute Settlement Update: US-EC Bananas; US-Austr/NZ Lamb Safeguards
- WTO General Council Tackles Stacked Agenda
- In Brief
- On the Move
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 16 1st May 2001
- Dispute Settlement Update: US-Pakistan Textiles; Anti-Dumping
- Banana Dispute Resolved as EU-Ecuador Reach Agreement
- Sustainable Development Commission Searches for Raison-D'Etre
- FAO IU Revision Still Far From Completion
- G-7 Optimism, G-24 Concern at Washington Meetings
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
Number 15 24th April 2001
- Hemispheric Leaders Agree to Americas Free Trade by 2005
- Drug Companies Drop Case Against S. African Government
- US Reaffirms Opposition to Kyoto Protocol at Parallel CSD-9 Meeting
- Expert Input on Trade and Sustainability Feeds into FTAA Process
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO Members Making Headway in Investment Talks
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 14 18th April 2001
- EC & US Agree to End Eight-Year Banana War; Ecuador Threatens WTO Action
- WTO Boosts Its NGO Cooperation Activities
- WTO/WHO Drugs Workshop Focuses on Differential Pricing and Financing
- FTAA: Civil Society Engages in Pre-Summit Discourse
- Pronk Releases Compromise Proposals to Rescue Climate Change Negotiations
- Corrigendum
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Pronk Releases Compromise Proposals to Rescue Climate Change Negotiations
- Resources
- Resources
Number 13 10th April 2001
- TRIPs Council to Hold Discussion on Essential Medicines
- Free Trade Area of the Americas Update
- Technical Assistance Receives Boost as WTO Prepares for LDC-III
- US Claims Colombia, Mexico, South Africa and Taiwan Violate Telecoms Agreements
- FAO Plant Health Commission to Build Bridges between WTO and CBD
- Dispute Settlement Update: Bananas, Asbestos & Appellate Body Appointments
- Regional Briefs
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- WTO in Brief
- Egypt Joins S. Africa in Call for New Round
- Vacancies
- Vacancies
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 12 3rd April 2001
- Services Negotiating Guidelines Agreed as WTO Completes Stocktaking Exercise
- Major WTO Members Address Prospects for Ag Talks in Context of Possible New Round
- Update on WTO Prep for NGOs in Qatar
- Belgian Law on Socially Responsible Production Irks Developing Countries at WTO
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- NGOs Issue Statement Opposing New Round of Multilateral Trade Talks
- Vacancies
- Vacancy
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
Number 11 27th March 2001
- Services: WTO Members Close to an Agreement on Negotiating Guidelines
- EU Attacks Bush's U-Turn on Climate Change
- US-Canada Lumber Dispute Heats Up as Expiry Date Approaches
- NGO-Government Dialogue Targets Sustainable Development and Trade in Asia
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Vacancies
- Vacancies
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 10 20th March 2001
- EU Parliament, WHO Express Support for S. African AIDS Medicine Law
- Services: New Guidelines Tabled as Meetings Resume; WTO Blasts NGO 'Scare Stories' on Services
- SPS Committee Tackles BSE, Foot and Mouth Disease
- Implementation: Developing Countries Hit Road Block
- WTO Goods Council Falls Short on TRIMS, Cotonou Waiver
- Invasive Species and Biodiv-Climate Change Linkages on Agenda of SBSTTA-6
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 9 13th March 2001
- Health Risks Pre-eminent as WTO Upholds French Asbestos Ban
- WTO Ministerial Prep Meeting Tackles New Round
- Trade-Environment Event Proposes Solutions to WTO Stalemates
- WTO Investment Body Talks GATS, FDI
- Backstage Update on Services Negotiating Guidelines
- Dispute Settlement Update: Bananas & Aircraft Subsidies
- EU & US Meet on Trade as US Trade Policy Takes Shape
- News from the Region: Africa
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 8 6th March 2001
- WTO General Council Chair Starts Ministerial Prep Process
- Governments Adopt Plan of Action to Combat Illegal Fishing
- Dispute Settlement Update: Antidumping & Patents
- Judge's Remarks Cast Doubt on Outcomes of S. African Drugs Patent Case
- Asian Nations Launch Regional 'World Economic Forum'
- Latin American Meetings Elaborate Trade & SD Linkages
- Madagascar, Ghana Show Promise at WTO Trade Policy Rreview
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 7 27th February 2001
- One Eye on the New Round, EU Woos Developing Countries
- Dispute Settlement Update: Beef, Aircraft Subsidies, Bananas
- Participants Welcome WTO Symposium on Tourism Services
- News from the Regions: Africa
- Moore and Supachai on a New Round, China Accession
- In Brief
- In Brief
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- Events
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Number 6 20th February 2001
- Developing Countries United Against Revised Draft Services Negotiation Guildelines
- CTE Addresses Market Access and MEA-WTO Interface
- LDC Committee Breathes Life into Integrated Framework
- Revised GMO Directive Gets EU Parliament Nod
- Trips, Aids, Drugs and Developing Countries
- Canada Under Pressure to Revoke Ban on Brazilian Beef
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 5 13th February 2001
- Sparks Fly In WTO Agriculture Negotiations
- WTO Takes Care of Business on Ministerial Dates, Chairmanships, DSU Review
- Canadian Ban on Brazilian Beef Imports Escalates Trade Battle
- Draft Services Negotiation Guidelines Under Discussion
- NGOs Submit AMICUS Brief to WTO Appellate Body on Asbestos
- News from the Regions: Canada
- IU Revision Moving Slowly but Steadily
- In Brief
- In Brief
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- Events
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Number 4 6th February 2001
- New Round Update
- Canada Sees Forest Through WTO as US-Softwood Lumber Conflict Takes Shape
- WTO Disputes Rise Again: Bananas, Patents & Aircraft
- WTO: Implementation to Remain a Priority
- LDCs Address Mainstreaming Trade at WTO
- Civil Society Gains Momentum at Porto Alegre
- Dispute Settlement Update: Swordfish, Coffee Shrimp-Turtle & Aircraft
- In Brief
- In Brief
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- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 3 30th January 2001
- Proposals Pour in as WTO Members Prepare for Next AG Meeting
- After Davos 2001: Many Divides Remain Unbridged
- Japan, EU Push New Round; Qatar Confirmed to Host WTO Meeting
- WTO's Draft Guidelines for Services Talks Strive for Inclusivness
- Chiquita Sues EC Over Banana Regime
- EU Modifies Everything but Arms Proposal Under Pressure from AG Sector
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move: WTO Re-Organises to Emphasise Technical Cooperation
- WTO in Brief
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Number 2 23rd January 2001
- NAFTA Panel Rules on Authority to Accept AMICUS Briefs
- EU and US Developing New GMO Food Legislation
- News from the Regions: Africa
- News from the Regions: Japan-Singapore; Middle-East; FTAA
- New Round Update: To Be or Not To Be
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move
- WTO in Brief
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- Events
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Number 1 16th January 2001
- WTO Appellate Decision Revises Calls for DSU Review
- China Accession Talks Stall Over Agriculture
- US Rejects Trade Sanctions Against Japan on Whaling
- Organic Farming and GMOS in the News
- US Begins Free Trade Negotiations with Singapore, Chile
- 'Everything but Arms' Initiative Under Fire from EU Farm Lobby
- In Brief
- In Brief
- On the Move: New USTR and Company
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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