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Services: Members Agree To Further Extend ESM Deadline
Over the past week, WTO Members met for a series of services-related meetings as part of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) work programme. After a final 2-day delay on a decision on the extension of a deadline for the establishment of an emergency safeguard mechanism (ESM) for the GATS WTO Members agreed…
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European And Chinese Biotech Rules Under The Microscope At WTO
Biotechnology regulations in the EU and China and were among the topics of discussion at meetings of the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) on 15 March and the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) on 19-21 March. EU labelling and traceability rules Regarding the EU labelling…
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UNEP Fisheries Trade Workshop Highlights Challenges Facing Policymakers
On 15 March, a Workshop on Impacts of Trade-Related Policies on Fisheries and Measures for Sustainable Fisheries Management organised by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) brought together government and non-governmental participants to address some of the most difficult and politically sensitive issues in the trade and sustainable development…
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Environment In Doha Declaration On CTE Menu This Week
The WTO’s Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) is scheduled to hold its first regular CTE session of 2002 on 21 March. It will be followed by a formal special (negotiating) session of the CTE on 22 March. The CTE meeting of 21 March will address items relevant to…
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Export Incentives For Developing Countries Addressed At First Subsidies Negotiations Meeting
On 13 March, the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) met for the first time in formal special (negotiating) session, followed by an informal session. The Committee held discussions on requests by developing countries — under a Ministerial Decision on Article 24.7 of the Subsidies Agreement taken in Doha — to extend their…
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New EU Strategy Paper On Environment And Trade; EU To Increase ODA
EU Foreign Ministers on 11 March approved a European Commission strategy paper on the integration of environmental considerations into foreign and trade policy. Further, following the EU’s contribution to the technical assistance fund at the WTO pledging conference on 11 March, Heads of State at the 15-16 March EU summit agreed to step up efforts…
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In Brief
PHILIPPINES MULLS WITHDRAWAL FROM WTO, CAIRNS Philippine Trade Secretary Manuel Roxas on 15 March said the country was considering withdrawing from the WTO over what he claims is the trade body’s discrimination between its developed and developing country Members. The Trade Secretary also cited the recent decision by the…
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WTO In Brief
WTO ISSUES NEGOTIATION MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2002 Following a discussion at the 15 February WTO General Council and subsequent consultations with Chairpersons of WTO bodies, WTO Deputy Director-General Miguel Rodriguez on 6 March issued the annual calendar of WTO meetings for 2002 to Member-country trade missions. According to Rodriguez’s…
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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. Coming up this week, 19-26 March 18-21 March, Cape Town, South Africa: 4TH SESSION OF THE ACP-EU JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY. The session will address issues regarding Africa’s regional integration, the…
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the BRIDGES staff to Hugo Cameron, hcameron@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcome (contact Matteo Rizzolli, mrizzolli@ictsd.ch). New ICTSD Publications February 2002 edition of BRIDGES BETWEEN…