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WTO Market Access Prep Snags On Modalities
At an 8 April informal meeting of the WTO’s Negotiating Committee on Market Access, a number of developing countries opposed a negotiating schedule calling for agreement on ‘modalities’ by 31 March 2003 proposed by Chair Pierre-Louis Girard (Switzerland). The issue stands in the way of Members agreeing on a timetable for non-agricultural market access negotiations…
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Dep. USTR Highlights Divergence Between US, Developing Countries On Technical Assistance
Speaking at a 3 April forum sponsored by the Global Business Dialogue and the National Foreign Trade Council in the US, Deputy US Trade Representative Peter Allgeier called upon WTO Members to "agree on what technical assistance for developing countries is mandated by the Doha Ministerial Declaration." In Allgeier’s view, such clarity is needed to…
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News From The Regions: ASEAN-US
On 5 April, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the US announced they would develop economic co-operation, but were not able to make progress on a free trade area. In a joint statement, ASEAN ministers "agreed to adopt an ambitious work programme designed to expand further…
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Prepcomm III Falters In Lead-Up To WSSD
The third Preparatory Committee (PrepComm III) in New York for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) concluded on 5 April with little movement on key agenda items (see BRIDGES Weekly, 3 April). This setback has forced participants to start PrepComm IV — a ministerial-level event originally…
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In Brief
AFRICAN ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP PLAN PROMOTED IN CANADA-S. AFRICA SUMMIT Following a three day working visit of Canada’s Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to South Africa, South African President Thabo Mbeki and Chrétien announced on 7 April that preparations to get an African revival plan off the ground are under way…
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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, 9-16 April 8-9 April, Manchester, UK: INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE. Organised by ERP Environment, the meeting will address issues such as corporate social responsibility, natural resource…
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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). WORLD TRADE REVIEW. The WTO and Cambridge University…