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Trade Differences Dog WSSD PrepComm
Note To Subscribers Due to a technical error, an earlier version of this article was mistakenly sent to some subscribers on 4 June. Please refer to this following story as the most recent update on the WSSD. We apologise for the error. Trade Differences Dog WSSD PrepComm Issues related to trade and finance, including the relationship between multilateral…
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Services: Still No Breakthrough On Autonomous Liberalisation
Services: Still No Breakthrough On Autonomous Liberalisation At an informal special session of the Council for Trade in Services (CTS) on 29 May, delegates failed for the second time to agree on a Chair’s text on modalities for so-called autonomous liberalisation credits. The existing draft Chair’s text outlines possible elements for setting up a credit system…
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WTO Dispute Settlement: Sardines Panel Sides With Peru
WTO Dispute Settlement: Sardines Panel Sides With Peru In the first ruling to be decided under the WTO’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), on 29 May a dispute settlement panel decided in favour of Peru over the EC regarding a European ban on the import of Peruvian canned sardines. Also, on 3 May the…
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Agriculture: Members Warm Up For Mid-June Talks On Export Competition
Agriculture: Members Warm Up For Mid-June Talks On Export Competition At a 3-4 June informal prep-up meeting of the WTO Committee on Agriculture (CoA) on export competition, the US called for a five-year deadline to eliminate agricultural export subsidies. This demand comes at a time where the US is being heavily criticised by its trading partners…
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In Brief
Zimbabwe Rejects Non-GMO Certified US Maize In Aid Shipment As part an attempt to ease the food crisis currently underway in the Southern African region, a shipment of 8,500 tonnes of US maize was delivered to Zimbabwe last week, after a shipment of 10,000 tonnes earlier in the month…
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WTO In Brief
CTD Special Session Still Stuck On Whether It’s A Negotiating Forum An informal gathering of the special session of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) was convened on 27 May in an attempt to move forward the ongoing debate of whether the body is in fact a negotiating forum or not. One of the specific…
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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: 5-12 June 27 May - 7 June, Jakarta, Indonesia: CSD ACTING AS PREPCOM 4 FOR WORLD SUMMIT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (WSSD). This meeting will include Ministerial and Multi- stakeholder Dialogue Segments, and…
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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 events-resources@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSDs documentation centre would also be welcome (contact Matteo Rizzolli, mrizzolli@ictsd.ch). Resources DOHA: IS IT…