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Mixed Outcome For WTO Negotiations Stocktaking
Geneva-based ambassadors and senior officials from capitals met at the WTO’s Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 18-19 July to take stock of ongoing negotiations being conducted as part of the mandate agreed to in Doha, Qatar last November. While a much-awaited agreement was reached on the sidelines of the meeting around a deadline for modalities…
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Arduous Process Yields Agreement On S&D Report
On 24 July, WTO Members reached agreement on a report on special and differential treatment (S&D) to be presented at a 31 July General Council meeting. The decision, reached after many months of wrangling, comes close to the 31 July deadline for the special session of the Committee…
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Optimistic Mood At Informal WSSD Prep Meeting, But Little Progress On Substance
Gathering for the first high-level meeting since the fourth preparatory session (PrepCom IV) for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD, 26 August - 4 September, Johannesburg, South Africa), delegates met in New York on 17 July to discuss some of the key outstanding issues in the draft Plan of Implementation (see BRIDGES Weekly, 12…
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ACP Summit Shifts Focus To Trade And Globalisation
Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) met for the third ACP Summit on 16-19 July in Nadi, Fiji, to consolidate their position with regard to the upcoming trade negotiations with the EU under the Cotonou Agreement. Trade- related issues — accompanied by measures to build supply-side…
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Dispute Settlement Review Considers Ecuadorian, Australian Submissions
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) special session on the review of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) met on 15 July. Discussions on DSU review have gained momentum since the Doha Ministerial Conference in November 2001 at which WTO Members agreed to "negotiate, improve and clarify" the DSU (Paragraph 30 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration…
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In Brief
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITS CITIZEN INPUT ON WTO MARKET ACCESS TALKS The Government of Canada, as part of a wider initiative to incorporate citizens’ views in the assessment and formulation of its trade policy, announced on 13 July that it is seeking comments from Canadians on market access talks for non-agricultural products — such as forestry…
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Canada To Bring Us To WTO On Additional Lumber Duties
WTO DESIGNATE D-G SUPPORTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MORE OPENNESS Designate WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, due to replace Mike Moore in September 2002, pledged on 8 July at a conference in Bangkok, Thailand to increase participation from developing countries in ongoing trade negotiations. Among the ideas he floated was the possibility of establishing representative offices of the…
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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: 24-31 July 23- 25 July, Bangkok, Thailand: 20TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RICE COMMISSION. Every four years, FAO convenes a session of the International Rice Commission to provide a forum for senior…
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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 (email: resources@ictsd.ch). ICTSD Publication BRIDGES MONTHLY REVIEW, SPECIAL ISSUE ON TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE…