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Impasse On Farm Subsidies Seen As 'Step Backwards' In Agriculture Talks
At a 23-25 September informal negotiating session of the Committee on Agriculture (CoA) on domestic support, no progress was made on most contentious farm subsidy issues. This included an impasse on issues such as whether the so-called Green Box should be made more flexible or be tightened - a development which trade sources evaluated as…
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Still No Movement In TRIPS Council On Health Or GIS
Discussions on intellectual property rights and public health at the Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) continued to make little headway at the last session of the Council on 17-20 September. Apart from a new submission received from Switzerland, WTO Members made no progress in…
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Implementation Takes Step Forward With Draft Decision On Developing Country Subsidies
At a special (negotiating) session of the WTO Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM) on 19 September, industrialised countries said in a draft decision that they were prepared to approve an "early harvest" list of 19 developing countries that could qualify for an extension to maintain their…
- In Brief
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In Brief
ASEM AGREES TO IMPROVE TRADE RELATIONS Economic ministers from the 15 EU member states, China, Japan and eight other Asian nations — meeting for the fourth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 - 24 September — agreed on new goals to reduce trade barriers between the two continents and to increase consultations on multilateral…
- WTO in Brief
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WTO In Brief
SUPACHAI HEARS LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES’ CONCERNS On 24 September, WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi met with representatives of least-developed country (LDC) Members to discuss their concerns at the WTO, including the need to streamline accession procedures for LDCs and the significance of technical cooperation and capacity building. WTO LDC Chair H.E. Ambassador M. B. Bowa of Zambia…
- Events
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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. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch. Coming Up This Week: 24 September - 1 October 25-27 September, Yaoundé, Cameroon: 6th UNCTAD AFRICAN OIL & GAS TRADE AND FINANCE…
- Resources
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Resources
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 resources@ictsd.ch. Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcome (see mailing address below). GREENING THE AMERICAS: NAFTA’S…