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Inching Towards Compromise On Medicines After Sydney Mini-Ministerial
On 19 November, the Chairman of the WTO Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) released draft legal language for a decision by the General Council on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health. The release of the draft followed discussions on this issue…
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Doubts Emerge At WTO AG Committee Over Whether Doha Timeline Can Be Met
In discussions at the 18-20 and 22 November special (negotiating) session of the WTO Committee on Agriculture (CoA), several countries voiced their concern over whether Members would be able to come up with finalised negotiating modalities by end-March 2003, as provided for in the Doha Ministerial Declaration. In particular, new submissions tabled by Japan and…
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Mexico Presents Proposal On WTO Dispute Settlement Review
At a 13 November meeting of the special session of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), Mexico presented a proposal for the review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the WTO agreement outlining procedures for settlement of disputes between Members. The proposal addresses what Mexico says is the "fundamental problem" of the WTO dispute settlement…
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Resources
These recently released WTO documents of note from a sustainable development perspective are available on the WTO website at: http://docsonline.wto.org/. IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT: INFORMATION FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS (IP/C/W/388). 12 November. Council for Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Submission by Canada. Document provides an update from…
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US, Singapore On Last Stage Of FTA
CONSERVATIONISTS MAKE HEADWAY AT CITES CONFERENCE The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) wrapped up its 12th Conference of the Parties (COP-12) on 15 November in Santiago, Chile. The conference attained mixed results according to some outsiders, but was seen as a triumph for conservationists in general.…
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WTO In Brief
NEW STUDY QUESTIONS US CONNECTION TO KYOTO IN THE WTO On 15 November, the US Council for International Business (USCIB), a US industry group, released a study questioning the compatibility of WTO rules with the Kyoto protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Based on statements by the EU, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth, the study…
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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: 20-28 November 21 November, Brussels, Belgium: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRADE — A NEW APPROACH. Commissioner Pascal Lamy is keynote speaker at a…
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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 resources@ictsd.ch . Submissions of publications to ICTSD’s documentation centre would also be welcomed (see mailing address below). TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE EC AND THE…