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New EU Food Safety Law Defines Precautionary Principle
A new European regulation that entered into force on 21 February for the first time defines the controversial precautionary principle in EU food legislation. The directive (178/2002) lays down principles governing food and feed in general, and food and feed safety in particular. To this end, Article 7…
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GMO Update: European Commission Proposal; Us Report On Safety Testing
EC proposal to implement Cartagena Protocol The European Commission on 22 February released its long-awaited proposal on regulating cross-border movements of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which aims to implement the provisions of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety into EU legislation. In particular, the proposal introduces a notification obligation for exports…
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News From The Regions: Africa
USTR on tour in Africa Meeting with representatives from the South African Development Community (SADC) as part of his African tour, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced US grants totalling USD 8.7 million to help improve Southern Africa’s trading capacity. In particular, the US will provide $US 3 million over three years to support SADC’s regional…
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Upcoming Services Talks To Address Range Of Issues
Convening for this year’s first 2-week services block, Members will meet in the Council for Trade in Services (CTS) subsidiary bodies such as the Working Party on GATS Rules (WPGR) and the Working Party for Domestic Regulation (WPDR) during the first week starting 11 March, followed by regular and special sessions of the CTS from…
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WTO General Council To Allocate Small Economy Concerns To CTD
On 1 March, the WTO General Council will reconvene from its deferred meeting of 13/15 February to conclude consideration of the organisation’s work programme on small economies. Paragraph 35 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration mandates Members to establish a work programme on small economies in order to "frame responses to the trade- related issues identified…
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US Official Highlight Relationship Between Wto And Ftaa Dispute Settlement
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UPDATE EC-US BEEF-HORMONE On 20 February, the European Commission announced in a press release that it would remove the requirement of special testing applied to imports of beef from the US following a favourable opinion from the EU’s Standing Veterinary Committee to a proposal from the Commission. Following the adoption of this decision by…
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US-Argentina Council Meets On Trade And Investment
REPORT TARGETS US EXPORTS OF ELECTRONICS WASTES TO ASIA A report released on 25 February by two non-governmental groups, Basel Action Network and the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, says that the export of discarded electronics components from the US to less- developed regions in Asia — namely China and India…
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Events
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: 26 February - 5 March 26-27 February, Brussels, Belgium: UNEP/UNCTAD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PROMOTING PRODUCTION AND TRADING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. The workshop will explore opportunities…
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ICTSD - The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
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). ON-LINE REGIONAL…