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EU Initiative Seeks to Break Deadlock in TRIPS & Health Negotiations
Following the breakdown of talks on paragraph 6 of the Declaration on TRIPs (Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and health late last year, the EU put forward a proposal on 10 January to involve the World Health Organization (WHO) in decisions on whether a particular disease would be covered by the solution. While not…
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Services: WTO Members Closer To Agreement On Autonomous Liberalisation
An informal Special Session of the WTO Council for Trade in Services (CTS) meeting on 13 January made progress on modalities for granting ‘credits’ for Members’ autonomous liberalisation (AL) — an issue that had been left unresolved at the last CTS meeting in December 2002 (see BRIDGES Weekly, 11 December 2002). The 13 January meeting…
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India Challenges EU GSP Scheme On Environment And Labour Standards
On 19 December 2002, India requested the establishment of a WTO panel to determine whether provisions under the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) tariff programme relating to labour rights, the protection of the environment and combating the production and trafficking of illicit drugs is compatible with WTO rules. The dispute request is the first…
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'Sceptical Environmentalist' Under Fire
PROPOSED US ‘DOLPHIN SAFE’ TUNA LABELLING CHANGES ON HOLD On 31 December 2002, the US government introduced new standards for ‘dolphin safe’ tuna, which were immediately challenged by nine environmental and animal welfare groups. The US Department of Commerce decision sought to change the ‘dolphin safe’ labelling standard for yellowfin tuna to allow tuna fishing…
- WTO in Brief
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WTO In Brief
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SETS TIMETABLE FOR TALKS ON SPECIAL & DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT The WTO Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) special session decided in an informal meeting on 15 January on how to continue work on special and differential treatment (S&D) for developing countries. The group had been unable to reach a conclusion by the end of…
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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: 16-22 January 13-17 January, Port Louis, Mauritius: AGOA SUMMIT. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) mandates that a ministerial-level Forum…
- Resources
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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). “The WTO on Trial,” in FOREIGN AFFAIRS 82 (1, 2003):…