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Africa-US Trade Summit Discusses Future Of African Trade
Ministers and trade negotiators from sub-Saharan Africa and the US met in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 13-17 January to discuss developments under the US’ African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). During the meeting — the second US-Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, or AGOA Summit — US President Bush stated that he would extend…
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WTO Appellate Body Rules Against US On Antidumping
On 16 January the WTO Appellate Body delivered its decision on a dispute relating to US legislation that allows American companies to claim money collected from antidumping or countervailing duty orders on foreign imports. In its decision, the Appellate Body upheld an earlier WTO panel ruling that found that the US Continued Dumping and Subsidy…
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Climate Change: Russia Delays Ratification, US Carbon Market Launched
Following Canada’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol at the end of 2002, Russia has become the next focus of attention by climate change observers, as its ratification would trigger the Protocol’s entry into force. However, Russian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Maxim Yakovenko told journalists in mid-January that while the political issues related to ratification…
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WTO Resources
MORATORIUM TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF DEVELOPING AND LEAST-DEVELOPED MEMBERS WITH NO OR INSUFFICIENT MANUFACTURING CAPACITIES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR (2003), IP/C/W/396, 14 January 2003. This communication from the US to the TRIPs Council regarding paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health contains the provisions of the dispute settlement moratorium…
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US, Morocco Launch Free Trade Talks
EU BANS ANIMAL TESTING FOR COSMETICS On 15 January, the European Parliament approved an EU-wide ban on the use of animals to test cosmetic products. Testing will be prohibited by 2009, and apply also to products originating outside the EU. The ban, which has been debated for over ten years, was approved by a vast…
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Environment Negotiating Group To Begin WTO-MEA Talks In Earnest
JAPAN CALLS FOR DISCUSSIONS ON INVESTMENT On 17 January, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Takeo Hiranuma, called for the inclusion of new topics, such as investment rules, at an upcoming WTO informal ministerial meeting. The meeting will be held from 14-15 February in Tokyo, and will focus primarily on advancing the agricultural negotiations, for…
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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. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch. Coming Up This Week: 23-29 January 23-28 January, Davos, Switzerland: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING 2003. The theme of the WEF annual…
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Resources
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