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TNC Hears Statement by Burkina Faso President, Considers Submission on Road to Cancun
The WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met on 10 June to consider reports on progress in ongoing negotiations, and heard a statement by the president of Burkina Faso regarding a submission by West and Central African countries on cotton subsidies. The chairs of the negotiating groups on dispute settlement, non- agricultural market access, services, and trade…
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Investment Negotiations: New Submission Signals Support, NGOs Highlight Pitfalls
In advance of the 10-11 June WTO Working Group on the Relationship between Trade and Investment (WGTI), Canada, Korea and Costa Rica made a submission to the Working Group, stating their readiness to proceed to the next phase of work, i.e. negotiations on a multilateral framework for investment within the WTO. Also prior to the…
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Position Vacancy
ISEAL — a collaboration of international standard-setting and conformity assessment organisations working on social and environmental issues — is currently hiring for a Policy Director for its Certification Policy Monitoring Project. This is a 5-month full-time position with the potential for longer-term employment. It will be based in the EU. The successful candidate will be…
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New Biotrade Project Launched In Bolivia
NEW INITIATIVE TO HELP CUSTOMS COMBAT ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME On 2 June the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new initiative — the Green Customs Project — to deal with the problem of environmental crime. The initiative aims at helping customs officers combat illegal trade in ozone depleting substances, hazardous waste and endangered species. Environmental crime has…
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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. ICTSD Event Cancelled - 19 June, Geneva, Switzerland: IUCN/ICTSD DIALOGUE ON COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE BIODIVERSITY AGENDA IN TRADE. The purpose of this dialogue is to bring…
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Resources
"Necessity Revisited - Proportionality in WTO Law After: EC - Asbestos; Korea - Beef; and EC - Sardines," by Jan Neumann and Elisabeth Türk in the JOURNAL OF WORLD TRADE (Vol. 37 Issue 1, 2003). This article analyses to what extent recent WTO jurisprudence in the GATT and the TBT Agreement contain proportionality testing. It…