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EU Ministers reach deal on CAP reform, trading partners respond cautiously
After a 16-hour negotiating marathon concluding more than a year of heated internal debate, EU farm ministers finally agreed on a compromise deal outlining the future of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on 26 June in Luxembourg. While trading partners, such as the US, New Zealand and Brazil have cautiously welcomed the EU’s decision,…
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Agriculture: WTO Meeting Takes Stock Of Progress, Discusses Way Forward
The WTO Committee on Agriculture (CoA) special negotiating session met for a formal meeting on 1 July, following a number of informal meetings after Members failed to meet an end-March deadline for agreeing on negotiating modalities (see BRIDGES Weekly, 2 April 2003). The session met to take stock of developments and agree on a progress…
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GMO Update: EU Traceability And Labelling One Step Closer; Codex Adopts Standards; US Continues Aggressive Biotech Stance
European Parliament adopts biotech regulations on traceability and labelling The European Parliament on 2 July adopted in its second reading two Commission proposals on the labelling and traceability of genetically modified (GM) food and feed (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 11 December 2002). Specifically, they approved the thresholds adopted by the Environment and Agriculture Ministers in late-2002,…
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US Rumoured To Consider Change In Tactic On Trips & Health
According to trade sources, the US is considering changing its approach to the discussions on paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and public health, shifting its focus from disease coverage to eligibility. This change reflects the position of US pharmaceutical industries, which have reportedly called…
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DSU Update: Antidumping, UU-Antigua/Barbuda Gambling, India-US Textiles
US granted 11 months to implement ‘Byrd Amendment’ decision On 27 June, a WTO arbitrator gave the US time until 27 December this year to implement an earlier WTO ruling against its Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act, upheld by the Appellate Body (WT/DS217/14, available at http://docsonline.wto.org). The ruling called for the repeal of the law,…
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Position Vacancies
Quaker Peace & Social Witness and Friends World Committee for Consultation (QPSW) is currently hiring for a Representative, Global Economic Issues for the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva (QUNO). The candidate, will be tasked with continuing and developing the programme of work on global economic issues, taking forward areas of Quaker concern and issues…
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Hong Kong, Mainland China Sign Free Trade Pact
STRATEGY DEVISED TO INCREASE CAPITAL FLOWS TO AFRICA The Commission on Capital Flows to Africa — an initiative set up by the US Corporate Council of Africa and the Washington D.C.-based Institute for International Economics — released a report in late June entitled "A 10-Year Strategy for Increasing Capital Flow to Africa". The report makes recommendations…
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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. Coming Up: 3 - 9 July 3 July, Brussels, Belgium: BRIEFING SESSION ON INVESTMENT RULES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WTO. This IISD/RIIA briefing session, part of the EU…
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Resources
THE NORTHERN WTO AGENDA ON INVESTMENT: DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DID. By Ha-Joon Chang and Duncan Green (South Centre/Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, June 2003). The authors review the history of investment regulation in successful economies and argue that investment negotiations should not be included in the Doha Agenda at the next…