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WTO: Members Decide On Way Forward In Doha Round
WTO Members met from 15-16 December in the last General Council (GC) session of the year. WTO ambassadors devoted most of the session to follow-up to September’s Cancun Ministerial, ultimately agreeing to reactivate the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and the negotiating bodies under it. The mood of the meeting was reportedly positive. While the outcome…
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G-20, EC Agree To Intensify Doha Round Talks
The G-20 group of developing countries met in Brasilia from 11-12 December, and were joined by both WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi and EC Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy. Focussing on the issue of farm talks, Supachai urged flexibility from all sides. The G-20 issued a joint statement with the EC at the close of the meeting,…
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CAFTA Negotiations Encounter Last-Ditch Hurdles
During the past week, negotiators from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala have been meeting with US trade negotiators in Washington, DC, to hash out the final sections of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Although they may be in their final round of talks — which were scheduled to finish by…
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Leaders Adopt Common Vision On The Information Society
JAPAN, ASEAN TO COOPERATE MORE CLOSELY The ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit — a first-ever ASEAN meeting hosted by a non-member country — was held in Tokyo from 11-12 December 2003. A "Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring ASEAN-Japan Partnership in the New Millennium" and an "ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action" were signed at the Summit. The…
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G-35 Demands Greater Role For SP, SSM Concepts In AG Negotiations
At a 4 December consultation with WTO General Council (GC) Chair Carlos Perez del Castillo, the so-called Alliance for Special Products (SPs) and a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM), or G-35, called on the GC Chair to give greater attention to the concepts of SPs and the establishment of an SSM for developing countries in…
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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 In January 2003 12-13 January 2004, Monterrey, Mexico: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS. A special meeting of the presidents and prime ministers of 34 member-countries…
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Resources
WHERE NEXT FOR THE WTO? VIEWS, IDEAS AND PROPOSALS BY TRADE MINISTERS. Published by the Federal Trust for Education and Research. A compendium of articles by trade ministers has been released in anticipation of the 15 December 2003 meeting of the WTO General Council. In a series of articles, key trade ministers map out their…