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WTO Interim Report On US Cotton Case: Brazil Claims Victory
Brazil has claimed victory after the WTO panel hearing Brazil’s challenge against US cotton subsidies released its interim report on 26 April. Briefing reporters, Clodoaldo Hugueney, Brazil’s lead WTO negotiator, said the panel agreed with the key elements of Brazil’s arguments. The report itself is confidential at this stage, but will be released on 18…
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Agriculture Talks Fail To Meet Expectations
The second set of post-Cancún negotiations on agriculture in the Committee on Agriculture (CoA) special session concluded on 23 April without making any substantive progress. As reported last week (see BRIDGES Weekly, 22 April 2004), the talks primarily focused on market access — the area widely considered as being most difficult to resolve. The dozens…
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‘Byrd Amendment’ Crops Up In Rules Group
The WTO Negotiating Group on Rules convened on 26 and 28 April, with delegates meeting informally between the official meetings. The Negotiation Group — which focuses on the review and improvement of WTO rules that govern issues such as dumping, antidumping measures, subsidies and countervailing measures — discussed antidumping at the 26 April meeting, while…
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US Argues EC GMO Moratorium Hurts Developing Countries
On 21 April, the US presented its first submission in the WTO case it has launched against the EC de facto moratorium on the approval and marketing of biotech products (see BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 25 August 2003), highlighting alleged impacts on developing countries. In the submission, the US elaborated on its claim — first outlined…
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EU, Russia Extend Trade Deal, Discuss WTO, Kyoto Protocol
Following intensive talks between Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, and Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, the two parties struck a deal on 27 April to extend their Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). The PCA governs bilateral relations between Russia and the EU, and will now also cover the ten new members joining…
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In Brief
CIVIL SOCIETY PROVIDES INPUT AT FINAL UNCTAD XI HEARING On 22 April, the final hearing with civil society and the private sector was held in the lead-up to the UNCTAD XI conference — scheduled for 13-18 June 2004 in São Paulo, Brazil (see BRIDGES Weekly, 26 February 2004). The Geneva discussions touched on, inter alia,…
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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 at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch. ICTSD 19 May, Geneva, Switzerland: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRADE - UNTANGLING KEY ISSUES. Organised by ICTSD and the Geneva Environment Network. The roundtable will offer…
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Resources
ICTSD Resources ENCOURAGING INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. By Keith E. Maskus (UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Issue Paper No. 7, May 2004). This report comprehensively reviews the basic theory and evidence for how intellectual property protection affects incentives for international technology transfer (ITT). Analysis is provided of market-mediated…