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Argentina And Brazil Propose 'Development Agenda' For WIPO
Over the last week, Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia informally circulated a proposal to establish a "development agenda" at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The proposal, to be officially presented at the upcoming thirty-first session of the WIPO General Assembly at the end of the month, is expected to…
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ASEAN Looks To Deepen Integration, Forge New Trade Ties
The ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finance ministers concluded their four-day annual meeting on 7 September in Jakarta, Indonesia. The meeting sought to lay the foundation for greater integration and marked several pivotal trade agreements and negotiations between ASEAN and key countries, such as New Zealand, Australia,…
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In Brief
ZAMBIA TO MANUFACTURE GENERIC HIV/AIDS MEDICINES On 2 September Zambia declared HIV/AIDS a national emergency in an effort to begin manufacturing generic AIDS drugs. Davidson Chilipamushi, Tanzanian Permanent Secretary of Commerce, Trade and Industry said the declaration would enable local firms to obtain licenses to produce cheaper, generic AIDS drugs. Under WTO rules, countries must…
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WTO Releases Cotton Report; US Vows To Appeal
The ruling in the case brought by Brazil against US cotton subsidies was finally made public on 8 September. The panel ruled that subsidies granted to US cotton farmers by the US government from 1999-2002 under certain programmes, such as marketing loans, export credits, commodity certificates and direct payments, depressed world market prices and were…
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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: 9-15 September 6-10 September, New York, US: UNFF AD HOC EXPERT GROUP ON CONSIDERATION OF A LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON ALL TYPES OF FORESTS. At its 52nd…
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Resources
RESOURCES RECONCILING TRADE AND POVERTY REDUCTION. By John Audley and Hans Anker (German Marshall Fund of the US, July 2004). This report surveyed public opinion in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the US on the relationship between international trade and poverty reduction. They find that while people surveyed believe in fighting poverty for humanitarian reasons, they…