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Trips Council: Key Developing Countries Seek To Move Debate Forward On Disclosure Issues
Meeting on 21 September, the Council for Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) considered a proposal by Brazil, India, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand, and Venezuela to advance discussions on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and biodiversity issues and traditional knowledge. The meeting was the first TRIPS Council held after the WTO agreed on a…
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EC's Lamy Advocates Value-Based Trade Relations
In a speech delivered in Brussels on 15 September, European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy presented a case for consideration of so-called ‘collective preferences’ in trade relations. The speech was entitled ‘The emergence of collective preferences in international trade: implications for regulating globalisation’. Collective preferences are the end result of choices made by…
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US To Rejoin The International Coffee Organisation
On 15 September the US government formally announced its intention to rejoin the International Coffee Organisation (ICO), the intergovernmental organisation responsible for the global coffee industry. Although the US was one of the founding members of the organisation in 1963, it left in the early 1990s following the breakdown of the ICO’s quota system. US…
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Vacancies
RESEARCH FELLOW, World Trade Institute (WTI). The World Trade Institute is currently seeking to fill the position of Research Fellow. The successful candidate should have an interest in pursuing a PhD on a subject relating to international trade and should ideally have some tech savvy. In addition, candidates will have completed a degree at the…
- In Brief
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In Brief
MEXICO AND JAPAN SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT On 17 September, Mexico and Japan signed a free trade agreement following 18 months of intense negotiations. Mexico hopes the deal will ease its reliance on the US, which currently absorbs 90 percent of Mexico’s exports, while encouraging Japan to open more factories in Mexico to revive an…
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WTO Arbitrator Sets July 2005 Deadline For EC To Implement GSP Ruling
WORLD TRADE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS RECIPROCAL TRADE PREFERENCES On 16 September, the WTO released its annual World Trade Report, the second of its kind in a new series that seeks to "deepen public understanding of current trade policy issues and to contribute to more informed consideration of the options facing governments". The report, which focuses on…
- Events
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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: 23-29 September 22-23 September, Dhaka, Bangladesh: REGIONAL LAUNCH MEETING OF "ADVOCACY AND CAPACITY BUILDING ON COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW IN ASIA" PROJECT. Intended for participants…
- Resources
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Resources
RESOURCES FREE TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: MEXICO, NAFTA, AND BEYOND. By Kevin P. Gallagher (Stanford University Press, September 2004). This book examines the impact economic integration has on the environment, focusing on Mexico, which transformed itself from one of the world’s most closed economies to one of the most…