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Geneva Negotiations Intensify As Dalian Mini-Ministerial Nears
Informal discussions among WTO Members continued over the last week, with the EU hosting talks among senior delegates from 20-21 June covering issues such as agriculture, non-agricultural market access (NAMA) and services. A meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), scheduled for 21 June, was put off and…
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S&D Proposals Need Redrafting, Clarification, Members Say
The WTO Committee on Trade and Development Special (negotiating) Session (CTD-SS) met in informal mode on 16 and 17 June and looked at revised versions of agreement-specific proposals from least-developed countries (LDCs) as well as all the remaining agreement-specific proposals from other Members. Although the LDC revisions were welcomed, many Members expressed concerns that the…
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TRIPS Council: EU Proposal On IP Enforcement Meets Resistance
At a 14-15 June meeting of the WTO Council on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), a new EU submission proposing that the Council monitor Members’ compliance with the enforcement provisions of the TRIPS Agreement met with strong resistance from developing countries, which argued that the TRIPS Council had no competence for such monitoring.…
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Cost, Security And Technical Assistance Raised In Trade Facilitation Talks
The WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation discussed nine new proposals at a 13-14 June meeting. The proposals covered issues related to Article V of GATT 1994 (transit of goods), Article VIII (fees and charges) and Article X (transparency in the publication and administration of trade regulations), which aim to further expedite the movement, release…
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WTO In Brief
DEVELOPING COUNTRY TEXTILES DEMANDS CLASH AT GOODS COUNCIL Several developing countries clashed with China at a meeting of the WTO Goods Council on 15 June regarding the role the WTO should play in addressing the problems of Members that have been adversely affected by the January 2005 elimination of quotas in the textiles and clothing…
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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 us. Coming Up: 23 June - 29 June 23-25 June, Livingstone, Zambia: PRE-HONG KONG LDC CIVIL SOCIETY CONSULTATIVE FORUM. This event,…
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Other Resources
ICTSD RESOURCES DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SERVICES AND THEIR TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF MEXICO. By Enrique Lendo, Commissioned by ICTSD and the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation (CEC), June 2005. This study assesses the potential impacts of EGS trade liberalisation against Mexico’s own sustainable…