Number 43 20th December 2002
- WTO Members Still Battling Over TRIPS And Health
- Trade And Development Committee Unable To Bridge Gaps On S&D
- WTO: Harbinson Circulates 'Overview Paper', EU Presents New AG Proposal
- EU Fisheries Talks Marked By Sharp Disagreement
- WTO Working Group On Trade, Debt And Finance Discusses Coherence With IMP And World Bank
- WTO Resources
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- US DSU Proposal Receives Mixed Reactions
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 42 12th December 2002
- 'Development' Round In The Balance At WTO General Council, TNC Meetings
- TRIPS And Health Still Blocked As Deadline Nears
- Nearing Deadline Again, S&D Review Still Searching For Consensus
- WTO: India, Others Propose Rules On Conduct Of Multinational Enterprises
- TRIMS Review Discusses Brazil-India Proposal On Spaces For Development Policy
- Developing Countries Raise Biodiversity Concerns In WIPO
- WTO: Services Council Adjourns Without Agreement On Autonomous Liberalisation
- WTO Resources
- In Brief
- Latin America: Us And Chile Sign Bilateral Trade Agreement, South American FTA In The Works
- WTO in Brief
- UK Legislature Launches Inquiry On Trade And Development In WTO Round
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 41 28th November 2002
- TRIPs Council: Still No Solution On Medicines In Sight
- S&D Review Coming Down To The Wire - Meeting Almost Daily
- US Zero-Tariff Proposal Meets With Mixed Reactions
- WTO: New Zealand Calls For Negotiations On Fishing Subsidies In 2003
- Resources
- In Brief
- EU Realeases Annual Report On US Trade Restrictions
- WTO in Brief
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- Events
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Number 40 20th November 2002
- Inching Towards Compromise On Medicines After Sydney Mini-Ministerial
- Doubts Emerge At WTO AG Committee Over Whether Doha Timeline Can Be Met
- Mexico Presents Proposal On WTO Dispute Settlement Review
- Resources
- In Brief
- US, Singapore On Last Stage Of FTA
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 39 14th November 2002
- WTO: Trade, Environment Officials Progress On MEA-WTO Links
- WTO: S&D Review Struggles For Agreement
- CITES Moves On Whales And Ivory
- SPS Committee Discusses EU GMO Regulations As Possible WTO Challenge Looms
- USTR Proposes New FTA With South African Nations
- FTAs Multiply In Asian Region
- US Requests Consultations On Venezuelan Agricultural Barriers
- Puri New UNCTAD Trade Division Director
- WTO Resources
- In Brief
- European Commission Releases Draft Ecodesign Legislation
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 38 7th November 2002
- FTAA Ministerial Sets Negotiating Schedule Despite Differences On Agriculture
- WTO: Development, Environment Concerns Emerge In Market Access Talks
- Mini-Ministerial To Focus On Tough Doha Questions
- Climate Change: US Sides With Developing Countries In Resisting Additional Climate Commitments
- WTO Addresses Challenges Of Small Economies
- Harare Workshop Discusses NEPAD, AGOA, Other Trade Arrangements
- In Brief
- EC Plans Funding To Offset Lost Jobs In Fishing Industry
- WTO in Brief
- Supachai Stresses Trade-Development Linkage
- Events
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Number 37 31st October 2002
- Services: Developing Country WTO Members Join Forces To Move Ahead On 'Horizontal' Issues
- Farmers' Groups Meet In Geneva And Bolivia To Impact On WTO Negotiations
- APEC Leaders Endorse Ending Agricultural Subsidies
- WTO: Implementation Woes Receive No Boost From Anti-Dumping
- Members Question Appellate Body Over New Procedures
- In Brief
- EU Cod Fisheries On The Verge Of Collapse: Report
- WTO in Brief
- European Parliamentarians Make Demands Over WTO Services Offers
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 36 24th October 2002
- WTO Rules Negotiations: Deep Divides Prevail On Harmfulness Of Fisheries Subsidies
- Developed Countries Seek To Relegate Most S&D Provisions To Relevant WTO Bodies
- WTO Stalemate Persists Over Developing Country Imports Of Generics
- African Ministers Point To Trade-Development Linkage At NEPAD Meeting
- TBT Convenes On Technical Assistance, Labelling & Implementation
- In Brief
- Mercosur Moves Toward Free Trade Arrangements With Other Regional Areas
- WTO in Brief
- Brazil And India Argue For Flexibility For Developing Countries Via Investment Agreement Amendments
- Resources
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Number 35 17th October 2002
- Top-Down Or Bottom-Up? Members Deliberate How To Address WTO-MEA Relationship
- CTD Looks At Technical Assistance For 2003
- EU Agriculture Ministers Fail To Finalise GMO Rules
- WTO Environment Committee Stumped On Labelling
- Developing Countries Contribute Food For Thought In Dispute Settlement Negotiations
- WTO Members Discuss WTO's Role And Functioning At Weekend Retreat
- WTO Resources
- In Brief
- Concerns Raised Over New US Agriculture Department Labelling Guidelines
- WTO in Brief
- Macedonia Soon To Become WTO's Number 145
- Resources
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Number 34 9th October 2002
- Development, AG Concerns Dominate WTO Negotiations Stocktaking
- WTO: Little Movement On Special & Differential Treatment Despite New Workplan
- Split On EU'S AG Policy Reinforced By British Minister's Comments
- Southern African Summit Pushes For Further Regional Integration
- On The Move
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Events
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Number 33 2nd October 2002
- Dispute Settlement I: Brazil - Sugar & Cotton
- Dispute Settlement Ii: Lumber, Sardines And Wine
- Agriculture: Negotiations Chair Calls On Membership To Meet Deadlines
- Developing Countries Wary Of Additional Commitments In WIPO
- WTO Competition Meeting Addresses 'Core Principles'
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 32 25th September 2002
- Impasse On Farm Subsidies Seen As 'Step Backwards' In Agriculture Talks
- Still No Movement In TRIPS Council On Health Or GIS
- Implementation Takes Step Forward With Draft Decision On Developing Country Subsidies
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
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- Events
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Number 31 25th September 2002
- Meeting On Special And Differential Treatment Agrees On How To Proceed
- UK Commission Report Highlights Negative Impacts Of IPRS On Development
- DSU Review: Developing Countries Reject US Proposal On Transparency, Suggest Other Options
- Developing Country Concerns Emerge At WTO Investment Group
- WTO CTD To Review Provisions On Economic Development
- WTO Members To Submit Comprehensive Market Access Modalities Proposals By November
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 30 13th September 2002
- Split On GIs Overshadow Market Access Talks At WTO's Agriculture Committee
- FSC Case Sees Largest WTO Settlement
- WTO Secretariat Welcomes New Team At The Helm
- In Brief
- ITC Will Study Effects Of Eliminating US Farm Tariffs
- WTO in Brief
- Mini-Ministerial Scheduled For Australia Later This Year
- Events
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Number 29 6th August 2002
- Key Developing Countries Cry Foul As Textiles Stumbles At WTO
- With Little Movement Since Doha, S&D Review Extended To End-2002
- Doha Round Receives Boost As US Congress Approves Fast-Track; Groups Question Environmental Impact
- Differing Viewpoints Over Modalities Characterise WTO Market Access Talks
- US Agriculture Proposal Receives Mixed Reviews - Sets The Stage For Market Access Discussions
- 'Businesslike' TRIPS Council Considers Options For Improving Access To Medicines
- Need For Trade Facilitation Negotiations Questioned Despite Some Convergence
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Canadian LDC Initiative To Free Up Entry Of Goods From World's Poorest
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 28 24th July 2002
- Mixed Outcome For WTO Negotiations Stocktaking
- Arduous Process Yields Agreement On S&D Report
- Optimistic Mood At Informal WSSD Prep Meeting, But Little Progress On Substance
- ACP Summit Shifts Focus To Trade And Globalisation
- Dispute Settlement Review Considers Ecuadorian, Australian Submissions
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Canada To Bring Us To WTO On Additional Lumber Duties
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- RESOURCES
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Number 27 17th July 2002
- CTD Special Session Suspended Over Inability To Agree On Report
- Trade, Debt, & Finance Working Group Hears Calls For Financial Reform
- European Commission Presents Plans For Radical CAP Reform
- WTO Members Set Parameters For RTA Negotiations
- Services: Members Adopt Timeframe For Negotiating ESM; Government Procurement And Subsidies
- In Brief
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Number 26 10th July 2002
- Rules Negotiations: Japan Questions Uniqueness Of Fisheries Subsidies
- CTD Special Session - Finding Deliverables For 31 July
- WTO General Council Shows Little Movement On Ministerial, D-G Processes
- 'Positive-List' Approach Popular At WTOI Investment Talks
- EU, Others Request Trading Partners To Open Up Services Markets
- Africa Establishes Union, Solidifies NEPAD
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Wto in Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 25 3rd July 2002
- TRIPS Council Agrees On Extensions For LDCs On Pharmaceutical Patents
- US Submits Gats Requests To WTO Trading Partners
- Busy Days For Development Committee At WTO
- WTO Committees Scrutinise GMO Regulations And EU Wine Labelling
- WTO Members Divided Over Geographical Indications
- ACP Ministers Call For Greater EU Assistance
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 24 26th June 2002
- Agriculture: Little Progress In Export Competition Debate
- ACP Gearing Up For New Relationship With EU
- Access To Medicines In Spotlight At TRIPS Council
- N. American Environment Ministers Meet On Cross-Border Issues
- Chrétien, Blair Struggle To Make G-8 Summit Meaningful For Africa
- Three more on board against US steel tariffs
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 23 20th June 2002
- CTE Still Struggling With MEA Observer Question
- 'Development' At WTO Endeavours To Meet Its Deadline
- Food Summit: NGOs Stress Primacy Of Food Sovereignty Over Trade
- Climate Change Round-Up
- Stuart Harbinson Appointed WTO Chief Of Staff
- Note to Subscribers
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 22 12th June 2002
- Final WSSD Prep Meeting Breaks Down Over Trade And Finance
- 'Right To Food' Pushes FAO Closer To Trade Debate
- WTO Environment Committee Zeroes In On Scope Of Negotiations
- Services: No Progress On Horizontal Issues As Members Prepare For Request/Offer
- WTO Tech Transfer Group Setting Up Work Programme
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- ICTSD Publications
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Number 21 4th June 2002
- Trade Differences Dog WSSD PrepComm
- Services: Still No Breakthrough On Autonomous Liberalisation
- WTO Dispute Settlement: Sardines Panel Sides With Peru
- Agriculture: Members Warm Up For Mid-June Talks On Export Competition
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 20 4th June 2002
- Note To Subscribers
- WTO Goods Council Starts On Trade Facilitation Mandate; Textiles Coming Up Short
- Agriculture, Peace, And Expansion Dominate COMESA Heads of State Summit
- 'US Steel' Dispute Panel To Convene 3 June As Dispute Requests Increase
- Least Developed Country Agenda Gets Underway
- In Brief
- Chirac Speaks For World's Poor Against US Unilateralism; EU-Chile Conclude Agreement
- WTO in Brief
- TRIMs Committee Stalls on Implementation Issue
- Events
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Number 19 22nd May 2002
- ‘Development’ Still Stuck On Procedure - Substance Slowly Emerging
- DSU: Members Discuss 'Sequencing' And Selection Of Panellists
- World Summit Heading Towards Acrimony And Minimalism As Last Prep Begins
- TRIPS Council Sets Agenda For June Meeting
- Proposed Amendments Make Farce Out Of US Trade Promotion Authority Bill
- Despite Internal Trade Spats, OECD Members Advocate Free Trade
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 18 15th May 2002
- WTO Updates Info Dissemination, Discusses Internal Transparency
- New US Farm Bill Upsets WTO Partners, Could Hurt Developing Countries
- Implementation Issues Facing First Tests As Deadlines Quickly Approach
- WTO Circulates NGO Papers In Transparency Exercise
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Events
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- Resources
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Number 17 7th May 2002
- Rules Negotiations: 'Friends Of Fish' Call For Altering Subsidies Disciplines
- Canada To Review ITC Ruling And Indigenous Brief In Lumber Dispute
- WTO Members Move Closer On Procedure For Trade And Environment Negotiations
- Little Movement On Labelling At Biosafety Meeting
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Resources
- Events
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Number 16 2nd May 2002
- Trade, Civil Society Decision-Makers Convene At WTO Symposium
- Observership, Market Access Stall At TNC
- Committee On Trade And Development Meets With Ambitious Agenda
- Members Focus On Technical Assistance At WTO Competition Policy Talks
- In Brief
- EU And Chile Clinch Free Trade Deal
- WTO in Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 15 23rd April 2002
- Members Divided Over Transparency, Definition At WTO Investment Talks
- EC Proposal Under Scrutiny In DSU Negotiations
- GATS: Leaked EC Draft Requests Bring Mixed Reactions
- CBD Adopts Guidelines On Access To Genetic Resources And Alien Species
- In Brief
- Britain And Indonesia Sign Agreement Addressing Trade In Illegal Timber
- WTO in Brief
- September or October Suggested Dates for 2003 WTO Ministerial Meeting
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 14 16th April 2002
- WTO: Market Access Negotiators Stuck Over How & When To Structure Talks
- With Deadline Quickly Approaching, CTD Special Session Tries To Move Ahead
- Biodiversity Convention Expected To Adopt Guidelines On Access To Genetic Resources
- Oxfam Report Highlights Hypocrisies In Global Trading System
- EC Paper On DSU Reform Advocates Transparency
- In Brief
- Dakar Meeting Aims To Attract Funding For NEPAD
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 13 9th April 2002
- WTO Market Access Prep Snags On Modalities
- Dep. USTR Highlights Divergence Between US, Developing Countries On Technical Assistance
- News From The Regions: ASEAN-US
- Prepcomm III Falters In Lead-Up To WSSD
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 12 3rd April 2002
- WTO Reaches Agreement On Sequencing Of Agriculture Negotiations
- WSSD Prepcomm III Delegates Defer To WTO Doha Mandate
- Upcoming ACP-EU Negotiations Outlined At 4th Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- In Brief
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Number 11 26th March 2002
- CTE Tackles Hefty Doha Environment Mandate
- Services: Little Visible Progress As Members Reflect On Requests And Wrangle On Assessment
- Mixed Reaction On Trade In Financing For Development Outcome
- SPS Committee Resolves Implementation Issue, Discusses Biotech
- In Brief
- In Brief
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- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 10 19th March 2002
- Services: Members Agree To Further Extend ESM Deadline
- European And Chinese Biotech Rules Under The Microscope At WTO
- UNEP Fisheries Trade Workshop Highlights Challenges Facing Policymakers
- Environment In Doha Declaration On CTE Menu This Week
- Export Incentives For Developing Countries Addressed At First Subsidies Negotiations Meeting
- New EU Strategy Paper On Environment And Trade; EU To Increase ODA
- In Brief
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- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 9 12th March 2002
- Millions Pledged In Technical Assistance Present New Challenges To WTO
- Divisive Debate Over Trips And Public Health Continues In TRIPS Council
- Regional Integration Efforts Urged at African Development Forum
- Fisheries Subsidies Remain Within General Context Of Subsidies Talks At WTO
- Codex Task Force Adopts Standards For Biotech Food
- DSB: US Steel-Tariff Plan Faces Fierce Criticism
- In Brief
- In Brief
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- WTO In Brief
- Events
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Number 8 5th March 2002
- WTO Group On Rules Discusses Negotiating Agenda, Fisheries Subsidies
- CTD Session On Special And Differential Treatment Snags On Procedure
- Preliminary Agreement On Environment Negotiation Structure
- Codex Committee Stalls Over Equivalence Standard
- Services: Domestic Regulation Discussed At OECD
- In Brief
- ILO Launches Commission On Social Dimension Of Globalisation
- WTO in Brief
- Public Health, TK And Geographical Indications On TRIPS Council Agenda
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 7 26th February 2002
- New EU Food Safety Law Defines Precautionary Principle
- GMO Update: European Commission Proposal; Us Report On Safety Testing
- News From The Regions: Africa
- Upcoming Services Talks To Address Range Of Issues
- WTO General Council To Allocate Small Economy Concerns To CTD
- US Official Highlight Relationship Between Wto And Ftaa Dispute Settlement
- In Brief
- US-Argentina Council Meets On Trade And Investment
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- ICTSD - The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
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Number 5 20th February 2002
- WTO Agrees On Chairs, Ready To Begin Substantive Negotiations
- WTO Development Committee Tweaks Technical Assistance Plan
- New Proposed EU WSSD Strategy Heavy On Globalisation
- Agriculture: WTO Members Split On 'Development Box' And S&D
- WSSD Prep Meeting Highlights Importance Of Equitable Trading System
- News From The Regions: Africa
- On The Move
- In Brief
- In Brief
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Number 4 5th February 2002
- WTO Decides On Structure For Negotiations
- Business, Government, Civil Society Convene At Separate World Forums
- Position Vacancies at ICTSD
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Number 3 29th January 2002
- Doha Talks Slowed Over Procedural Differences
- WTO Development Committees Convene; Technical Assistance On The Table
- Trade Commitments Thin For Developing Countries In Financing For Development Text
- On The Move
- In Brief
- EU Establishes New Food Safety Body
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
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- Resources
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