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DOHA ROUND: MIDYEAR MEETING TO ESTABLISH NEGOTIATING FRAMEWORKS?
WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and EC Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy have all recently commented on the desirability of establishing negotiating frameworks by midyear at the latest for bringing the Doha round to a conclusion. Following public speeches at different venues around the world, the political pressure to get on with…
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DSU REVIEW: MAY 2004 DEADLINES SLIPPING OUT OF REACH
When the special (negotiating) session of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) met on 1 March to continue the review of the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the meeting focused on organisational issues. Mirroring the last session held on 26 January this year (see BRIDGES Weekly, 28 January 2004), the meeting had originally been scheduled for…
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SACU-US FTA NEGOTIATIONS FOCUS ON "PHASE ONE" ISSUES
The fourth round of negotiations between the US and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) aimed at establishing a free trade agreement (FTA) was held in Walvis Bay, Namibia on 23-26 February. The negotiations have been divided into two phases. The first phase, including the latest round of negotiations, focuses on market access issues, including…
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TRADE DEBATE HEATING UP IN THE US
In a speech to the National Press Club in Washington DC on 26 February, WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi touched on a number of hot topics, highlighting the importance of the US’s role within the WTO and cautioning that the belief that there is an alternative to the organisation is "naïve and dangerous". The address was…
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US-MOROCCO FREE TRADE PACT CONCLUDED
BIOSAFETY MEETING MOVES ON LABELLING AND COMPLIANCE MEASURES The first Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP-1), convening from 23 to 27 February in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, took the first step towards establishing an operational framework for the implementation of the Biosafety Protocol. The meeting made important progress on documentation requirements,…
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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. Coming Up: 4-10 March 2-5 March 2004, Concepción, Chile: GLOBAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORUM. Organised by UNIDO and the Chilean Government. This event will bring together…
- Resources
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RESOURCES
A FAIR GLOBALISATION - CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation (February 2004). The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation, chaired by Finnish president Tarja Halonen and Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa was established by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in February 2002. After undertaking extensive consultations…