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The Way Forward On Doha Is “To Move In Small Steps” — Lamy
Wednesday, 15 February 2012, 4:42 pm | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report to the General Council on 14 February 2012, said that “the current political environment dictates that the most realistic and practical way forward is to move in small steps, gradually moving forward the ... More >>
WTO Extends Adoption Deadline In Origin Labelling Dispute
Saturday, 7 January 2012, 11:29 am | World Trade Organisation
At the joint requests of Canada, Mexico and the US, WTO members meeting as the Dispute Settlement Body agreed on 5 January 2012 to extend to 23 March 2012 the deadline for the adoption or appeal of the panel reports in the case about country of origin ... More >>
Ministerial Conference Approves Russia’s WTO Membership
Saturday, 17 December 2011, 7:37 pm | World Trade Organisation
Today, on 16 December 2011, Russia cleared the final hurdle to become a WTO member. WTO Ministers adopted Russia’s WTO terms of entry at the 8th Ministerial Conference in Geneva. Russia will have to ratify the deal within the next 220 days and would ... More >>
DDG Rugwabiza warns protectionism will hurt global growth
Saturday, 5 November 2011, 1:28 pm | World Trade Organisation
Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza, in a speech at the University of Hong Kong on 4 November 2011, warned that “to turn to protectionist trade measures in the current circumstances would be a huge mistake triggering a game of lowest common ... More >>
WTO Releases Trade And Tariff Data for 2010
Saturday, 22 October 2011, 4:09 pm | World Trade Organisation
The WTO released on 21 October 2011 its annual package of trade and tariff data, giving the full picture of trade developments in 2010. This package includes the 2011 editions of its annual publications — International Trade Statistics, Trade ... More >>
WTO Scales Back Its Trade Forecast to 5.8%
Friday, 23 September 2011, 8:17 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO economists announced today that they are revising their 2011 trade forecast to 5.8%, down from their earlier conservative estimate of 6.5%, since trade has grown more slowly than expected in recent months and the outlook for the global economy ... More >>
WTO Public Forum Seeks Answers to Global Trade Challenges
Saturday, 17 September 2011, 4:33 pm | World Trade Organisation
Over 200 panellists and some 1,500 participants will be seeking answers to global trade challenges at this year’s WTO Public Forum, to be held at WTO Headquarters from 19 to 21 September. More >>
EU Files Dispute Against Canada
Saturday, 13 August 2011, 1:47 pm | World Trade Organisation
On 11 August 2011, the European Union requested consultations with Canada under the dispute settlement system concerning the latter’s measures relating to the feed-in tariff program. More >>
China USD 400,000 Programme For Least Developed Countries
Saturday, 16 July 2011, 3:41 pm | World Trade Organisation
China Gives A Usd 400,000 Programme For Least Developed Countries China announced on 14 July 2011 that it is contributing USD 400,000 to set up a programme to help least-developed countries (LDCs) participate more effectively in the World Trade ... More >>
Now on the WTO website July 2
Saturday, 2 July 2011, 12:38 pm | World Trade Organisation
LAMY CALLS FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY IN FISCAL SUPPORT MEASURES Director-General Pascal Lamy told the Special Session of the Trade Policy Review Body on “The Financial and Economic Crises on the Role of the WTO” on 1 July 2011 that “we can and must ... More >>
WTO Trade Facilitation Deal To Reduce Trade Costs
Saturday, 25 June 2011, 3:03 pm | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the World Customs Organization in Brussels on 24 June 2011, said that the implementation of the Trade Facilitation measures discussed in Geneva could reduce total trade costs by almost 10 per cent. “Every ... More >>
Lamy urges members to “focus constructively” to advance Doha
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 10:27 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on the negotiations to the General Council on 3 May 2011, stressed his call to members “to listen to each other and to focus constructively on our way ahead”. He said that “this is a time, if there ever ... More >>
Members Confront Doha Round Deadlock
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 3:02 pm | World Trade Organisation
WTO ambassadors endorsed on 29 April 2011 Director-General Pascal Lamy’s plan to consult delegations in Geneva and ministers around the world in the search for a different way of achieving a breakthrough in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations. More >>
Differences Over Industrial Tariff Cuts
Friday, 22 April 2011, 9:39 am | World Trade Organisation
Lamy: Package Of Negotiating Documents Underscores Value Of Doha Progress. But Dg Says Differences Over Industrial Tariff Cuts Effectively Blocks Further Progress And Puts At Risk Conclusion In 2011 More >>
Report by the Chairman of the Trade Negotiations Committee
Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 10:40 am | World Trade Organisation
Since the last meeting of the General Council, the TNC has held one informal meeting on 2 February. At that meeting, participants reviewed and assessed developments in the Doha Development Agenda since the beginning of the intensive process which the ... More >>
Farm talks chair warns time is running out
Saturday, 19 February 2011, 12:19 pm | World Trade Organisation
World Trade Organization - Farm talks chair warns time is running out / Emerging text on geographical indications register: four down, two to go More >>
Panel report out on apple dispute
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 12:43 pm | World Trade Organisation
The WTO, on 9 August 2010, issued the report of the panel that had examined a complaint by New Zealand against “Australia — Measures affecting the importation of apples from New Zealand” (DS367). More >>
China’s export restrictions of raw materials
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 10:39 am | World Trade Organisation
At its meeting on 21 December 2009, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a single panel to examine complaints by the US, EU and Mexico concerning China’s export restrictions of raw materials. More >>
WTO Conference Must Focus On The Global Crisis
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 1:46 pm | World Trade Organisation
As the third day of a short WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva opens, trade unions have strongly criticised the fact that the overwhelming majority of speeches in the WTO Plenary have failed to recognise the links between trade, jobs and the global ... More >>
EU's Support For Developing Countries
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 1:18 pm | World Trade Organisation
In its 9th review of the European Union's trade policy, the World Trade Organisation has praised the EU for its instrumental role in strengthening the multilateral trading system and its leadership in the Doha Round of world trade talks. The WTO report ... More >>
