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Trade liberalization should improve for Nigeria
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 12:09 am | World Trade Organisation
Nigeria has generally made progress in implementing macroeconomic and structural reforms, but its trade regime has become more protectionist since its last review in 1998, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices ... More >>
Qatar: Further reforms would help sustain growth
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:11 am | World Trade Organisation
Qatar’s development strategy, together with high international crude prices since mid-1999, has resulted in an impressive economic performance in the past few years, with an average growth rate of around 9% over the period 1996-2003, according to ... More >>
WTO - Russia's membership talks make good progress
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 9:40 am | World Trade Organisation
The 26th meeting of the Working Party for the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, held 16th and 17th of February, made good progress on substantial issues although the chairman of the WP, ambassador Stefán Jóhannesson, of Iceland, said ... More >>
WTO - UK donates 1.9 million Swiss Francs
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 10:40 am | World Trade Organisation
The United Kingdom donates 1.9 million Swiss Francs for the Standards and Trade Development Facility More >>
General Council: WTO chairpersons for 2005
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 10:07 am | World Trade Organisation
The WTO General Council today (15 February) noted the consensus on the following slate of names of chairpersons for WTO Bodies: More >>
WTO Director-General Selection Process
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:25 am | World Trade Organisation
The translations of the statements by the candidates for the position Of WTO Director General are now available on the website More >>
US And Canada Block First EC Panel Requests
Friday, 4 February 2005, 11:23 am | World Trade Organisation
Four first-time requests for a dispute panel to be set up were blocked on 25 January 2005, including the European Communities' requests to consider the United States' and Canada's continued sanctions against the EC's import ban on hormone-treated beef. More >>
31st and 32nd WTO Trade Policy Courses begin
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 11:34 am | World Trade Organisation
The 31st and 32nd WTO Trade Policy Courses opened in Geneva on 17 January 2005. Mr. Paul Rolian, Director of the Institute for Training and Technical Co-operation, welcomed the 45 participating officials from developing countries and economies in transition. More >>
Supachai urges members to help tsunami sufferers
Monday, 17 January 2005, 10:04 am | World Trade Organisation
Swiftly concluding the current Doha Agenda negotiations and perhaps other actions, such as better market access, and restraint in using trade remedies, are needed to help countries trying to recover from the Asian tsunami, WTO Director-General Supachai ... More >>
WTO working parties for Afghanistan and Iraq
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 8:24 am | World Trade Organisation
The General Council, on 13 December 2004, established working parties to examine, respectively, the membership applications of Afghanistan and Iraq. More >>
Trade growth to exceed 03 despite high oil prices
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 12:07 am | World Trade Organisation
Despite the sharp rise in oil prices the volume of world trade is likely to grow by 8.5% in real terms by the end of 2004, a significant improvement over 2003, according to World Trade Organization statistics. More >>
Business And Government Leaders To Discuss Doha
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 9:54 am | World Trade Organisation
With the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of negotiations for a new global trade pact picking up steam, Asian and Middle Eastern business leaders and governments meet in Manila this month to see how they can work together to ensure the talks produce ... More >>
WTO Wants You To Give It Feedback
Tuesday, 19 October 2004, 9:51 am | World Trade Organisation
SURVEY: YOUR VIEWS ON THE WTO WEBSITE This survey aims to gather information from users of the WTO website. The information you provide will be used to prioritize improvements to the site. The results of this survey will be posted on the WTO website ... More >>
Cambodia raises WTO membership to 148
Thursday, 14 October 2004, 12:10 am | World Trade Organisation
Cambodia became the WTO’s 148th member on 13 October 2004, almost 10 years after it first applied and just over a year after its membership package was approved at the Cancún Ministerial Conference. More >>
Supachai: We Are Back On Track And Moving Forward
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 8:43 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in his address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on 4 October 2004, said that the July Decision on the Doha negotiations has “shown the scale of the potential gains and has provided ... More >>
Impact of Domestic Policies on Trade Focus for 04
Friday, 17 September 2004, 9:39 am | World Trade Organisation
Benefits from good trade policy may be attenuated or even undermined if governments pursue deficient policies in other areas of economic activity, according to the 2004 World Trade Report published by the WTO Secretariat. More >>
WTO Meetings Produce ‘Historic’ Breakthrough'
Monday, 2 August 2004, 8:38 am | World Trade Organisation
The WTO’s 147 member governments approved on 31 July 2004 a package of framework and other agreements, which Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said will greatly enhance members’ chances for successfully completing the important Doha negotiations. More >>
Text of the WTO ‘July package’
Monday, 2 August 2004, 8:36 am | World Trade Organisation
The text of the General Council’s decision on the Doha Agenda work programme (the “July package”), agreed on 31 July 2004, containing frameworks and other agreements designed to focus the negotiations and raise them to a new level: More >>
WTO: July 2004 Package: Meeting Summary 30 July
Monday, 2 August 2004, 8:29 am | World Trade Organisation
Most delegations described the second draft of the July package decision as broadly an improvement, but General Council chairperson Shotaro Oshima said he was concerned about the “sheer number” of comments to deal with in the limited amount of remaining ... More >>
Supachai welcomes input from 'The Five'
Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:22 am | World Trade Organisation
Agreement among five key members on the agriculture text is a welcome and important input into the talks, WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said on 29 July 2004. But he cautioned that no WTO agriculture framework deal is possible without ... More >>
