Archive

January 19th

China says int’l (WTO) IP rules will apply in domestic trials

18 January, 2007
International intellectual property rights laws will take precedence whenever they are applied in Chinese domestic trials even if they differ from domestic laws, a senior judicial figure told a national conference on IPR-related trials according to the China Daily newspaper

January 18th

Resisting free trade from the South: Building alliances and common strategies

We envision this strategy meeting to be an opportunity for all of us to build and strengthen alliances and work together on a common action plan on not only on the WTO but on FTAs and EPAs as well.

Water Privatization & Investment Disputes: The Case of Biwater v. Tanzania

17 January, 2007
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Lawyers

January 17th

Committee: Rafidah skirting main FTA issues news report of our farmers coalition questioning our Minister of International Trade.

16 January, 2007
International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz has not addressed the main concerns surrounding the US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), claimed a regional grouping of fishermen and farmers today.

Optimistic USTR admits nowhere near ‘breakthrough’

16 January, 2007
The United States Trade

January 15th

French trade view irks Mandelson

14 January, 2007
Peter Mandelson has accused France of being 'needlessly defensive' over farm subsidy cuts as he and other officials try to revive global trade talks.

SA may play role in Canada-US trade tiff

14 January, 2007
IN A move analysts say could help restart stalled world trade negotiations, Canada has taken the US to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over trade-distorting maize subsidies.

No Artificial Deadlines - USTR Schwab

14 January, 2007
'Content' and 'substance' - not artificial deadlines - will set the stage for a breakthrough in the precarious Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations, US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said here on Friday after a face-to-face meeting with World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy.

January 13th

G-33 asks World Bank to tweak ?flawed? paper on special products

12 January, 2007
The World Bank has come under a torrent of criticism from the G-33 group, comprising India and 45 other developing countries, for its paper, which called for raising agricultural prices substantially through special products (SPs)

January 12th

G-33 blasts draft World Bank paper on Special Products as anti-development

11 January, 2007
The G-33 group of 46 developing countries had sent a detailed critique on the initial draft paper authored by Maros Ivanic and Will Martin for the World Bank, pointing out that the paper was fundamentally flawed in its assumptions and methodology, ignored the reality of the prevailing agrarian structures in most developing countries and misinterpreted the proposed operation and impact of Special Products (SPs).