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G20 Ministerial Meeting Ends With Declaration

20 March, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Mar05/5)
The Declaration of the G-20 Ministers called for the elimination of all export subsidies in agriculture within five years.

G-20 Calls for Elimination of Export Subsidies

19 March, 2005
Ashok B Sharma
The G-20 has advocated a tariff reduction formula containing progressivity, proportionality and flexibility.

G-20 Calls For Elimination Of Export Subsidies

19 March, 2005
ASHOK B SHARMA, OUR ECONOMY BUREAU
NEW DELHI, MARCH 19: The G-20 has advocated a tariff reduction formula containing progressivity, proportionality and flexibility.

Developing countries propose that TRIPS should require patent applications on genetic resources/traditional knowledge should prove benefit sharing

17 March, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Mar05/4)
A proposal that applications for patents relating to genetic resources and traditional knowledge should be accompanied by evidence of benefit sharing with the countries of origin.

Developing Countries Propose That TRIPS Should Require Patent Applications On Genetic Resources/Traditional Knowledge Should Prove Benefit Sharing

17 March, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Mar05/4)
One of the highlights was a proposal by 8 developing countries that applications for patents relating to genetic resources and traditional knowledge should be accompanied by evidence of benefit sharing with the countries of origin

China Seeks Talks With United States, EU On Textiles, Urges Patience With Surges

16 March, 2005
International Trade Daily
China hopes to hold talks with the United States and European Union over the surge in exports of textiles and apparel to those markets since the Jan. 1 lifting of quotas, a leading Chinese textile industry representative has said.

Brazil, India Pan U.S., EU Proposals On NAMA Tariff Formula Flexibility

16 March, 2005
International Trade Daily
Brazil and India gave thumbs down March 16 to proposals from the United States and the European Union aimed at meeting developing country demands for flexibility in a formula for reducing tariffs on industrial and consumer goods.

G-20 Ready To Seek Five-Year Deadline For Elimination Of Farm Export Subsidies

16 March, 2005
International Trade Daily
The G-20 emerged as a powerful alliance for developing countries prior to the WTO's 2003 ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico.

Paper On NAMA Negotiations By B.L. DAS

14 March, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Mar05/2)
Tariffs: A part of current rights...tariff negotiations are not about compensation for past gains or losses; they are future-oriented and are based on the perception of future gains and opportunities.

Plowing Iraq for Profits

13 March, 2005
Christopher D. Cook
Iraq's fragile food sector, battered by decades of war and sanctions, is open for business.

Ag and NAMA Market Access

13 March, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Once there is satisfactory movement in agricultural market access - when Brussels agrees to a modest outcome - then the major developing countries will have to come forward with substantial nonagricultural access offers, WTD was told.

14 Developing Countries Criticize WIPO Patent Treaty Talks

13 March, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Mar05/1)
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OBJECT TO WIPO CONSULTATION PROCESS ON PATENT TREATY TALKS

‘Friends' NAMA Formula

13 March, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
'We wanted a much more ambitious framework, but the US has already set the ground by suggesting its dual-coefficient ‘Swiss' formula and the EU and Norway with their credit-based approach, a key member of the 'Friends' group told WTD.

'Banana Battle' Gears Up as Latins Fault EU's Methodology for Determining New Tariff

9 March, 2005
Daniel Pruzin
WTO members are hoping to achieve enough progress in Hong Kong in key negotiating sectors such as agriculture and market access for nonagricultural goods to ensure the successful conclusion of the Doha Round in 2006.

Brazil Seeks 3-Month Deadline For EU Compliance With Sugar Ruling

8 March, 2005
Daniel Pruzin
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, 'routinely adopts implementing rules in the sugar sector in a matter of days,' Brazil added

Planning NAMA Negotiations

7 March, 2005
Washington Trade Daily, Volume 14, Number 47
Doha Development Agenda market access for industrial and consumer goods Chairman Stefan Hakur Johannesson has proposed to negotiators a checklist of issues to form part of an eventual formula to cut tariffs (WTD, 3/7/05).

India's Services Challenge

7 March, 2005
Washington Trade Daily, Trade Reports International Group, Volume 14, Number 47
The United States went a step further by saying ministers must agree on a 'standstill' in addition to making new commitments.

U.S. Business Group To Seek Steep Cuts In Goods Tariffs In WTO's Doha Round

6 March, 2005
Christopher S. Rugaber
The study underscores the need for an ambitious approach in the NAMA talks, Irace said, and for significant cuts in industrial tariffs by advanced developing countries

Dispute Settlement: United States - Subsidies on Upland Cotton

6 March, 2005
Christian Wurzbacher
On 6 February 2003, Brazil requested the establishment of a panel to examine the conformity with WTO law of certain US agricultural-support measures to producers, users and exporters of upland cotton .

Congressional Forum Examines CAFTA's Impact On Minnesota

5 March, 2005
Barb Kucera
Dennis Olson of the Institute of Agriculture & Trade Policy said free trade agreements such as CAFTA do nothing to address poverty in developing countries - in fact they create it.