Archive

março 14th, 2005

14 Developing Countries Criticize WIPO Patent Treaty Talks

13 March, 2005
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OBJECT TO WIPO CONSULTATION PROCESS ON PATENT TREATY TALKS

março 10th

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

9 March, 2005
The battle between Latin American banana producers and the European Union over the EU's proposed tariff on banana imports is beginning to heat up.

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

9 March, 2005
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.

março 9th

FDA Seizes Drugs Imported Under Five-State Program (Update1)

8 March, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration is seizing prescription drugs shipped to patients in the U.S. from overseas under I-Save Rx, the program sponsored by five states to help residents obtain low-cost medicines.

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

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

março 8th

After Seattle And Canc?n... Next Stop: Hong Kong

7 March, 2005
On the first day of the Conference, the different working groups discussed both the state of the WTO negotiations and agreements (AoA, NAMA, TRIPS, GATS, FTA…) and the latest developments after the Canc

African Nations Urge U.S. to Implement WTO Cotton Ruling by December Ministerial

7 March, 2005
'Two years after the submission of our sectoral initiative on cotton, it is now time to move from the stage of declarations and clarifications and finally move to concrete actions,' -Samuel Amehou

EU Proposal On Capital-Based Meetings

7 March, 2005
Most trade ministers attending the Mombasa meeting were indifferent to Mr. Mandelson's proposal, sources told WTD.

Planning NAMA Negotiations

7 March, 2005
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).

After Seattle and Canc?n... Next stop: Hong Kong

7 March, 2005
Once again, the peoples of the world will expose, right at WTO's doorstep, the consequences of its corporate-driven agenda on the livelihoods and working conditions of men, women and children worldwide.