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August 19th, 2005

Geneva Update, 19 August 2005

18 August, 2005
Geneva Update for 19 August 2005, titled 'IN THE NAME OF DEVELOPMENT: Whose Ambitions for the Doha Round?'

August 15th

WTO Rules Against US on ETI

14 August, 2005
A World Trade Organization compliance panel on Friday confirmed a European Union complaint against Washington's alleged failure to fully implement the trade body's recommendations on the now defunct Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act overseas tax program

Mexico Revises Telecom Regs

14 August, 2005
The Mexican Parliament on Friday passed new legislation to comply with World Trade Organization recommendations over implementation of its telecommunications services

August 12th

Call for a South-North Consultation: RESISTANCE AND ALTERNATIVES TO DEBT DOMINATION September 28?30, 2005

11 August, 2005
Call for a South-North Consultation: Resistance and alternatives to debt domination, September 28

Report: GATS Consultation by Indian Commerce Ministry

11 August, 2005
Heres a short report of a GATS consultation organised by the Ministry of Commerce and UNCTAD. This was the third in the series of consultations towards HK

August 8th

Pakistan proposal on market access for non-agricultural products

7 August, 2005
Pakistan Proposal for a Market Access Formula for Non-Agricultural Products presented at the mini-Ministerial in Dalian, China12-14 July 2005.

Bound to Applied Rates, Then Cut * US

7 August, 2005
The final formula for reducing industrial tariffs in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations must bring down high bound tariffs to existing applied rates

August 6th

U.S. Remains Committed to FTAA, But Commerce Official Says Leave Farm Subsidy Issue to WTO

5 August, 2005
The Bush administration remains committed to the stalled Free Trade Area of the Americas but the issue of U.S. farm subsidies and support policies should be dealt with at the World Trade Organization.

August 5th

US, Philippines Coordinate on DDA

4 August, 2005
The United States and the Philippines last week concluded meetings under the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, during which they discussed the full range of bilateral issues and coordinated on the World Trade Organization Doha Development Agenda negotiations

August 3rd

Anticipating Resumed DDA Negotiations

2 August, 2005
Incoming World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy is preparing to go 'full steam ahead' into an intensive negotiating phase of the Doha Development Agenda by directing the chairs of the agriculture and industrial market access negotiations commence text-based negotiations without delay