Archive - Mar 2005 - Article

March 17th

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

16 March, 2005
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.

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

16 March, 2005
China hopes to hold talks with the United States and European Union over the surge in exports of textiles and apparel to those markets.

March 15th

Paper On NAMA Negotiations By B.L. DAS

14 March, 2005
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.

Paper on NAMA Negotiations by B.L. Das

14 March, 2005
BL Das' paper stresses that the developing countries should take a negotiating position that retains their present flexibilities in determining tariff policy that enables them to undertake industrial development.

IATP Congressional Testimony on DR-CAFTA And Sugar

14 March, 2005
Testimony of RD Olson of IATP against Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement before a congressional field hearing on March 5, 2005.

March 14th

‘Friends' NAMA Formula

13 March, 2005
'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.

Ag and NAMA Market Access

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

Plowing Iraq for Profits

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

'Friends' NAMA Formula

13 March, 2005
The 'Friends of Ambition' in Doha market access negotiations for industrials converged last week around a 'Swiss' tariff-cutting formula.