Archive

June 22nd, 2005

G20 Proposal on the Green Box

21 June, 2005
The main objective of this review and clarification is to ensure that domestic support measures notified conform to the fundamental requirement that they have no, or at most minimal, trade-distorting effects or effects on production

Canadian Proposal on the Green Box

21 June, 2005
In response to the Chair

June 21st

Proposed Program for the General Council of Peoples

20 June, 2005
The Geneva People's Alliance has released information on the proposed program for the General Council of People's during the July WTO General Council Meeting from July 27th to 29th, 2005.

New TWN Paper on WTO Negotiations on NAMA

20 June, 2005
The paper examines key elements of the NAMA negotiations, the history of protectionism in industrial products (including the use of tariffs by developed countries), the optimal use of industrial tariffs at different phases of a country

June 20th

Sorting Out the DDA End Process

19 June, 2005
A dozen capital-based senior trade officials today will be asked by the European Union to provide some indication as to how far they can go in advancing all the pillars of the Doha Development Agenda work program

June 17th

June 16th

ivergences over modalities for tariff reduction in NAMA talks

15 June, 2005
At the negotiations over non agricultural market access (NAMA), there wasa heated debate over the modalities on the tariff reduction formulaand other aspects such as the treatment of unbound tariffs.(M.Khor)

NAMA negotiations: Argentina, Brazil and India argue why developing countries need to use industrial tariffs

15 June, 2005
Argentina, Brazil and India presentedtheir views on the need to maintain the use of industrial tariffs.They also further explained their proposal which had beentabled at the previous NAMA meeting.(M.Khor)

Group Forms To Lobby For Lower Farm Tariffs, Subsidies

15 June, 2005
U.S. restaurants, food retailers and processors have joined with agriculture producer groups in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil to form a coalition to lobby for reduced farm tariffs and subsidies at the World Trade Organization headquarters here and in world capitals.

June 15th

WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Market Access Issues 30 May-3 June 2005

14 June, 2005
The Special Session on agriculture, mainly involving negotiations onmaket access issues (the tariff reduction formula and special products and special safeguard mechanism) took place on 30 May to 3 June at the WTO.(M.Khor)