Archive

April 28th, 2006

G-33 Letter to Pascal Lamy and Press Statement

27 April, 2006
Links to a G-33 Letter to the Chair of the TNC, Pascal Lamy, as well as a Press Statement. Apologies if you have already received this.

Updated: Agriculture talks chairpersons reference papers

27 April, 2006
The latest is a paper on the special safeguard mechanism, circulated on 26 April.

US proposal would make SSM useless for developing countries

27 April, 2006
The United States has submitted its position on a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) in the WTO agriculture negotiations that would provide only a very limited use by developing countries of what they consider to be a crucial mechanism to safeguard against adverse effects of liberalization of their agricultural imports.

April 27th

New NAMA Report from Chair including Posible Modalities

26 April, 2006
Link to the latest progress report from the chair of the NAMA negotiations, Ambassador Stephenson, which includes possible language for modalities.

Appellate Body issues report on EC-US anti-dumping dispute

26 April, 2006
The Appellate Body, on 18 April 2006, issued its report regarding the case 'United States - Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ('Zeroing')' (DS294), which was brought by the European Communities to the WTO.

EU and US rapped over trade talks

26 April, 2006
The EU's tough negotiating stance could derail talks aimed at liberalising world trade, a group of MPs has warned.

Appellate Body issues report on compliance in softwood lumber dispute

26 April, 2006
The Appellate Body, on 13 April 2006, issued its report regarding thecompliance panel report in the case 'United States-Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber from Canada'.

MPs criticise UK EU presidency over trade. WDM says its time to ?tear up the WTO talks?.

26 April, 2006
The World Development Movement (WDM) today welcomed criticism by the House of Commons International Development Committee (IDC) of the UK's Presidency of the EU on trade issues and called for the collapse of talks at the WTO.

Dumping of EU Meat / Dumping total de la viande de l'UE

26 April, 2006
Link to a new paper from Jacques Berthelot calculating the extent of EU dumping of meat.

Agriculture negotiations - Chairperson's reference papers for 18-21 April 2006

26 April, 2006
In early April 2006, Ambassador Crawford Falconer, chairperson of the agriculture negotiations, circulated a set of reference papers for the last week of agriculture negotiations before the 30 April deadline for 'modalities'.