Archive - 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 in a formula for reducing tariffs on industrial and consumer goods.

G-20 Ready To Seek Five-Year Deadline For Elimination Of Farm Export Subsidies

16 March, 2005
The G-20 emerged as a powerful alliance for developing countries prior to the WTO's 2003 ministerial conference in Cancun, Mexico.

March 15th

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.

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.

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.

March 14th

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.

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
'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.

14 Developing Countries Criticize WIPO Patent Treaty Talks

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

14 Developing Countries Criticize WIPO Patent Treaty Talks

13 March, 2005
a report on the controversy over a consultation meeting organised by the WIPO secretariat on in Casablanca on 16 February