Germany has donated EUR 150,000 (about CHF 185,190) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) for 2013. The contribution will assist developing countries in establishing and implementing sanitary and phytosanitary (...)
At the Council for Trade in Goods meeting on 18 October 2013, concerns were raised about Russia’s ban on Lithuanian dairy products, the European Union’s measures on biofuels, Ukraine’s recycling fee for cars, and Nigeria’s import quotas on (...)
Experimental use of environmental information on product labels in France and Switzerland’s plans for a “green economy” were among the issues WTO members discussed on 16 October 2013 in the Trade and Environment Committee.
The WTO committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health heard a record number of specific trade concerns — 11 new, 12 old and one under “other business” — but was unable to agree on a mediation procedure designed to avoid legal disputes when it met on 16–17 October (...)
At the request of the parties in the dispute “United States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (Second Complaint) — Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by the European Union” (DS353), the panel has agreed to show to the public a video recording of the non-confidential portions of (...)
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, at the informal meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee on 14 October 2013, said: “Today marks the beginning of our countdown to identify all landing zones in our three Bali deliverables. In just a few weeks’ time, we will have a clear idea of whether or not (...)
WTO talks on streamlining trade have been given a strong boost by pledges of support for a “trade facilitation” agreement from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and four regional development banks, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said on 13 October (...)
سومين بخش از گزارش هيأت مديره كانون عالي انجمنهاي صنفي كارفرمايي ايران (كعاصكا) به مجامع عمومي عادي و فوقالعاده كعاصكا، كه روز دوشنبه 25 شهريور ماه 1392 در تهران برگزار شد، يكي ديگر از ابتكارات مديره را در فاصله برگزاري دو مجمع معرفي ميكرد. بر اساس اين گزارش، كه در ادامه ارايه شده است، هيأت مديره كعاصكا مجموعهي نظرات اصلاحي مورد (...)
Since 2002, Japans total contributions to the various WTO Trust Funds have reached CHF 9.2 million. This new donation of USD 91,938 (CHF 85,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF[1]) will be allocated to assist developing and least-developed countries in analysing and (...)
Some pieces of a deal in selected agricultural issues are clearer to see, although tough work remains on a number of issues before the December Bali Ministerial Conference, chairperson John Adank told agriculture negotiators on 11 October (...)