At the Dispute Settlement Body meeting on 19 November 2012, Australia rejected the first request for a panel made by Honduras on Australia’s measures concerning trademarks, geographical indications and other plain packaging requirements applicable to tobacco products and (...)
Consultations on a proposal for managing quotas for lower-tariff imports have shown that agriculture negotiators consider an early deal in their subject to be crucial if similar efforts are to succeed in other areas, but some sensitivities remain, chairperson John Adank said on 16 November (...)
At a meeting on 16 November 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body adopted the Appellate Body Report and the Panel Report, as upheld by the Appellate Body Report, pertaining to the dispute over anti-dumping duties applied by China on grain oriented flat-rolled electric steel from the United (...)
حدود دو سال پيش سازمان بينالمللي استانداردسازي، ايزو 26000 را كه در مورد «مسؤليت اجتماعي بنگاه» است منتشر كرد. با اينكه در اين سند راهنما با صراحت قيد شده كه ايزو 26000 يك استاندارد نظام مديريت نيست و سازمانها ملزم نيستيند گواهينامهي انطباق با اين استاندارد را دريافت كنند، اما ظاهراً در بسياري از كشورها، آژانسهايي كه گواهينامههاي (...)
«در حال حاضر يك نفر در 10 نفر 60 ساله يا بيشتر است؛ تا سال 2050 يك نفر در هر 5 نفر 60 ساله يا بيشتر خواهد بود.» توجه به همين واقعيت ترديدي به جا نميگذارد كه سازمانهاي تأمين اجتماعي و افراد مسن در چند دههي آينده با چه مشكلات عجيبي مواجه خواهند شد. براي آمادگي جهت مواجهه با همين مشكلات است كه مركز بينالمللي آموزش تورين وابسته به (...)
Actual or potential violations of subsidy or market access commitments for rice, sugar and horticultural products by Costa Rica, Thailand, the EU and Indonesia featured in the WTO Agriculture Committee meeting on 14 November (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Iceland takes place on 13 and 15 November 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Iceland.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 19 November 2012, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document (...)