At the meeting of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Committee on 1 November 2012, Korea reported some progress on technical discussions it hosted early in the week on expanding the current product coverage of the ITA. It said that the 17 participating members are moving towards more (...)
The Committee on Government Procurement, on 31 October 2012, approved requests by Indonesia and Montenegro, respectively, for observer status. The decisions bring to 25 governments the total number of observers to the plurilateral Government Procurement (...)
The Government of Norway has disbursed NOK 19.5 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), a programme that works to contribute to poverty reduction in least-developed countries (LDCs) by helping them to integrate into the global trading (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on G-20 trade measures issued on 31 October 2012, said that “there has been a slowdown in the imposition of new trade restrictive measures by G-20 economies over the past five months”. However, “at a time of continuous economic difficulties, trade (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Israel takes place on 30 October and 1 November 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Israel.
رهبران كشورهاي جهان در سال 2000 با تصويب يك ميثاق جهاني متعهد شدند كه براي تحقق چند هدف مهم تلاش كنند. اين هدفها به «هدفهاي توسعه هزاره» معروف شدند و براي آنها برنامه ريزيهاي فراواني صورت گرفت. سؤال اين است: اين هدفها تا چه اندازه محقق شدند و اكنون در چه مرحلهاي هستند؟ و سؤال مهم تر براي تشكلهاي كارفرمايي اينكه اين تشكلها (...)
WTO members meeting as the General Council on 26 October 2012 have agreed to Laos joining the organization, paving the way for the southeast Asian country to become a member in early 2013.
Tajikistan’s accession to the WTO cleared a major hurdle on 26 October 2012 when the Working Party on its accession approved, ad referendum, the package spelling out its terms of entry to the organization.