The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 18 November 2011, 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 (...)
The Open Forum on “China’s role in the new global order”, organised by the International Trade Centre, took place at the WTO on 10 November 2011. The guest speaker was Mr Long Yongtu, Chief Negotiator of China’s accession to the WTO and former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and (...)
At the Council for Trade in Goods meeting on 7 November 2011, members urged Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and the European Union to roll back various trade restrictions. The European Union said it would continue to consult with members on its waiver request for trade preferences for Pakistan. The (...)
Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza, in a speech at the University of Hong Kong on 4 November 2011, warned that “to turn to protectionist trade measures in the current circumstances would be a huge mistake triggering a game of lowest common denominator where the loser will ultimately be (...)
On 1 November 2011, the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD) and the World Trade Organization concluded an agreement for the development of the signage of WTO Headquarters (renovated areas and new building). Under the supervision of their professors, students from the school will be (...)
The first review of the trade policies and practices of Cambodia takes place on 1 and 3 November 2011. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Cambodia.
The WTO is releasing for the first time quarterly and monthly statistics on international trade in commercial services (on a balance of payments basis) for available economies. These statistics are current price numbers, not seasonally adjusted. According to these latest statistics, world (...)
در نشستها و مجامع تصميمگيري، وقتي كسي نوبت گرفت و صبحت خود را شروع كرد، هيچ كس نميتواند با قطع كردن كلام او حرفي بزند يا پيشنهادي مطرح كند. با اين همه، برخي پيشنهادها هستند كه بنا به ماهيتشان، ميتوان بدون كسب اجازه از رئيس جلسه و با قطع كردن صبحت سخنران جلسه، آنها را مطرح كرد. به علاوه، هر پيشنهادي، پيش از آنكه در مجمع مطرح (...)
آنچه كه در ادامه تقديم ميشود ترجمهي بخش دوم سندي است به قلم جناب آقاي انتونيو پنالوزا دبيركل محترم سازمان بينالمللي كارفرمايان كه در اختيار «كميتهي متخصصان اجراي كنوانسيونها و توصيهنامهها»، كه مشغول تهيه «بررسي كلي 2012» است قرار گرفته و از اعضاء كميته خواسته شده ضمن طرح مواضع كارفرمايان در «بررسي» خود، توضيح دهند كه براساس (...)
On 28 October 2011, the Working Party on Samoa’s accession cleared the path for its WTO membership by approving the accession package which spells out Samoa’s terms of accession. The Working Party agreed to forward Samoa’s accession package to the Eighth Ministerial Conference to take place on (...)