The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 10 July 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 officially (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on trade-related developments issued on 29 June 2012, said that “there has been no slowdown in the imposition of new trade restrictions over the past seven months”. He noted that “the more recent wave of trade restrictions seems no longer to be aimed at (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in receiving an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Edinburgh on 29 June 2012, said that “Europe needs a ‘Legitimacy Compact’ to complement its Fiscal and Growth Compacts. More stringent disciplines and stronger solidarity can only be held together in a (...)
Development assistance since 2005 for cotton producers, mainly in Africa, is approaching $400 million, WTO members heard on 29 June 2012, in a meeting where several members also said they were concerned about subsidies proposed in a new US Farm (...)
On 29 June 2012, the WTO Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases “US – Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements” (DS384 and DS386).
اختلاف نظر قديمي بين كارفرمايان و كارشناسان عضو كميتهي كاربست استانداردهاي سازمان بينالمللي كار در مورد تفسير «حق اعتصاب»، در جريان برگزاري يكصد و يكمين اجلاس بينالمللي كار كه طي خرداد ماه 1391 در ژنو برگزار شد بالا گرفت به نحوي كه كارگران و كارفرمايان نتوانستند در مورد تعيين فهرست شكايتهايي كه ميبايست در جريان اين اجلاس مورد (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, during ceremonies commemorating the 30th anniversary of the GATT/WTO Legal Affairs Division on 28 June 2012, said that “there is very broad confidence in the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. Ninety-eight Members have participated in one capacity or another, which (...)
On 27 June 2012, the United States, the European Union and Japan requested a special meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) to be held on 10 July 2012 to consider their requests for panels to examine China’s exports measures on rare earths (DS431, DS432 & (...)
روزنامهي آمريكايي «نيويورك تايمز» در شماره روز 24 مارس سال 1895 خود و به مناسبت انتشار ويرايش جديدي از كتاب «قواعد نظام رابرتز» مقالهاي منتشر كرده و در آن به اين پرسش ميپردازد كه «چه كساني لايق جمهوري» هستند؟ اين مقاله در پاسخ به اين پرسش مينويسد فقط كشوري لايق جمهوري است كه مردمش بتوانند نشستهاي شهري را به نحو مناسب برگزار كنند. (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance in Berlin on 26 June 2012, said that “multilateralism is at a crossroads. Either it advances in the spirit of shared values and enhanced co-operation, or we will face a retreat from multilateralism, at our (...)