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BRIDGES
Trade BioRes
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7
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Number
13
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Date: 6 July 2007
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WTO Biotech Ruling: Deadline Set For Compliance
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The
EU has agreed with the US, Argentina and Canada on a 21 November
deadline for compliance with the WTO dispute ruling in the high-profile
case on the EU's approval process for genetically modified organisms
(GMOs). Under the ruling, made public on 29 September 2006,
the application of EU-wide and national moratoria on the approval
of new biotech products at the time the case was filed were
doomed illegal under WTO law.more |
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Ethiopia and Starbucks Reach Coffee Agreement
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The
government of Ethiopia and Starbucks -- a key buyer of Ethiopian
coffee -- recently reached an agreement that respects Ethiopia's
right to use the intellectual property system to seek to increase
its revenues from coffee. The two parties will work together
to strengthen the brand associated with three premium-quality
Ethiopian coffees: Harar, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. On 21 June,
Ethiopia and Starbucks announced that they had reached a licensing
agreement covering distribution and marketing of Harar, Sidamo
and Yirgacheffe coffee. more
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US-Peru
Bilateral to Address Illegal Logging, Boost MEA Implementation
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Civil
society groups in the US are lauding a newly-revised version
of the US-Peru free-trade agreement as the first bilateral trade
treaty to recognise and seriously address the problem of illegal
logging. In the area of environment, the US-Peru FTA has been
amended through the inclusion of new and significantly strengthened
provisions, as well as through the addition of a new annex on
forest sector governance. more |
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Debate
on Private Sector Standards Continues in SPS Committee
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Some
Members have suggested that governments should take responsibility
for the WTO-compatibility of voluntary standards set by companies
within their borders. At a meeting of the Committee on Sanitary
and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures from 27-28 June, Egypt, Argentina
and several other developing countries said that governments
were, in fact, responsible for the standard-setting activities
of private sector entities operating within their territory.
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