Number 43 17th December 2003
- WTO: Members Decide On Way Forward In Doha Round
- G-20, EC Agree To Intensify Doha Round Talks
- CAFTA Negotiations Encounter Last-Ditch Hurdles
- In Brief
- Leaders Adopt Common Vision On The Information Society
- WTO in Brief
- G-35 Demands Greater Role For SP, SSM Concepts In AG Negotiations
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 42 11th December 2003
- DOHA ROUND: TALKS STALL, NEGOTIATING GROUPS TO RESUME IN 2004
- Singapore Issues: Talks Marked By Confusion, Disagreement On Way Forward
- Services Week Shows Dynamism Despite Stalled Doha Talks
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- US Backs Off On Steel Tariffs
- Events
- Events
- Resources
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Number 41 4th December 2003
- WTO: Informal Talks Keep Geneva-Based Delegates Busy
- Singapore Issues: Convergence Emerging On Trade Facilitation
- CTD Considers Development Aspects Of Services Negotiations
- EC Outlines Approach For Getting Round Back On Track
- DSB Update: US Loses On Steel, Wins On Apples
- ACP Council Of Ministers Meeting Discusses Post-Cancun World
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Goods Council Reviews China's Implementation Of WTO Requirements
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 40 26th November 2003
- Agriculture Consultations: Chair Reports Lack Of Engagement
- Developing Countries 'Taken By Surprise' At Talks On Singapore Issues
- FTAA Ministerial Leaves Future Wide Open; Us Moves Toward New Bilaterals
- TRIPS Council Shows Little Progress On Health And Biodiversity
- DSU Review: Members React To Mexican Study
- In Brief
- Report Released On NAFTA's Impacts
- WTO in Brief
- AG Committee Discusses US Farm Bill, Assistance To LDCs
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 39 19th November 2003
- WTO: Green Room Highlights Limited Progress In Trade Talks
- AG Talks: GC Chair Reports Progress, Key Members Sceptical
- Miami FTAA Talks Off To Lukewarm Start
- Civil Society Groups Outline Vision, Concerns for UNCTAD XI
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- HAITI Trade Policy Review Highlights Need For Socio-Political Stability
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 38 13th November 2003
- WTO: Informal Consultations On Singapore Issues Ongoing
- EU Position On Singapore Issues Expected In December; NGOs Target EC Decision-Making
- DSB: EC-US Disputes Top Agenda
- TBT Committee Concludes Triennial Review
- FTAA Mini-Ministerial Discusses Scope Of Agreement
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Harbinson Quits As WTO AG Negotiations Chair
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- RESOURCES
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Number 37 5th November 2003
- 'Business As Usual' At SPS Committee
- CAFTA Talks Push Ahead
- In Brief
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
- RESOURCES
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Number 36 30th October 2003
- WTO: MEMBERS MEET INFORMALLY TO CONSIDER AG
- WTO 'GREEN ROOM' MEETS ON NON-AG MARKET ACCESS; SINGAPORE ISSUES FORTHCOMING
- EU STILL IN 'REFLECTION MODE'
- BRIEF CTE MEETING ADDRESSES ILLEGAL LOGGING, PARA. 51
- WTO LABELLING EVENT HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES, PITFALLS IN STANDARD-SETTING
- In Brief
- In Brief
- Events
- EVENTS
- Resources
- RESOURCES
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Number 35 23rd October 2003
- WTO: BRIEF GC MEETING APPROVES 2005 MINISTERIAL IN HONG KONG
- DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSS TA, COMMODITIES, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- APEC SUMMIT CALLS FOR RESTART OF WTO TALKS; SEES FLURRY OF BILATERAL TRADE DEALS
- In Brief
- Islamic States Consider Creating Free Trade Area
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 34 15th October 2003
- Trade Talks: Chair Castillo Sets Out Process Forward
- G-20 Meets In Buenos Aires, Calls For Resumption Of Trade Talks
- GATS: Discussions Continue Without A Finish Line On The Horizon
- ASEAN Members Agree To Deepen Integration
- Canada To Amend Patent Act, Allow Generic Medicine Exports
- In Brief
- Report Highlights Sustainable Coffee Market Growth
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 33 8th October 2003
- Agriculture: G-20 Group Discusses Way Ahead; Colombia, Peru Leave Alliance
- GATS: Business As Usual Despite Cancun Failure
- DSB Update: GIS, Quarantine Laws And Lumber
- FTAA: US-Brazil Standoff Dims Prospects For Miami Ministerial
- ACP-EU Ministers Meet To Launch Phase II Of EPA Negotiations
- In Brief
- CEMAC & ECOWAS Launch First ACP-EU Bilateral Deals
- Events
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 32 1st October 2003
- GC Chair Looking For Guidance On Way Forward
- Russia Dashes Hopes For Kyoto Protocol's Swift Entry Into Force
- From The Regions: China Intensifies Regional Trade Talks
- In Brief
- Canada To Be First G-7 Country To Allow Export Of Generic HIV/Aids Drugs
- WTO in Brief
- Agriculture Committee Discusses US Farm Assistance
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 31 25th September 2003
- WTO: Uncertainty Dominates As Members Return To Geneva Process
- WTO Agriculture Negotiations: Perplexity On All Sides
- In Brief
- Former Soviet Republics Sign Trade Zone Deal
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 30 4th September 2003
- GC Chair Issues Note To Accompany Draft Ministerial Text As Members Prepare For Cancun Meeting
- Industrial Market Access: North-South Split Persists Leading Into Cancun
- S&D 'Early Harvest': The 'Development' Agenda In Action?
- DSB Update: Lumber, Quarantine Laws, Biotech And Sugar
- In Brief
- Landlocked LDCs Make Gains At Almaty Conference
- WTO in Brief
- Members Agree On Special Treatment For LDCs In Services Talks
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 29 28th August 2003
- Discussions Wrap Up In Geneva; Remaining Rifts Left For Cancun
- WTO Members Expected To Agree On Trips & Health Pre-Cancun
- Agriculture: Draft Framework Released, Members Voice 'Balanced' Criticism
- Singapore Issues: Members Unhappy With Draft Text For Cancun
- Services: Developing Countries Call For Stronger Focus On Horizontal Issues, Mode Four
- EC Stymied In Attempt To Resolve MEA Attendance At WTO
- In Brief
- US To Enact New Food Import Controls
- WTO in Brief
- GI Discussion At A Standstill As EU Presents Its Product List
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 28 21st August 2003
- WTO In Midst Of Negotiating Flurry
- Agriculture: Real Negotiations Start As EC, US Table Joint Modalities Text
- Singapore Issues: Staunch Opposition, New African Proposal
- Members Struggle To Reach Pre-Cancun S&D Early Harvest
- North-South Divide Persists As WTO Market Access Talks Move Towards Cancun
- William Kennedy New CEC Executive Director
- In Brief
- South Asian Agenda For Cancun Ministerial
- WTO in Brief
- Nepal Ready To Enter WTO
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 27 28th July 2003
- Members Debate Draft Ministerial Text At GC
- Civil Society Groups Criticise Negotiating Process, Members More Positive
- WTO Members Remain Divided Over Singapore Issues
- Cotton & Special Products Crop Up In WTO Agriculture Group
- Early Harvest On S&D May Have To Wait Until Cancun
- Small States Cast For Fisheries Subsidies Exceptions In WTO Rules Talks
- EU Blocks Sugar Panel At DSB Meeting
- In Brief
- New UN Task Force On Gender And Trade
- WTO in Brief
- New Deadline Set For DSU Negotiations
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 26 17th July 2003
- TNC Reports Scant Progress; Draft Text For Cancun To Be Released Shortly
- Services: Chair Jara Reports On Post-Doha Process, Developing Countries Disappointed
- WTO Market Access Group Deliberates Negotiating Approach
- Progress On S&D Slow, Discussions Continue
- DSU Update: EU-Sugar; US-Cotton; Australia-Fruit; US-Steel
- In Brief
- Report Urges Public Participation To Save Environment
- WTO in Brief
- Process On Implementation Issues Finds New Spark
- Events
- Events
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Number 25 10th July 2003
- Agriculture: Members Still Far Apart On Key Elements Of Negotiation Modalities
- WTO Environment Committees Stuck On Role Of MEA Secretariats, ECO-Labelling
- Services Council Considers New LDC Modalities Drafts
- TBT Committee Considers Proposed EU Chemical Legislation
- In Brief
- Caribbean Leaders Tackle Integration, WTO, FTAA Issues At Summit
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 24 3rd July 2003
- EU Ministers reach deal on CAP reform, trading partners respond cautiously
- Agriculture: WTO Meeting Takes Stock Of Progress, Discusses Way Forward
- GMO Update: EU Traceability And Labelling One Step Closer; Codex Adopts Standards; US Continues Aggressive Biotech Stance
- US Rumoured To Consider Change In Tactic On Trips & Health
- DSU Update: Antidumping, UU-Antigua/Barbuda Gambling, India-US Textiles
- Position Vacancies
- In Brief
- Hong Kong, Mainland China Sign Free Trade Pact
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 23 25th June 2003
- WTO Members Fail to Make Progress at Mini-Ministerial
- Singapore Issue Controversy Continues
- US Takes Next Step In EU Biotech Challenge
- Rules: New 'friends of anti-dumping' proposals; Chile submission on fisheries subsidies
- In Brief
- Standards gap hurts African Countries
- WTO in Brief
- WTO Director-General Sets Up Advisory Group Of Experts
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 22 18th June 2003
- Agreement on EU Cap Reform Expected by End-June
- CTD Considers Technical Assistance, Regional Arrangements, Primary Commodities
- Investment: Members Disagree on Negotiations, Informal Consultations to Proceed
- Climate Change Negotiations Address Future Of Kyoto Protocol
- In Brief
- Standards Gap Hurts African Countries
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 21 12th June 2003
- TNC Hears Statement by Burkina Faso President, Considers Submission on Road to Cancun
- Investment Negotiations: New Submission Signals Support, NGOs Highlight Pitfalls
- Position Vacancy
- In Brief
- New Biotrade Project Launched In Bolivia
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 20 4th June 2003
- S&D Review Back Underway
- WTO Members Miss DSU Negotiating Deadline
- Agriculture Update: Special Safeguard Mechanism Discussed, Cap Reform Proceeds
- G-8 Leaders Pledge To Complete Doha Round
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 19 28th May 2003
- Industrial Market Access Modalities Approval Awaits Agriculture
- WTO Limits NGO Access To Cancun Ministerial
- Environment Secretariats to Attend July WTO CTE Session
- Services: WTO Members Review Domestic Regulation Annex, Overall Progress
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Russian Accession Put Off Until 2004
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 18 21st May 2003
- WTO Market Access Paper Gives Members Food For Thought
- WTO General Council Tackles Implementation And Development
- Services: Zambia Tables Formal Proposal On LDC Modalities
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- If Steering Committee Adopts Funding TOR
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 17 14th May 2003
- US Requests WTO Consultations With EU On Biotech Moratorium
- Reviving the S&D Process: GC Chair Circulates Proposals
- TNC: Back to the Grind in Geneva
- WTO, IMF, World Bank Heads Meet To Discuss Coherence
- Rules: New EU Proposal On Fisheries Subsidies
- European Commission Releases Draft Chemicals Legislation
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Softwood Lumber Panel To Be Established
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 16 7th May 2003
- MEA-WTO Relationship: Debate Matures, No Solution Yet
- TRIPS Council: GI Extension Issue Crops Up in Negotiations on Multilateral System
- EU Puts Forward Cautious Services Offer
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Anti-Dumping Probes On The Decline
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 15 30th April 2003
- Development Central Issue to Market Access Talks
- Latin America To Feel Effects Of EU GSP Review
- Dispute Settlement: Preliminary Ruling Against India In Textiles Case
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 14 16th April 2003
- DSU Reform: Members Fear Another Deadline will be Missed
- Trade and Investment: New EU Paper on Policy Space for Development
- In Brief
- India And Singapore Meet To Launch Economic Cooperation Agreement
- WTO in Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 13 10th April 2003
- TNC Ponders Way Forward
- WTO Searching For Path To Move Ahead On S&D Review
- SPS Committee Adopts Canadian Proposal On Transparency Of S&D
- Position Vacancies
- In Brief
- Save The Children UK Foresees Negative GATS Outcomes
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 12 2nd April 2003
- Agriculture Modalities: Deadlines Missed, Eyes Now on Cancun
- Only Few Services Offers Trickle In By End-March Deadline
- Dispute Settlement: Panel Rules Against US Steel Tariffs; Panel Established On US Upland Cotton
- Position Vacancy
- In Brief
- New Expert Group On Singapore Issues
- WTO in Brief
- WTO in Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 11 26th March 2003
- Agriculture Modalities: Final Countdown
- Rules: Members Consider Options For Addressing Fisheries Subsidies, Anti-Dumping Issues
- NGOs Launch Campaign Against WTO Investment Agreement
- Position Vacancies
- In Brief
- Financial Liberalisation: New IMF Report Advises Caution
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 10 20th March 2003
- Agriculture: Only Minor Modifications In Harbinson's Revised Modalities Draft
- Goods Council Debates Trade Facilitation
- Lack Of Movement In Dispute Settlement Review
- EU And India Meet On Doha Round Issues
- Supachai: Doha Round Prospects Dim In Shadow Of War; Explosion Of Bilateral Trade Treaties A Threat
- GATS Chair Warns Of Deadlock On ESM
- Cancun Bulletin
- In Brief
- US And Australia Initiate Trade Talks
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 9 13th March 2003
- In Brief
- US Bans Shrimp Imports Over Concerns For Turtles
- WTO in Brief
- Hong Kong To Host Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
- CTD Meeting Considers Technical Cooperation
- Events
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 8 5th March 2003
- Agriculture: WTO Members Prepare for Extended Modalities Phase
- TNC: Negotiations Reaching Gridlock
- Services Week: Modalities On Autonomous Liberalisation Near Approval
- In Brief
- Fisheries Meeting Focuses On Mammal Competition And Illegal Fishing
- WTO in Brief
- Egypt To Host End-June Mini-Ministerial
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 7 27th February 2003
- Agriculture: Negotiations Stalling, NGOs Voice Concern
- TRIPs Council Focuses On Tech Transfer And Geographical Indications
- WTO Goods Council Approves Kimberley Process Waiver
- Developing Countries Air Concerns At WTO Market Access Group
- Developing Countries Air Concerns At WTO Market Access Group
- In Brief
- FAO Stresses Need To Bridge 'Molecular Divide'
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 6 19th February 2003
- Tokyo Mini-Ministerial Fails to Deliver Results
- Agriculture: Harbinson's Modalities Draft Receives Mixed Reactions
- No Compromise in Sight on TRIPS & Health
- WTO Environment Committee Allows Ad-Hoc Attendance To MEA Secretariats
- In Brief
- US Announces Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Measures
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 5 12th February 2003
- Agriculture: Harbinson Circulates First Modalities Draft
- Last-Minute Attempt To Save Trips & Health Discussions
- S&D Review in Limbo as General Council Fails to Adopt Report
- WTO General Council Elects Chairs, Decides on NGO Access to Cancun
- Rules Negotiating Group Tackles Anti-Dumping, Fisheries Subsidies
- Last-Minute Attempt To Save TRIPS & Health Discussions
- In Brief
- In Brief
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 4 6th February 2003
- TNC Stock-Taking Session: Negotiations Nearing Grinding Halt
- TRIPS Council Back at "Square One" on Medicines Issue
- New Draft Report On S&D As Members Confront Third Deadline
- European Commission Presents Services Liberalisation Offer
- Heavy Workload In DSB Negotiating Session
- In Brief
- UNCTAD Launches Trade And Globalisation Project In India
- WTO in Brief
- Indian Minister Seeks Coalition To Protect Farming Sector
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 3 29th January 2003
- Agriculture Negotiations Still Stalling
- Informal TRIPS Council Reconvenes On Drugs Issue
- Cancun Bulletin: Logistical Update, Civil Society Mobilisation
- Position Vacancy: Programme Officer - Trade
- WTO in Brief
- LDC Sub-Committee: Zambia Submits Proposal On Enhancing The Role Of Trade In Development
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 2 22nd January 2003
- Africa-US Trade Summit Discusses Future Of African Trade
- WTO Appellate Body Rules Against US On Antidumping
- Climate Change: Russia Delays Ratification, US Carbon Market Launched
- WTO Resources
- In Brief
- US, Morocco Launch Free Trade Talks
- WTO in Brief
- Environment Negotiating Group To Begin WTO-MEA Talks In Earnest
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources
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Number 1 15th January 2003
- EU Initiative Seeks to Break Deadlock in TRIPS & Health Negotiations
- Services: WTO Members Closer To Agreement On Autonomous Liberalisation
- India Challenges EU GSP Scheme On Environment And Labour Standards
- In Brief
- 'Sceptical Environmentalist' Under Fire
- WTO in Brief
- WTO In Brief
- Events
- Events
- Resources
- Resources