BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest

Lead Stories
WIPO ADOPTS DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, BUT FACES BUDGET ROW	Members of the World Intellectual Property Organisation on 28 September adopted a 'development agenda', approving a set of reform proposals aimed at placing development concerns at the heart of the institution's work.
NAMA TALKS STILL FOCUSED ON 'NON-CORE' ISSUES, AS CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK	The Doha Round talks on liberalising trade in industrial goods continue to proceed at a snail's pace, despite a warning from the chair of the negotiating committee that time is running out for Members to reach an agreement.
SERVICES CHAIR TO CONSULT WITH MEMBERS ON WHETHER TO DRAFT A TEXT	The chair of the Doha Round services negotiations is set to start meeting with WTO Members to determine whether to issue a draft text setting out parameters to guide the process of liberalisation, as well as what might go into such a document.
FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS ADVANCE, BUT HELD BACK BY AG AND NAMA	The Doha Round negotiations on rules governing fisheries subsidies are showing signs of progress, with the chair of the talks describing two new proposals as "quite helpful" for helping him to produce draft negotiating texts to present to WTO Members.
DESPITE DISPUTE RULINGS, 'ZEROING' STILL AT FOREFRONT OF ANTI-DUMPING TALKS	The US' attachment to a practice for calculating anti-dumping duties known as 'zeroing' remains controversial, as the chair of the Doha Round rules negotiations moves to prepare draft texts to serve as the basis for further discussion among WTO Members.

In Brief	WTO in Brief
	SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT TALKS STILL BLOCKED WTO AID-FOR-TRADE REGIONAL REVIEW HELD IN TANZANIA

Events        &        Resources
Events	4-5 October: WTO'S 2007 PUBLIC FORUM: HOW THE WTO CAN HELP HARNESS GLOBALIZATION. The Forum is intended to provide civil society, academics and the public with a unique opportunity to debate with WTO Members how the WTO can best contribute to the management of globalization. Trade and global governance, the contribution of the WTO to the construction of a coherent multilateral system and the interaction between trade and sustainable development will be but a few of this year's topics. Participants can come to Geneva or participate online. Internet: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum2007_e/programme_e.htm
Resources	CHANGES IN THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: OPPORTUNITES AND CHALLENGES FOR PRODUCERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. South Centre, September 2007. This paper, investigates, compiles and analyses evidence on the nature of changes in the global governance of fresh fruits and vegetables value-chain and the underling causes of the changes. In doing so, the paper also identifies opportunities and challenges arising from the change in the value-chain governance and the determinant of success and failure in the new modus operandi associated with the changes. Internet: http://www.southcentre.org/publications/researchpapers/ResearchPapers12.pdf
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