BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest

Lead Stories
AG, NAMA TALKS CONTINUE, WITH REVISED DRAFT TEXTS EXPECTED MID-NOVEMBER	Talks on agriculture and industrial goods trade continue at the WTO, in what may be the last week of discussions before the chairs of the two negotiating committees issue new draft compromise texts that could become the basis for a Doha Round agreement - or a bitter collapse.
TRIPS COUNCIL EXTENDS PUBLIC HEALTH DEADLINE; DISCUSSES BIODIVERSITY, LDC AID	WTO Members last week addressed a range of intellectual property rights issues, extending a deadline for countries to ratify an agreement aimed at easing the export of essential medicines to poor nations, and looking at help for some of the poorest governments to implement their multilateral obligations.

In Brief	WTO in Brief
Central Africa Steps Back from Signing EPA, Asks EU for Preference Extension New US Govt Report: US Trade Policy Paying Too Little Heed to Public Health	SPS Committee: Voluntary Standards Divide Members

Events        &        Resources
Events	1-2 November, Tokyo, Japan. EMERGING ASIAN REGIONALISM: TEN YEARS AFTER THE CRISIS. Organised by the Asian Development Bank Institute, this workshop aims to review how Asian countries underwent two decades of dramatic change, from the rapid economic growth of the mid-1990s, to the large setbacks during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, to the renewed sustained expansion of the past decade with focus on Asian regionalism. Internet: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2007/Asian-Regionalism/default.asp.
Resources	WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK 2007 - CHINA AND INDIA INSIGHTS. International Energy Agency, November 2007. China and India, the world's fastest growing energy markets, are the special focus of the 2007 edition in the award-winning World Energy Outlook (WEO) series. How fast will demand in these dynamic economies rise? How will it be met? And what impact will their energy choices have on the rest of the world? Incorporating a global update of the WEO mid- and long-term energy projections reflecting the latest data, WEO 2007 also features 3 key energy scenarios to 2030; also, new and more detailed models for both China and India allow a more comprehensive analysis of different future energy paths. WEO 2007 analyses the impact of rising energy use in these countries. Additionally, the work looks at the prospects for coal use, the role of nuclear, renewables, energy-efficiency improvements and urban and rural energy poverty in these two countries are all examined in depth. Internet: http://www.iea.org/w/bookshop/add.aspx?id=319.
Vacancy	The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is a Canadian-based not-for-profit organisation with a diverse team of more than 150 people located in more than 30 countries, is seeking an experienced Project Administrator to help manage and expand the Trade Knowledge Network (TKN).
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