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    > WTO

 

  • WTO and the Private Sector .... more
     

  • “No indication of descent into high-intensity protectionism” says Report on G20 Trade and Investment Measures.... more
     

  • WTO 47th Trade Policy Course.... more
     

  • WTO sees 9% global trade decline in 2009 .... more
     

  • Keep trade open and to keep opening trade .... more
     

  • Protectionism cannot be ‘smart’, Lamy .... more
     

  • Lamy urges governments to rebuild confidence and fight protectionism .... more
     

  • Lamy: “Trade is part of the solution to the global economic crisis" .... more
     

  • WTO provides flexibilities for developing-country farmers
         .... more
     

  • Resist the temptation of protectionism - says Patricia Francis
         .... more
     

  • WTO Forum: What is at stake for the private sector in the Doha Round of negotiations?
         .... more
     

  • WTO to move quickly on wider front in 2009 — Lamy
         .... more
     

  • No turning back: Lock-in 20 years of reforms at the WTO .... more
     

  • “Trade Financing” is squeezed due to global financial crisis .... more
     

  • Lamy welcomes building new Bretton Wood .... more
     

  • WTO is global insurance policy for a global economy -Lamy .... more
     

  • ITC at the WTO Public Forum 2008 .... more
     

  • Readers' views: Trade liberalisation - Greater equity needed: the role of the WTO .... more
     

  • WTO Trade Statistics 2008: Interview with WTO Chief Economist Patrick Low (17 April 2008) .... more
     

  • WTO Director General signals start of a new phase in negotiations .... more
     

  • WTO World Trade Report 2007 celebrates six decades of multilateralism .... more
     DOHA ROUND  

  • Business support for open trade will be vital to a successful conclusion of the Doha round—Lamy ... more
     

  • G20 must now “walk the talk” on Doha — Lamy ... more
     

  • Lamy hopes New Delhi meeting can be “the beginning of the endgame of the Doha Round” ... more
     

  • Doha: The last mile in the marathon ... more
     

  • Multilateral Trading System- an “Insurance Policy against Protectionism”, says Lamy ... more
     

  • Restoring citizens' confidence in trade requires sound domestic policies — Lamy ... more
     

  • WTO Secretariat reports surge in new anti-dumping investigations ... more
     

  • WTO Members asking to build on “enormous progress” for final agreement — Lamy ... more
     

  • WTO Members asking to build on "enormous progress" for final agreement - Lamy ... more
     

  • Lamy urges “maximum effort” for July Meeting of WTO Ministers" ... more
     

  • Lamy - speaking on WTO Doha Round. We are getting to the moment of truth" ... more
     

  • Lamy: Doha Round conclusion will reassure world financial markets ... more
     

  • New Doha plan planned ... more
     

  • NAMA: WTO Members end week of NAMA talks with no progress; cross-sector deals eyed .... more
     

  • Financial Express: India wants to stop proposed WTO rules on fisheries subsidies  .... more
     

  • Economics and Politics in 2008 Dampen Hopes for Conclusion to Doha Round .... more
     

  • WTO members narrow farm differences, want more talks
      ....     more
     

  • Sri Lanka for international trade, but domestic concerns will not be compromised  .... more
     

  • Interview with the World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy .... more
     

  • Leeway on services could see talks through: WB .... more
     

  • Agriculture Chair circulates four new text .... more
     

  • Groups report back on services requests .... more
     
    AID FOR TRADE     Points of view on Aid for Trade

  • Mobilizing the Private Sector ... more
     

  • Private Sector should ‘think regional’ to benefit from North-South Corridor ... more
     

  • Lamy: Ultimate aim of Aid for Trade talks "to enhance donors' contributions" ... more
     

  • ITC reports on consultations with business over Aid for Trade ... more
     
     ACCESSIONS  

  • MEDT: Russia’s accession talks in final stages ... more
     

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: one more step ... more
     

  • Laos membership bid speeds up ... more
     

  • Yemen sets 2009 target for WTO accession ... more
     

  • Comoros WTO accession bid launched ... more
    ANTI-DUMPING  

  • Exclusive-Update 3 – EU trade chief delays disputed dumping reform .... more
     AGRICULTURE  

  • WTO Agriculture Committee focuses on monitoring commitments .... more
     

  • The Doha Round can be part of the answer to the food crisis — Lamy .... more
     

  • WTO Agriculture Negotiations Chair reports ‘incremental progress’ as farm talks continue .... more
     

  • Rising Food Prices .... more
     

  • Revised draft modalities on Agriculture .... more
     

  • EU farm chief signals gradual end to dairy subsidies .... more
    DISPUTE SETTLEMENT  

  • United States - Anti-dumping measures relating to shrimp imports from Thailand .... more
     

  • Canada agrees to extend deadline for EU to amend biotech rules .... more
     

  • Subsidy cuts boost sugar producers
     ....     more
     

  • US fails to comply with WTO challenge on zeroing by deadline .... more
     

  • WTO awards USD 21 million in online gambling case .... more
     

  • Compensation package agreed in Internet gambling case .... more
     

  • WTO panel to investigate US farm subsidies .... more
     

  • China agrees to end subsidies
     ....     more
     

  • US blocks two panel requests on farm subsidies .... more
     

  • Appellate body rules in EU-Brazil retread tyres case .... more
     

  • DRAMs: Appellate body upholds panel ruling .... more
     

  • Brazil, Canada join forces on US agriculture subsidies ... more
      NAMA  

  • The July 2008 NAMA modalities text Third Revision .... more
     

  • Export Taxes and Export restrictions on Raw Materials .... more
     

  • WTO: NAMA Chair suspends meetings on industrial tariffs .... more
     

  • Draft NAMA Modalities - LDC’s proposal on Rules of Origin .... more
     

  • Draft NAMA Modalities - LDC’s proposal on Rules of Origin .... more
     

  • WTO Doha Development Agenda: Revised Draft of NAMA Modalities issued .... more
     
    Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures  

  • Good Practice in SPS-related Technical Cooperation
     ....     more
     

  • Addressing NTBs: Non-Recognition of Certificates of Conformity Assessment issued in the Country of Origin .... more
     

  • WTO Members turn attention to improving SPS mediation .... more
     

  • Operationalizing ‘regionalization’ under the WTO/SPS Agreement .... more
     

  • Private Standards and the WTO/SPS Agreement .... more
     

  • F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe .... more
   SERVICES

  • Service Sector: Computer Services .... more
     

  • Service Sector: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) .... more
     

  • Service Sector: Professional Services .... more
     

  • General GATS Exercise .... more
     

  • MFN exemptions .... more
     

  • GATS Commitments .... more
     

  • General Obligations (Part II) - Mutual Recognition Agreements, Competition Issues and Progressive Liberalisation .... more
     

  • General Obligations (Part I) - MFN Treatment, Transparency and Domestic Regulations ... more
     

  • Defining trade in services ... more
     

  • Introduction to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ... more
     

  • Lamy: “Continued policy and regulatory reform in favour of services trade will be vital to supporting economic recovery” ... more
     

  • Facilitating Trade in Services: Mozambican Strategy... more
     

  • Business responsive education sector in the era of globalisation ... more
     

  • Globalization of Services Trade & the Establishment of Industry Coalitions: Conclusions of an Empirical Study ... more
     

  • WTO DG Lamy celebrates benefits of opening trade in telecoms ... more
     

  • Trade in Services - its importance for success of Doha Round ... more
    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY  

  • What intellectual property issues should I consider when I design and build my company’s website? How can I protect my intellectual property rights on the web? What precautions can I take to avoid violating the intellectual property rights of others? ... more
     

  • What should I consider when choosing a domain name? ... more
     

  • What are the intellectual property issues involved in choosing and registering domain names? Why should I consider intellectual property issues in undertaking e-commerce? ... more
     

  • How may I obtain exclusive rights over the use of my packaging or label? ... more
     

  • Can intellectual property assets be securitized? ... more
     

  • How can intellectual property help me finance my business? ... more
     

  • How can intellectual property assets be valued? ... more
     

  • Should I get a valuation of my intellectual property rights? ... more
     

  • What is product certification? What is the role of certification marks?
     ... more
     

  • How does intellectual property relate to technical regulations and standards? ... more
     

  • What are my options for settling my IP disputes out of court? ... more
     

  • How can customs authorities help prevent or stop the violation of my intellectual property rights? Do I have to notify them in advance? ... more
     

  • If I notice violation of my intellectual property rights, what should or can I do?
    ?     ... more
     

  • When should I apply for the protection of my intellectual property rights abroad? ... more
     

  • Having bought my IP-protected goods in an overseas market, can a buyer re-import those goods and sell them in the domestic market? Can I stop him or her? How does this affect my export and pricing strategy? ... more
     

  • What are the various ways of entering an export market and how can intellectual property help? ... more
     

  • How can I know if my company has intellectual property assets? What is an intellectual property audit? ... more
     

  • Why is it important to include intellectual property issues in my business plan? ... more
     

  •  What are the essential elements of a business plan? ... more
     

  • How do I license works protected by copyright? ... more
     

  • What are the essential elements of trademark licences? ... more
     

  • What is a non-disclosure agreement? ... more
     

  • What is a franchise? ... more
     

  • How are industrial property rights paid for in licensing agreements? ... more
     

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of participating in a joint venture with another company? ... more
     

  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of licensing? ... more
     

  • What are the main elements of a licensing agreement? What are the main issues to bear in mind when negotiating a licensing
    agreement?     ... more
     

  • What are the main contractual agreements for the transfer of technology? ... more
     

  • When is it advisable to protect information as a trade secret?. more
     

  •  How do I develop a trade secret strategy for my business?... more
     

  • What are trade secrets?... more
     

  • What issues must I consider as a user of works protected by copyright?... more
     

  • How can I better understand the copyright system in my country?... more
     

  • What is collective management of copyright and related rights?... more
     

  • How do I protect my works? What rights does copyright provide?... more
     

  • What rights do companies involved in performing, broadcasting and producing music recordings have?... more
     

  • What is copyright? What types of works are protected by copyright?... more
     

  • How important is it to keep the design confidential before registration?... more
     

  • What can be registered as an industrial design?... more
     

  • Why should I protect my designs?  How do I protect my industrial designs?... more
     

  • What is an industrial design? Why is it important to by business? ... more
     

  • What do I need to know about using a trademark? ... more
     

  • How do I register my trademarks? ... more
     

  • What should I bear in mind when selecting or creating my trademark? ... more
     

  • What are the different types of marks? ... more
     

  • Why should I protect my trademark? ... more
     

  • What cannot be protected as a trademark? ... more
     

  • What is a trademark? ... more
     

  • Where can I search patent information? ... more
     

  • How can the information obtained from patent databases be useful in business? ... more
     

  • What are the administrative procedures for obtaining patent protection? ... more
     

  • What happens if I do not patent my innovative products or processes? ... more
     

  • Why should I patent my innovative products or processes? ... more
     

  • How do I determine if my product is patentable?... more
     

  • What are the costs of patent protection?... more
     

  • What is a patent? ... more
     

  • The Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity—State of Play of discussions in WTO... more
     

  • Is copyright protection valid internationally?... more
     

  • Do all countries protect intellectual property?... more

     Where can I find information on intellectual property protection and related procedures in different countries?... more
     

  • How do I protect my intellectual property rights abroad?... more
     

  • Are the intellectual property rights protected in my country automatically protected abroad?... more
     

  • Chamber of Commerce and intellectual Property ... more
     

  • What are the intellectual property mistakes most commonly made by exporters? ... more
     

  • Intellectual Property: Issues for small and medium sized exporters
      ... more
     

  • DR-CAFTA provisions on IPR under debate at UN Committee
     ...     more
     

  • EU accepts TRIPS amendment on compulsory licensing .... more
     

  • Indonesia considers compulsory licences on second-line ARVs .... more
     

  • WIPO IP business tool for SMEs
      ..... more
    PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP  

  • United States – trade policy consultation Mechanisms .... more
     

  • Philippines – trade policy consultation Mechanisms .... more
     

  • Rules of Origin in fisheries sector (Contd) .... more
     

  • Mexico – trade policy consultation Mechanisms .... more
     

  • Rules of Origin in fisheries sector .... more
     

  • Malaysia – trade policy consultation Mechanisms .... more
     

  • Rules of origin in EU. Proposal of EuroCommerce (part II)  .... more
     

  • India – trade policy consultation Mechanisms .... more
     

  • Rules of origin in EU. Proposal of EuroCommerce (part I)  .... more
     

  • China – trade policy consultation Mechanisms  .... more
     

  • Canada – trade policy consultation Mechanisms
      .... more
     

  • Brazil – trade policy consultation Mechanisms
      .... more
     

  • Vietnam’s Fisheries Exports to the EC Public - Private Collaboration to Address Non-Tariff Measures  .... more
     

  • EPA: Views from the Private Sector - Trade in Goods: Kenya  .... more
     

  • EPA: Views from the Private Sector - Trade in Services: Uganda  .... more
     

  • India – Sri Lanka : Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement  .... more
     

  • Services and Investment: Lessons drawn from the EC-CARIFORUM EPA  .... more
     

  • Business Implications of the EU EPA Negotiations for EAC  .... more
     

  • Mace Foods LTD: contributing to poverty reduction in Kenya  .... more
     

  • Coping with globalisation: factors for success  .... more
     

  • Intra-regional investment opportunities  and challenges in Asia (continued)  .... more
     

  • Public-Private sector dialogue in Senegal .... more
      

  • Success Stories on Improving Business Environment through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Bangladesh – Role of DCCI .... more
     

  • Private- Public Collaboration –
    The Singapore experience ....     more
     

  • Promoting Public - Private Partnerships: The OAS Private Sector Forum .... more
     

  • Temporary labour mobility (continued II).... more
     

  • Temporary labour mobility (continued I).... more
     

  • Temporary labour mobility.... more
     

  • An experience of integration in MERCOSUR’s agricultural private sector .... more
     

  • Promoting services exports: experience of Uruguay in private-public collaboration .... more
     

  • Public Private Partnership on Trade Facilitation : Experience of Malaysia ..... more
     

  • Public-Private Partnership on Integrated Customs Service in Ghana ..... more
     

  • Funding for trade facilitation in Central Asia … more
    TEXTILES & CLOTHING  

  • Rules of Origin in the textiles and clothing sector... more
     

  • Rules of Origin in the textiles and clothing sector... more
     

  • Strategising business in the new global trading environment: Textiles Industry in Mauritius - Migration to Higher Value Added Products ... more
     

  • Strategising business in the new global trading environment: Textiles Industry in Pakistan - Towards a Full Service Industry ... more
    TRADE FACILITATION  

  • Trading up: How Tunisia used ICT to facilitate trade..... more
     TRADE REMEDIES  

  • Number of anti-dumping investigations falls ..... more
     

  • EU reviews trade defence instruments ..... more
     

  • China and the EU agree on system to monitor textiles imports in 2008
    …     more
    TRADE POLICY REVIEW  
 

 

  

    > Financial Crisis
 
  • The impact of the global economic crisis on developing countries, in particular LDCs, and the role of trade financing ... more
     
  • The crisis and protection: History doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes .... more
     
  • Coping with the Financial Crisis - Experience of Argentinian exporters... more
     
  • Coping with the Financial Crisis - Experience of Sri Lankan exporters... more
     
  • Our readers’ views on Implications of financial crisis for SMEs … more
     
  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Ghana … more
     
  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Ethiopia … more
     
  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Kenya … more
     
  • Financial crisis: Impact on businesses in developing countries? … more
 

    > UNCTAD XII

 

  • In Concluding Declaration, Ministers Pledge to Resist Protectionism, Boost Lagging Poverty Reduction Strategies, as UNCTAD XII Ends in Ghana  .... more
     

  • Diversification, Better Agricultural Practices Key to Reducing Poverty in Poorest Countries, Round Table Participants Told at UNCTAD XII, Accra  .... more

     

  • UNCTAD XII: Remarks from the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Accra - Ghana, 20 April 2008  .... more
     
 

    > Regional Integration

  • Role of Private Sector in Promoting Regional Integration .... more
     

  • Intra-Regional Services Trade In South Asia .... more
     

  • Regional integration in Africa by design or by emergence? .... more
     

  • How can SMEs seize new trade opportunities: Some suggestions from the South Asian Region .... more
     

  • African regional integration - Challenges and opportunities  .... more
     

  • Intra-regional investment opportunities  and challenges in Asia  .... more
     

  • “Regional” and “multilateral” .... more
 

    > EC-CARIFORUM EPA
 

  • Engineering and Architectural Services … more
     

  • Auditing and Taxation Services … more
     

  • Tourism and travel related services … more
 

    > Environment

 

  • Climate Change and Export
    Opportunities for SMEs    … more

  • A consensual international accord on climate change needed — says Lamy … more

  • US Official says American Companies Reluctant to Sell Technology to China … more

  • EC drops carbon import tariff from latest draft of emissions law  … more
 

    > Our Readers' Column

 

  • International Trade: boosting Europe … more

  • Transnational Corporations as a driving force of business ethics in transition economies … more

  • Policy Tools for a Trade-led Recovery in Asia and the Pacific … more

  • Business advocacy in action. WTO trade facilitation: for a draft agreement … more

  • Position Paper on the Completion of the Doha Round … more

  • Our Readers’ Column: How to confront entrepreneurship challenges … more

  • Coping with the Financial Crisis - Experience of Argentinian exporters... more

  • Coping with the Financial Crisis - Experience of Sri Lankan exporters... more

  • Business groups speak up in favour of free trade ... more

  • Our Readers’ Column: The role of the business sector in trade negotiations and agreements: A case study of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) … more

  • Our Readers’ Column: The Universal Access to Competitiveness and Trade (U-ACT): Responding to Business
    Challenges of Trade     … more

  • Our readers’ views on Implications of financial crisis for SMEs … more

  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Ghana … more

  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Ethiopia … more

  • The impact of the financial crisis on developing countries: Kenya … more

  • The wheels of trade finance … more

  • Financial crisis: Impact on businesses in developing countries? … more

  • Our Readers’ Column:
    How global indeed our global trading system can safely be?     … more

  • Our Readers’ Column:
    NEPAL in the evolving Global Trading System     … more

  • Our Readers’ Column:
    WTO Public Forum: ‘Trading into the Future’ - Regionalism and Bilateralisms     … more

  • Our readers’ column: The marginal status of Africa in global trades … more

  • Economic Development and its Linkage with Foreign Trade Policy: Effect on Business … more

  • The Global Trading Environment … more

  • Gender sensitisation of trade policy … more

  • Can the global commodities boom survive a U.S recession … more

  • World Economic Forum. Global risks 2008 … more

 
 

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