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The Director of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, told the Third Global Review of Aid for Trade (July 18-19) in Geneva that there has been a 60% increase in global trade commitments since ...
The head of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) has warned that the long deadlocked negotiations for the global trade treaty known as the Doha round are further threatened by a global rise in protectionism ...
There was widespread agreement at a UN General Assembly debate in New York (June 28) that international financial institutions are not positioned to address 21st century issues like climate change, migration, food and energy security ...
A recent ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) highlights the concerns felt by Western nations about methods they see China using to try and dominate world trade. The WTO decision (July 5, 2011) said ...
In a speech at Deutsche Bank in Berlin Thursday (Oct. 6th), World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy commented on the future of the multilateral trading system and advocated for WTO members to "keep multilateral cooperation ...
Trade negotiators meeting in Geneva are looking at accepting a mini trade deal in order to ward off sounding the death knell for the global free trade accord known as the Doha round by December ...
After 18 years of negotiations, Russia’s ongoing battle for accession to the WTO (World Trade Organization) rages onwards as Swiss-mediated talks with Georgia fail. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pointed the finger at the US ...
During his visit to China, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said that the present shifts in the balance of power in global trade lean in favor of emerging economies have defined the need for a "new ...
Although no official dares state it openly, the subtext of trade talks going on in Geneva in mid-July indicated that if the Doha free trade accord is not actually dead, there is unlikely to be ...
Russia, Ukraine and six other former Soviet republics signed a free trade agreement (October 10) that observers say may be the first step toward the ‘Eurasian Union’ promoted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. On ...
One of the last barriers to Moscow’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) was removed in Brussels (October 21) when an agreement was reached resolving an auto parts dispute between Russia and the ...
Interview with Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General World Meteorological Organization Imagine that your organization did not exist and you were asked to invent it. What would you do? How would it be fundamentally different from what exists ...
Following a long and difficult mediation by Switzerland to overcome objections from Georgia to Russian membership in the WTO (World Trade Organization), an agreement was reached (November 2) to allow Russia full membership by the ...
The Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) has sealed the deal for Russia’s acceptance as a full-fledged member of the 153-member trade body when it comes up for a vote at the WTO ministerial meeting ...
Leaders of 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have agreed on the broad outlines of an ambitious free trade accord for promoting innovation and growth to kick-start world economies. The TPP agreement was announced ...
Interview with Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization, WTO. Confronting the difficulties of closing the Doha Round, the WTO is under pressure to find a way to rebound. Handling the ‘wheel’ is one thing ...
After 18 years of negotiations, the initial bid by Boris Yeltsin for Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1993 has finally paid off. The long-lasting negotiations hold the current organization’s ...
Two international trade organizations, the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development) released a joint Report (October 26) praising the G20 nations for "continuing to honor their ...
Two years ago, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to food, Olivier de Schutter, claimed in his first report that the ‘‘Doha Round will not prevent a food crisis’’. Not much has changed ...
2012 has been declared the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Capturing one of Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s priorities in his second term, it seeks to meet three objectives by 2030: Ensuring universal access ...
For the first time, the three global institutions dealing with health, intellectual property and trade have pooled their expertise on a study of policies needed to advance medical technologies and ensure they reach the people ...
At the Global Health Diplomacy Symposium held in Geneva (November 23), speakers illustrated the complex relationship between public health concerns, trade and intellectual property. Traditional actors in the global health arena, including WHO alongside current ...
Imagine that your organization did not exist and you were asked to invent it. What would you do? How would it be fundamentally different from what exists? What would be the differences regarding mandate, resources ...
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