Lamy: Doha and Aid for Trade are WTO contributions to Millennium Development Goals ? Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report to the General Council on 29 July 2010, said that ?the strengthening of the multilateral trading system through the conclusion of the Doha Round and the Aid for Trade are the contributions that the WTO has to make? to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals. He added ?reporting on outcomes and impacts? would be at the core of the Third Global Review of Aid for Trade in July 2011. more...
Lamy sees ?new dynamic? emerging in negotiations ? Director-General Pascal Lamy reported to an informal meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee on 27 July that ?after some months of impasse in negotiations, my own sense is that we are beginning to see signs of a new dynamic emerging?. He called on negotiators to ?build on the new dynamic by expanding the small groups discussion to all areas,? adding that ?somewhere around mid-October would be a good time to evaluate our progress?. more...
WTO report calls for more cooperation among governments in natural resource trade ? Trading in natural resources creates a great many challenges both for importing and exporting countries and governments need to cooperate more intensively if these challenges are to be adequately addressed, according to WTO economists. Director-General Pascal Lamy said: ?I believe not only that there is room for mutually beneficial negotiating trade-offs that encompass natural resources trade, but also that a failure to address these issues could be a recipe for growing tension in international trade relations?. more...
Negotiators discuss market-access barriers to autos, electronics and remanufactured goods ? The chair of the Negotiating Group on Market Access, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha, in closing a week of informal meetings on 15 July 2010, urged delegations to put forward more proposals and ?solutions?, and expressed the hope for ?something concrete? on non-tariff barriers before the end of the year. more...
Negotiators discuss market-access barriers to autos, electronics and remanufactured goods ? The chair of the Negotiating Group on Market Access, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha, in closing a week of informal meetings on 15 July 2010, urged delegations to put forward more proposals and ?solutions?, and expressed the hope for ?something concrete? on non-tariff barriers before the end of the year. more...
Negotiators discuss market-access barriers to autos, electronics and remanufactured goods ? The chair of the Negotiating Group on Market Access, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha, in closing a week of informal meetings on 15 July 2010, urged delegations to put forward more proposals and ?solutions?, and expressed the hope for ?something concrete? on non-tariff barriers before the end of the year. more...
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