Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 6 • Number 29 • 8th August 2002
Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. WTO Events An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. PLEASE NOTE: The WTO will be in recess from 2 August - 2 September. 30 August, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY. 2-4 September, Geneva, Switzerland: SPECIAL SESSION OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. Other Forthcoming Events 1 September 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa: SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION ON GROWTH DRIVEN BY TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION- THE EAST ASIAN EXPERIENCE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COOPERATION. Hosted by Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. During the Johannesburg Summit, Japan is going to host a number of events on September 1 on the so-called "Development Day". RIETI’s session is going to focus on development based on growth, trade and investment taking the experiences of East Asia as a departure point. For further information contact: Ichiro Araki, Director of Research, RIETI, 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901 Japan; tel: (81-3) 3501 8248; fax: 3501 8416; email: araki-ichiro@rieti.go.jp.; Internet: http://www.rieti.go.jp.