Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 7 • Number 13 • 10th April 2003
Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.
ICTSD Events
11 April, Geneva, Switzerland: POLICY DIALOGUE ON A PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TREATY. This event, organised by ICTSD and UNCTAD, is part of a joint project with the goals of improving the understanding and implications of the development of the TRIPS Agreement, and strengthening the analytical and negotiating capacity of developing countries in this regard. At the dialogue, the issues surrounding the implementation of an international science and technology treaty will be discussed. The event will take place from 10:00-13:00 at the Palais des Nations in room XXV. For further information, contact Marie Chamay at tel: +41-22-917-8497; e-mail: mchamay@ictsd.ch.
Coming Up This Week: 10 - 16 April
12-13 April, Washington, D.C., US: IMF-WORLD BANK SPRING MEETING. For further information, visit: http://www.imf.org/external/am/index.htm.
15 April, Washington, US: SERVICES 2003. This event, hosted by the Coalition of Service Industries, the Department of Commerce, and the US Trade Representative, will include two discussion panels on topics related to WTO trade and services negotiations and will include presentations from the Office of the US Trade Representative and the Chief Economist of the US Department of Commerce. The topics of discussion will be public services and the right to regulate, and challenges with regard to developing countries and environmental issues. For more information on this event, please contact: Jennifer Moll, Conference Coordinator, tel: +1-202-482-1316; fax: +1-202-482- 2669; e-mail: OSImail@ita.doc.gov.
15 April, Madison, US: ENERGY POLICY AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE - A PATH FORWARD. Organised by Alliant Energy, this regionally-focussed meeting will seek ways of moving beyond the rhetoric, toward practical steps to begin to limit the impacts that global climate change is starting to have on the environment. For further information, visit: http://www.environmentalconference.alliantenergy.com/.
15 April, New Delhi, India. PRESENTATION OF FIELD DATA ON BT COTTON AND A DISCUSSION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIA’S FIRST GM CROP. This event, organised by the Gene Campaign, will assess the performance of India’s first GM crop - BT cotton, based on a field survey conducted by the host organisation. For more information on this event, please contact Prabhu Ram, at tel: +91-11-26517248; fax: +91-11-26965961; or e-mail: mgc@genecampaign.org.
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, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
10 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
10-11 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO SPECIAL SESSION OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.
14-15 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO WORKING GROUP ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRADE AND INVESTMENT.
14-16 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS.
15 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.
15 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.
16 April, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF CAMBODIA.
Other Forthcoming Events
29 April, Imperial College, London: THE FUTURE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: A BAPTISM BY FIRE FOR THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION. As part of the lecture series on international and European environmental law, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law & IC Legal Environmental Affairs Centre, Imperial College London, is hosting a conference on biotechnology. For more information about the meeting, please contact: Meetings Secretary, tel: +44 20 7862 5163; fax: +44 20 7862 5152; e-mail: info@biicl.org.
4-6 May, San Francisco, California, US: GHG REGISTRIES - THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CLIMATE POLICY. At this event — hosted by the California Climate Action Registry, the International Emissions Trading Association and British Petroleum — representatives from companies, governments, and NGOs will have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge on the evolution and importance of greenhouse gas registries in the US and internationally. For more information on this event, please go visit: http://www.climateregistry.org/.
28 May, Imperial College, London: PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW GOVERNING THE COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES IN RELATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES. As part of the lecture series on international and European environmental law, Imperial College London is hosting a conference on international watercourses. For more information about the meeting, please contact: Meetings Secretary, tel: +44 20 7862 5163; fax: +44 20 7862 5152; e-mail: info@biicl.org.
19-20 June, Alexandria, Virginia, US: GREENHOUSE GAS TRADING SYMPOSIUM. This event, organised by the Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), will examine the future implications of recent policies requiring the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US. Highlights will include: the international climate for GHG emissions trading (considering US, Canada, EU and Eastern European trade dynamics); the status of US regional and state trading programs and their effect on national policy; case studies covering utility GHG trading initiatives; and the implications of the US withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.cbinet.com/events/PB367/index.html.