Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 6 • Number 41 • 28th November 2002
Resources
These recently released WTO documents of note from a sustainable development perspective are available on the WTO website at: http://docsonline.wto.org/.
OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING ENVIRONMENT (WT/TPR/OV/8). 15 November. Trade Policy Review Body. Annual report by the Director-General. DG Supachai Panitchpakdi, in his first annual report to members on developments in the international trading environment, underlined the economic benefits of successful market-access negotiations in both goods and services, especially to developing countries. Serious obstacles to trade, he said, remain in agriculture, textiles and other manufactures. The report will be the basis of the WTO Trade Policy Review Body’s annual review on 11 December 2002 of developments in the international trading environment and multilateral trading system. To view the report, visit www.wto.org/english/news_e/news02_e/overview_annual_report_tpr_e.doc.
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS. The Dispute Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO) include Panel and Appellate Body reports, as well as arbitration awards, in disputes brought to the WTO since 1996. These are the authorized paginated reports in English. The reports are available to order in paper form, or in a searchable database within the WTO website. To order a Dispute Settlement Report in print, visit https://secure.vtx.ch/shop/boutiques/wto_index_boutique.html?language=E. To view a searchable Dispute Settlement Report database, visit http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm.