Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 9 • Number 27 • 27th July 2005
Events
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 us.
Coming Up: 28 July - 3 August
31 July - 2 August, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 3rd ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC) BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING. This meeting will further the 2005 work agenda of advancing APEC goals on the facilitation and liberalisation of trade and investment flows. For further information contact the APEC Business Advisory Council, tel: (+632) 845 4564, fax: (+632) 845 4832, email: abacsec@pfgc.ph, Internet: http://www.abaconline.org/v3/events.php.
WTO
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.
28 July: COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
29 July: GENERAL COUNCIL
3 August: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
Other Upcoming
15 - 17 November, Qatar. TRAINING WORKSHOP ON MARKET ACCESS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS (NAMA). This event is being organised by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). For further information contact ESCWA, tel: (+ 961-1) 981301; fax: (+ 961-1) 981510; email: webmaster-escwa@un.org; Internet: http://www.escwa.org.lb/index.asp.
24 November, London, UK. WORKSHOP: EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING: WHAT’S IN STORE IN PHASE II AND BEYOND. This event is organised by the British Energy Association. For further information contact Di Mammet, tel: (+44 20) 8767 9744; fax (+44 20) 8767 9744; email: BEAwec@aol.com.