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CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CRITICISE WORLD BANK CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY
CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS CRITICISE WORLD BANK CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY Future energy options featured on the agenda of global finance ministers attending the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Singapore from 13-20 September. The joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee considered progress with regard to the elaboration of an investment framework for…
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INTERNATIONAL COTTON BODY DISCUSSES SUSTAINABILITY, CALLS FOR DOHA REVIVAL
INTERNATIONAL COTTON BODY DISCUSSES SUSTAINABILITY, CALLS FOR DOHA REVIVAL In a communiqué issued at its annual meeting, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) called for a revival of the suspended WTO Doha negotiations. The ICAC’s member governments also called for the establishment of a panel to assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of…
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In Brief
TYRES DISPUTE CONTINUES; BRAZIL FILES SECOND WRITTEN SUBMISSION Brazil recently released its second written submission to the WTO in its dispute with the EU over trade in retreated tyres. The EU is challenging a number of measures — in particular the implementation of an import ban on retreaded tyres — claiming that they are incompatible with…
- Events
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. 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. ICTSD 26 September, Geneva, Switzerland: MEASURING DIFFERENT FUTURES…
- Resources
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by the BRIDGES staff to Malena Sell. ECOLABELS AND FISH TRADE: MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL CERTIFICATION AND THE SA HAKE INDUSTRY. By Stefano Ponte. Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac), 2006.…