In a communication received on 8 April 2014, the European Union notified the WTO Secretariat of a request for consultations with the Russian Federation regarding measures affecting the importation of live pigs and their genetic material, pork, pork products, and certain other products from the (...)
The Agreement on Trade Facilitation — streamlining customs procedures and cutting red tape — reached in Bali in December 2013 was the result of negotiations in Geneva that broke new ground and could be a model for work in some other subjects, according to an account released on 8 April (...)
The Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, on 8 April 2014, reviewed six regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the enlargement of the European Union to 28 member states with the accession of Croatia.
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in a speech at an event entitled “Back in business: the WTO after Bali and the future of the global trade agenda” organized by the International Chamber of Commerce UK and TheCityUK in London on 8 April 2014, said that after Bali, there is now “a tangible feeling (...)
On 8 April 2014, the United States filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the Panel Report in “China – Measures related to the Exportation of Rare Earths, Tungsten, and Molybdenum” (WT/DS431).
On 8 April 2014, China filed a Notice of Appeal regarding the Panel Report in “United States – Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Products from China” (WT/DS449).
Director-General Roberto Azevêdo told the Trade Negotiations Committee on 7 April 2014 that “it’s time to shift things up a gear” in developing a work programme for the conclusion of the Doha Round. “We must now move into a second phase, focused on resolving the problems that we have been (...)
The revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) entered into force on 6 April 2014, some two years after the Protocol amending the Agreement was originally adopted. The parties to the revised GPA will see gains in market access of an estimated US$ 80 billion to US$ 100 billion (...)
«پيام كارفرمايان»، ويژة اصلاح اساسنامه كانون عالي انجمنهاي صنفي كارفرمايي ايران (كعاصكا)، با يادآوري اين تحليل دكتر سيد جواد طباطبايي، فيلسوف برجسته ايران، مدعاي خود را مطرح كرد كه ده سال پيش خاطر نشان ساخته بود: «مسأله بسيار مهم اين است كه بلوغ و وضع اجتماعي ما هنوز به جايي نرسيده كه بتواند دستگاه مفاهيمي را در اختيار ما بگذارد تا (...)