China, at the Dispute Settlement Body meeting on 10 July 2012, said it was not in a position to accept the establishment of a panel requested by the United States, the European Union and Japan regarding its measures related to the exportation of rare earths, tungsten and (...)
WTO members meeting on 10-11 July 2012 as the committee dealing with food safety and animal and plant health heard concerns about proposed new EU limits on cadmium in cocoa and chocolate, and agreed to accept a number of additional organizations as observers, three of them from (...)
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the 24th “Geneva Week” on 9 July 2012, announced improvements to this WTO programme for non-resident members and observers, including “organizing Geneva Week events around major topics and themes of systemic importance to the WTO and its Members…and (...)
Members, on 6 July 2012, validated their decision taken in the Sub-Committee on Least developed Countries (LDCs) to streamline and facilitate the accession process for LDCs. Director-General Pascal Lamy said: “These improved guidelines provide a simpler framework for the entry of LDCs into the (...)
برگردان سومين بخش گزارش سازمان بينالمللي كارفرمايان در مورد يكصد و يكمين اجلاس كنفرانس بينالمللي كار كه طبق معمول در خرداد ماه امسال در ژنو برگزار شد، در ادامه تقديم ميشود. اين بخش از گزارش در مورد تصويب توصيهنامهاي در خصوص كف حمايت اجتماعي است. برگردان قسمتهاي ديگر اين گزارش به مرور تقديم علاقمندان خواهد شد. خاطر نشان ميشود (...)
On 5 July 2012, the United States requested consultations with China under the dispute settlement system concerning the latter’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain automobiles from the United States.
After the successful implementation of the Programme in its first year to assist least-developed countries (LDCs) in the process of accession to the World Trade Organization, China announced on 5 July 2012 that it is contributing USD 400,000 to continue the (...)
Twenty-four government officials from developing and least-developed countries concluded a three-month intensive training course (in French) on 5 July 2012 at the WTO.
Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza, on 3 July 2012 in New York, called on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) “to use its mandate and legitimacy to make sure that G20 members respect their pledge to resist protectionism. This is in the best interest of the ECOSOC as (...)
The first review of the trade policies and practices of the Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and Togo takes place on 2 and 4 July 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Governments of the Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and (...)