Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech to the Thai Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok on 30 May 2012, said: “Protectionism is like cholesterol: the slow accumulation of trade restrictive measures since 2008 — now covering almost 3% of world merchandise trade, and almost 4% of G20 trade — can lead (...)
Austria donated EUR 200,000 (CHF 240,000) to the Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for 2012. With this last donation, Austria’s total contribution to the DDAGTF has reached EUR 2.66 million (CHF 3.2 million).
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his speech at the China International Fair on Trade in Services in Beijing on 28 May 2012, said that “China, with its desire to move up the value chain, with its plans to rebalance its economy, is uniquely placed to drive an offensive agenda to open trade in (...)
On 25 May 2012, the EU requested consultations with Argentina under the dispute settlement system concerning the latter’s import restrictive measures. Further information will be available within the next few days in doc WT/DS438/1.
On 25 May 2012, China requested consultations with the United States under the dispute settlement system concerning countervailing duty measures. Further information will be available within the next few days in document WT/DS437/1.
On 24 May 2012 the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) appointed to the seven-member Appellate Body Mr Seung Wha Chang of the Republic of Korea for four years commencing on 1 June 2012.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his address to the International Trade Centre (ITC) Joint Advisory Group on 21 May 2012, cited ITC as a key WTO partner in trade capacity building, and urged it to focus on trade facilitation, Aid for Trade, least-developed countries, and regional integration in (...)
كنفرنس توسعه پايدار ملل متحد (ك.ت.پ.م.م) ريو+20 از سوي مجمع عمومي ملل متحد سازماندهي ميشود و روزهاي 20 تا 22 ژوئن 2012 (چهارشنبه 31 خرداد تا جمعه 2 تير ماه 1391) در ريو دو ژانيرو برگزار خواهد شد. از كنفرانس محيط زيست و توسعهي ملل متحد در سال 1992 بيست سال و از نشست سران در خصوص توسعهي پايدار در ژوهانسبورگ (2002)، ده سال ميگذرد. (...)
The WTO today published the Appellate Body report on “United States – Measures concerning the importation, marketing and sale of tuna and tuna products” (WT/DS381/AB/R)