Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his report on G-20 trade measures issued on 31 October 2012, said that “there has been a slowdown in the imposition of new trade restrictive measures by G-20 economies over the past five months”. However, “at a time of continuous economic difficulties, trade (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of Israel takes place on 30 October and 1 November 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Israel.
رهبران كشورهاي جهان در سال 2000 با تصويب يك ميثاق جهاني متعهد شدند كه براي تحقق چند هدف مهم تلاش كنند. اين هدفها به «هدفهاي توسعه هزاره» معروف شدند و براي آنها برنامه ريزيهاي فراواني صورت گرفت. سؤال اين است: اين هدفها تا چه اندازه محقق شدند و اكنون در چه مرحلهاي هستند؟ و سؤال مهم تر براي تشكلهاي كارفرمايي اينكه اين تشكلها (...)
WTO members meeting as the General Council on 26 October 2012 have agreed to Laos joining the organization, paving the way for the southeast Asian country to become a member in early 2013.
Tajikistan’s accession to the WTO cleared a major hurdle on 26 October 2012 when the Working Party on its accession approved, ad referendum, the package spelling out its terms of entry to the organization.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the meeting of ACP Ministers of Trade in Brussels on 24 October 2012, said the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) members “is one of the more powerful and influential advocacy and negotiating arms in the WTO”. He urged the ACP to actively participate on (...)
The Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, on 24 October 2012, reviewed reports by 32 members on anti-dumping actions taken during the first half of 2012, and considered more recent notifications of preliminary and final anti-dumping actions submitted by 25 (...)
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), on 23 October 2012, established a panel to examine a complaint by the United States against China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties on US automobiles. In the Boeing dispute, it established a panel, at the request of the European Union, to examine whether (...)