On 23 March 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) adopted the panel and Appellate Body reports which examined United States’ subsidies to its civil aircraft industry. It elected Ambassador Shahid Bashir of Pakistan as the new chair of the DSB for a one-year (...)
Twenty-four government officials from developing and transition economies participated in the fourth joint World Intellectual Property Organization-World Trade Organization Advanced Course on Intellectual Property held on 12-23 March 2012, to keep them up-to-date with latest developments in the (...)
WTO members pledged on 22 March 2012 to examine new approaches that might help move the agriculture talks forward and chairperson John Adank, New Zealand’s ambassador, urged them to continue consulting among themselves.
A year and a half after concerns were first raised on commitment-breaching domestic support for rice, Costa Rica told WTO members on 21 March 2012 that it still cannot say when it will bring its support level within the legal (...)
According to preliminary estimates by the WTO and UNCTAD, in the fourth quarter of 2011, world exports of commercial services rose by 3% year-on-year (balance-of-payments basis, current price, not seasonally adjusted). This is significantly lower than the 12% year-on-year increase recorded in (...)
At the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee on 20-21 March 2012, WTO members discussed 66 draft regulations that affect trade. These ranged from requirements on motor vehicles to alcoholic drinks, tobacco, cosmetics and electrical (...)
The fourth review of the trade policies and practices of the Philippines takes place on 20 and 22 March 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the Philippines.
خوانندهي عزيز مسؤليت اجتماعي بنگاه(ماب) و مسؤليت كسب و كار براي حقوق بشردر سالهاي اخير، در سراسر جهان به كانون توجه فزاينده بدل شده است. كمپانيها از زواياي مختلف با اين موضوع مواجه هستند: ماب فضاي بيشتر و بيشتري در رسانه در اختيار ميگيرد؛ سازمانهاي مصرفكنندگان به شكل روزافزون متقاضي اطلاعات در مورد شرايط توليد و راههاي بازار (...)
يكي ديگر از ابزارهاي كمك آموزشي عرف پارلماني يا قانون پارلماني كه در 29 آوريل 1945 در ادارهي ثبت اختراعات ايالات متحده آمريكا به نام مخترع آن، «ادوين هيزل»، به ثبت رسيده، راهنماي جيبي قانون پارلماني است. تا كنون چهار ابزار كمك آموزشي عرف پارلماني كه در اين اداره به ثبت رسيدهاند، در اين شبكه معرفي شده است. در اين نوشته، «راهنماي جيبي (...)
With only one bilateral negotiation outstanding, and a number of new laws announced, Laos could join the WTO by the end of the year, the chairperson Yi Xiaozhun, China’s ambassador, told the working party of delegations negotiating the membership (...)