Bridges Negotiation Briefing: A Guide to the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial

Bridges Negotiation Briefing: A Guide to the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference

Volume

19,

Number

42

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10 December 2015

WTO MC10 (NAIROBI 2015)

WTO Ministerial: A Time for Reflection in Nairobi on the Future of Global Trade

10 December 2015

Within a matter of days, trade ministers will gather together in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi for the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference, marking the first time that the global trade body’s highest-level meeting will be held in sub-Saharan Africa. The occasion will also allow for a...

WTO MC10 (NAIROBI 2015)

Towards new rules for agricultural markets?

10 December 2015

As WTO members prepare for the global trade body’s tenth ministerial conference in Nairobi, Kenya, agricultural trade issues are – once again – central to negotiators’ concerns. With rules on farm trade remaining essentially untouched now for over two decades, many countries would like to see much...

WTO MC10 (NAIROBI 2015)

From Bali to Nairobi: Securing a meaningful outcome for LDCs

10 December 2015

As trade delegates gear up for the WTO’s Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya – the first such meeting to ever be held in Africa – expectations are high that the conference will, at least, deliver concrete progress on a development-oriented package for the organisation's poorest members...

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"Rules" outcomes on fisheries, trade remedies remain elusive ahead of Nairobi ministerial

10 December 2015

The past year has seen a resurgence of activity in the WTO’s “rules negotiations,” as various members of the global trade body revived debates on how to boost disciplines relating to anti-dumping duties, subsidies and countervailing measures, fisheries subsidies, and regional trade agreements (RTAs...