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Editorial

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5 September 2011

Editorial

5 September 2011
Regional integration in Africa has become a major issue, and negotiations have intensified over the past few years. Tripartite negotiations between SADC, COMESA and EAC aim to establish an integrated market of 26 countries, which is seen as a first step towards the creation of a continent-wide...

News and Publication

5 September 2011
Brussels unveils long-awaited plan to overhaul fisheries The European Commission proposal to overhaul Europe's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has come under much criticism from environmentalists and some parliamentarians for failing to do enough to address sustainability issues. The proposal...

The challenges of matching progressive policy with practical gains in East Africa’s Integration

5 September 2011
Jason Kap Kirwok
Bottlenecks in intra-regional trade and the implementation gap On most days, the line of trucks queuing to cross from Kenya into Uganda at the Malaba border - the busiest in East Africa - is at least 3 kilometres long. On particularly bad days - such as during the Christmas Eve of 2010 - the line...

TRIPS and the LDCs: Monitoring mechanism needed to ensure rich countries meet technology transfer obligations to LDCs

5 September 2011
Suerie Moon
A central premise of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) was that it would enhance technology flows to developing countries. Special consideration was given to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the TRIPS Preamble and...

Crossing the river via “coordinated” steps: Tourism development in LDCs

5 September 2011
Raymond Saner, Mario Filadoro
Tourism has emerged as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing industries worldwide representing about 6 percent of international trade in goods and services and accounting for 30 percent of the world's export of commercial services. (1) Tourism matters for LDCs The total contribution of travel...

Regional trade integration and development opportunities: Some evidence from Africa

5 September 2011
Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Giovanni Valensisi
Support for regional integration has a long history among African policy-makers and economic elites, and has been supported by the international community. Momentum picked up during the post-independence era and culminated with the establishment of the African Economic Community in 1991, which...

Trade and labour: What is at stake for developing and developed countries?

5 September 2011
Pablo Lazo-Grandi
Over the years attempts to link trade and labour issues have been made. In 1948, the Havana Charter emerged out of discussions for a "Charter for an International Trade Organization" making explicit references to labour. More recently, the relationship between labour and trade has been specified...

The GSTP São Paulo round: a significant step in South-South cooperation

5 September 2011
Mina Mashayekhi, Taisuke Ito
Trade among developing countries has come to offer genuine economic opportunities. South-South exports grew at a rate of 14 percent between 1995 and 2009, far outpacing the growth of world total exports (9 percent). The value of South-South trade increased five-fold from just $0.6 trillion in 1995...

WTO Round Up

5 September 2011
WTO meeting highlights Aid for Trade success, though work remains Delegates, civil society members, and private sector representatives met in Geneva from 18-19 July to review the successes and shortcomings of the WTO's Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative, as the spectre of Doha coloured the background...

EPA update

5 September 2011
Melissa Julian, Melissa Dalleau
Central Africa to hold EPA consultations In Central Africa, the regional consultations initially scheduled at ministerial level late July in Libreville have been cancelled. The next joint negotiating sessions are planned in Kinshasa in the second half of September 2011 West Africa-EC holding EPA...

ACP-EU events

5 September 2011
September 6 Pacific ACP Leaders' Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand 7 42nd Pacific Islands Forum Formal Session, Auckland, New Zealand 8 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Retreat, Auckland, New Zealand 9 23rd Post-Pacific Islands Forum Dialogue Partners' Plenary Session, Auckland, New Zealand 14-15 EU-...

WTO events

5 September 2011
September 2 Dispute Settlement Body 14+16 Trade Policy Review Body - India 19 WTO Public Forum 20 -21 WTO Public Forum 22-23 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements 26 +30 Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation 27 Dispute Settlement Body 28+30 Trade Policy Review Body - Mauritania, Guinea Conakry...

Resources

5 September 2011
Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy , European Commission. 13 July 2011, ec.europa.eu Communication from the Commission to the European...