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30 November 2017
Sixteen years ago, WTO members kicked off the Doha Round of trade negotiations, also known as the Doha Development Agenda , with the goal of rewriting global trade rules in a way that creates better conditions for developing countries to play a greater role in world trade. Although WTO members...
30 November 2017
A coalition of developed and developing economies is expected to unveil a declaration in Buenos Aires outlining several steps they plan to take over the coming two years towards incorporating a gender lens into their approaches to trade and development policy. The declaration from this WTO member...
28 November 2017
The African Group at the WTO has tabled last week a draft ministerial decision on e-commerce to be considered by WTO members ahead of the organisation’s Eleventh ministerial conference (MC11), which will be held on 11-13 December in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the run-up to MC11, e-commerce and...
14 November 2017
While the nexus between trade policy, gender equality, and sustainable development is increasingly clear, a new generation of free trade agreements is incorporating trade and gender chapters, signalling a noticeable shift from past practice. Can this be regarded as a true revolution in the way the...
9 November 2017
Ahead of the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, some WTO members have expressed interest in including aspects of the so-called “new economy,” in particular investment facilitation and e-commerce, in multilateral trade talks. Why should African countries engage on those topics?...
8 November 2017
The launch of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round in 2001, also known as the Doha Development Agenda, triggered much hope among developing countries that the multilateral trade rulebook could be updated to better fit their specific needs and priorities. “We shall continue to make positive...
8 November 2017
Bridges Africa met with Francois Xavier Ngarambe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations Office in Geneva, to discuss the upcoming Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the WTO. Ambassador Ngarambe is currently the Coordinator of the African Group at...
8 November 2017
Least developed countries are confronted with significant challenges to preserve the integrity of the multilateral trade system and advance their development needs at a time when some large players seem to disengage from the WTO. What is at stake for them in Buenos Aires and beyond? Least developed...
8 November 2017
At the Buenos Aires ministerial conference, WTO members will have an immediate opportunity to make progress against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 14.6 by establishing meaningful disciplines on fisheries subsidies to curb their environmental effects on fish stocks. Why are these...
8 November 2017
Agriculture is again set to be a central negotiating issue in talks at the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference. Trade-distorting subsidies, including for key LDC exports such as cotton, are on the negotiating table, along with other topics. What can LDCs expect? New estimates from the UN Food and...
12 October 2017
A group of WTO members has been working on a declaration to be proposed in the margins of the next WTO Ministerial Conference this December in Buenos Aires, Argentina. While the declaration would not be part of the formal ministerial deliberations, sources say, it would aim to provide a framework...
20 July 2017
Negotiators have been examining an influx of new and updated proposals to establish WTO disciplines on harmful fisheries subsidies over the past week, as they prepare to enter the next stage of talks for a potential deal at the organisation’s ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later...
22 June 2017
Trade negotiators continued their work last week towards crafting new WTO disciplines on fisheries subsidies, examining two proposals and looking at options regarding the use of dispute settlement rules and notification obligations in a future deal. The meetings, held at the WTO’s Geneva...
30 January 2017
A long-awaited revision to the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property (IP) rules was made permanent on Monday 23 January, formalising an existing waiver aimed at allowing the organisation’s poorest members to have easier access to cheaper, generic versions of medicines produced abroad. At...
18 November 2016
WTO members reviewed last week a series of recommendations by a UN panel aimed at supporting access to medicines, debating in particular the report’s findings relating to trade and intellectual property rights. The discussions took place under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property...
22 August 2016
Despite innovation becoming more global than it used to be, a significant innovation divide persists between developed and developing countries, according to a new report published last week by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – the Global Innovation Index 2016 . Released...
14 June 2016
Negotiators meeting last week at the UN’s intellectual property agency made progress on a draft document aimed at protecting genetic resources, while leaving various issues unresolved in the long-running talks. The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on...
22 April 2016
The UN’s intellectual property agency held a landmark development conference earlier this month, bringing together representatives from government, civil society, industry groups, and other officials for a two-day meeting at the organisation’s Geneva headquarters. The International Conference on...