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14 September 2018
Our current resource use is unsustainable – the circular economy provides a solution through its focus on behavioural change, resource and energy efficiency, and the closing of material loops. The focus of the circular economy is on the full life cycle of products. In today’s globalised world, raw...
22 April 2017
Как экономикам-участницам АТЭС удалось провести снижение тарифов на экологические товары? Какие подходы они применили для выделения товаров, имеющих экологическую направленность? Автор описывает опыт АТЭС, который может использоваться в других переговорах по либерализации тарифов. В последние годы...
26 October 2016
A group of 17 WTO members – counting the 28-nation EU as one – negotiating tariff cuts on select environmental goods will engage in a busy schedule of consultations over the coming weeks in a bid to secure a deal in time for a ministerial meeting in early December. Several sources confirmed that...
28 September 2016
A group of 17 WTO members negotiating a tariff-liberalising Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) are ramping up efforts to finalise the deal later this year, following another round of talks last week that reportedly saw good progress. However, many sources also acknowledge that the pace would need...
4 August 2016
A group of countries participating in a tariff-liberalising effort on green goods trade have identified a series of steps geared towards securing a deal by the end of the year, following a round of talks held last week in Geneva, Switzerland. According to several trade watchers, another “highlight...
30 June 2016
Delegates from 17 WTO members negotiating an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) continued efforts to identify a list of items to be covered by the tariff-cutting deal during a meeting held last week in Geneva, Switzerland, with sources reporting a good atmosphere despite some continued divergences...
4 February 2016
Members of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) alliance have released documents detailing the implementation of their joint pledge to cut most-favoured nation applied tariffs to five percent or less by 2015 on environmentally-friendly goods contained under 54 product categories...
13 November 2015
官员们已经确认，最近一轮谈判回合之后，一份关于环境产品协定（EGA）关税削减组成部分的可能涉及产品的“最后草案清单”将很快由谈判主席发给各WTO谈判成员们传阅。 草案清单将反映出17个成员国集团（欧盟28国算作一个集团）之间就各种产品提名所达成的最新共识领域。消息称，它还将以10月29日-11月4日在瑞士日内瓦谈判期间所作的对各关税税目中货物进行分类的工作为基础来制定。 该文件将在计划于11月30日-12月4日进行的下一轮谈判中进行审议，不过，在休会期间，也将会根据谈判人员的评论和反馈，对文件进行一些修改。 自从环境产品协定（EGA）诸边谈判在2014年7月启动以来，...
12 November 2015
A “draft final list” of potential products slated for tariff cuts as part of negotiations for an Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) will soon be circulated to participating WTO members on behalf of the talks’ chair, officials confirmed following the latest negotiating round. The draft list will...
14 October 2015
US and Chile pledge to protect oceans The US and Chile in early October announced the creation of new marine sanctuaries to help protect the world’s oceans. According to a study by WWF and the Zoological Society of London published a few weeks prior to the announcement, the most efficient measure...
2 October 2015
致力于达成一份自由化环境产品贸易协定的17个WTO成员于9月16-22日在瑞士日内瓦举行了最新谈判回合，代表们研究了一份包含450项可能关税税目的清单，涵盖1000个产品。 最新一轮谈判回合包括了双边会议和全会，据报道，参与环境产品协定谈判的代表们针对清单提出了各自的兴趣和敏感项，并集中澄清和简化了关税例外的单列项（ex-outs）。 单列项是对特定产品或者产品组类的描述，是完全由世界海关组织的和谐系统（HS）关税税目所确定的，但是在不同国家中以不同的关税代码表示。 这份清单是8月中旬环境产品协定谈判主席确定的，其基础是各个谈判参与国提名的650个关税税目。该清单反映出的是，就主席的理解而言...
1 October 2015
Delegates from 17 WTO members hoping to secure a deal liberalising environmental goods trade examined a list of 450 possible tariff lines for inclusion, covering over 1000 products, during a recent negotiation round held from 16-22 September in Geneva, Switzerland. The latest round, which included...
3 August 2015
The chair of talks designed to liberalise environmental goods trade will compile and circulate a draft consensus list of products slated for tariff cuts in the coming weeks, trade sources confirmed at the close of a negotiating round held last week in Geneva, Switzerland. Andrew Martin, Counsellor...
1 July 2015
Delegados de 17 países miembros de la OMC que negocian reducciones arancelarias en bienes ambientales completaron una nueva lectura de una lista compilada de 650 líneas arancelarias y más de 2.000 productos durante una nueva reunión en Ginebra, Suiza, entre el 15 y el 19 de junio. De acuerdo a la...
26 June 2015
在上周于瑞士日内瓦召开的一次会议中，参与环境产品关税削减谈判的17个WTO成员完成了新一轮产品清单，本次的汇总清单包括超过650个税号的2000余类商品。消息人士证实，与会各方就“哪些产品具备进入最终协定的广泛支持”取得了进展。 据悉，会议也对确认需要进一步协商的产品起了帮助作用。下一次会议定于7月最后一周举行，会议将再次使用类似的方法，目的是进一步澄清对各类产品的支持。 贸易消息人士还证实，澳大利亚驻WTO参赞Andrew Martin以个人身份主持了本次会谈，他将在8月向与会代表提供一份产品清单草案，其中将包括所有获得共识最多的产品。 该谈判的正式名称是环境商品协定（EGA）诸边谈判，...
25 June 2015
Delegates from 17 WTO members negotiating a tariff-cutting deal on environmental goods completed another reading of a compiled list of over 650 tariff lines and more than 2000 products during a meeting held last week in Geneva, Switzerland, with sources confirming progress in identifying which...