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15 November 2018
WTO members negotiating a proposed agreement to tackle harmful fisheries subsidies held a second cluster of meetings last week as part of their September-December work programme, hearing reports about brainstorming sessions in “incubator groups” the week before and completing the streamlining of a...
27 October 2018
Пути укрепления и модернизации ВТО обсудили министры и главы делегаций ряда стран и ЕС на встрече в Оттаве 24–25 октября 2018 года. По результатам переговоров они подписали совместное коммюнике . Министры и главы делегацией 13 членов ВТО (Австралии, Бразилии, ЕС, Канады, Кении, Мексики, Новой...
27 September 2018
The WTO’s agriculture negotiations resumed last week after the organisation’s annual August hiatus. While the discussions were mainly limited to reviewing negotiating submissions, analysis, and data, some sources indicated that the level of engagement seemed noticeably improved from recent meetings...
18 September 2018
A central weakness of the Paris Agreement on climate change is the absence of sanctions against recalcitrant countries. Border carbon adjustments could be the world’s best hope to strong-arm the US into action. Leading trade experts are increasingly of the view that tariffs to account for traded...
5 September 2018
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a great threat to the sustainability of oceans and marine ecosystems. For World Trade Organization disciplines on IUU fishing to be effective, there is a need to look beyond the lists of regional fisheries management organisations to determine...
30 August 2018
¿Qué políticas se podrían implementar para reducir la contaminación a nivel internacional en un contexto de tensiones comerciales? El artículo explica que, si Estados Unidos se retira del Acuerdo de París, los impuestos al carbono en la frontera podrían ser utilizados, al igual que los aranceles, para incrementar los conflictos comerciales.
2 August 2018
The WTO is due to hold its next ministerial conference in June 2020 in Astana, Kazakhstan, after the General Council formally endorsed the Central Asian country’s bid as host last week. The global trade club is due to have a busy agenda, both on the negotiating front and in various other...
29 June 2018
A border carbon adjustment could be applied to countries who currently do not have a carbon price on pollution. Revenues from these taxes could be used towards environmental and renewable energy projects, to finance UN climate initiatives, or scientific research into low-carbon technologies. The US...