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19 November 2018
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) can be used by signatory countries to manage their participation in global value chains as well as cross-border migration flows. The inclusion of one additional provision in PTAs stimulates the bilateral fragmentation of production by one percent. PTAs that...
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...
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...
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...
21 June 2018
WTO members reconvened last week to deliberate over new options to curb subsidies that encourage fishing of overfished stocks. The members also updated a set of “ working documents ” that aim to lay the groundwork for the next stage of negotiations, adding a section on definitions that builds off...
6 June 2018
Специальная сессия Комитета по сельскому хозяйству провела неофициальную встречу 24 мая 2018 г., которая стала первой после проведения 11-й Министерской конференции ВТО в Буэнос-Айресе. Эта переговорная сессия состоялась на фоне продолжающихся напряженностей в торговле и разногласий о том, на каких...
24 May 2018
Negotiators aiming to clinch a WTO deal on disciplining harmful fisheries subsidies concluded several days of meetings last week with an updated set of working documents, with subsequent meetings already set for June and July. The 14-17 May meetings marked the second time that the “rules...