SPS NOTIFICATIONS HIT 5 FIGURES AND COMMITTEE WRAPS UP CHINA REVIEW
Since the WTO was set up 16 years ago, governments have shared information with each other on over 10,000 measures that they have implemented on food safety and animal and plant health, the organization’s committee handling these issues learnt in its 19-20 October 2011 meeting.
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TRADE POLICY REVIEW: ALBANIA
Over the past decade, Albania has reaped the benefits of reform and liberalization, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the country’s trade policies and practices.
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GREATER TRADE CAPACITY FOR POORER COUNTRIES
Launched in 2009, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) is now fully operational thanks to the funding received from 23 countries that have invested in the EIF Trust Fund.
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES START PREPARATIONS FOR END OF EXPORT-SUBSIDY EXEMPTIONS
A number of developing countries, at the meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on 27 April 2010, reported on their preparations for the phase-out of export subsidies by end of 2015, including holding consultations with stakeholders. They were responding to questions posed by the United States.
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IS FDI IN NATURAL RESOURCES A "CURSE"?
Please let us know your views on this topic, discussed in more detail in the latest article published in the World Trade Report 2010 Discussion Forum.
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PANEL TO EXAMINE US COMPLAINT ON PHILIPPINE TAXES ON SPIRITS
At its meeting on 20 April 2010, the Dispute Settlement Body agreed to refer the US complaint on Philippine taxes on spirits to the panel which is examining a similar complaint by the EU. Separate panel requests to examine EU measures on Chinese footwear, US measures on Vietnamese shrimps and US measures on Korean products were blocked.
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