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The following is excerpted from a 23 September 2011 news item from the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 27 September 2011, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and…
The following is excerpted from a 23 September 2011 report by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of Aleksandr Shpilevski, the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus, WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Minsk, Belarus from 21-22 September 2011 to…
The following is excerpted from a 20 September 2011 news item from the World Trade Organization (WTO).On 20 September 2011, the United States requested consultations with China under the dispute settlement system concerning the latter’s measures imposing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on…
WTO economists announced today that they are revising their 2011 trade forecast to 5.8%, down from their earlier conservative estimate of 6.5%, since trade has grown more slowly than expected in recent months and the outlook for the global economy is increasingly uncertain. Director-General Pascal…
On 13 September 2011, the Bahamas deposited with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System).Considering that more than 98 % of international…
The following is excerpted from a 21 September 2011 news release by the International Chamber of Commerce. SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 9,700 financial institutions and corporations in 209 countries, and the Banking Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)…
A further expansion of the ATA Carnet chain can be foreseen in the near future following Trinidad and Tobago’s recent ratification of the International Convention for the temporary admission of goods – also known as the Istanbul Convention.Details are available on the International Chamber of…
Opening Remarks by WCO Secretary General, Kunio MikuriyaI should begin by thanking the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for offering these prestigious UN facilities in Geneva and the Cross-border Research Association (CBRA) for organizing the conference in close collaboration…
An Asia-Pacific regional trade policy course for officials began on 5 September 2011, with the Indian Foreign Trade Institute’s WTO Studies Centre as a partner. WTO chief Pascal Lamy was in Delhi to open it. To read Mr. Lamy's full speech, please click here.