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The following is a 17 May 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 24 May 2013, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The…

The following is excerpted from a 3 May 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.Cuba notified the WTO Secretariat, on 3 May 2013, of a request for consultations with Australia on the Australian Tobacco Plain Packaging Act of 2011 that regulates the appearance and form of retail packaging used…

The following is excerpted from a 6 May 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.On 6 May 2013, the WTO Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases “Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector” (DS412) and “Canada – Measures Relating to the Feed in Tariff…

The following is excerpted from a 3 May 2013 release by OECD.Multilateral agreement to cut red tape in international trade would dramatically reduce trading costs and add a substantial boost to the global economy, according to new OECD research.The OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators estimate that…

The following is excerpted from a 22 April 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.WTO members, meeting as the Import Licensing Committee on 22 April 2013, questioned Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand and Brazil about a range of import licensing procedures and asked Russia to submit overdue…

The following is excerpted from a 23 April 2013 news release by CBP.On behalf of the United States and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Winkowski and Nigeria Customs Service Comptroller General Abdullahi Dikko Inde signed a Customs Mutual…

The following is excerpted from a 24 April 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.The Panel on Defining the Future of Trade convened by Director-General Pascal Lamy, on 24 April 2013, issued its report “The Future of Trade: The Challenges of Convergence”. “Regulating trade opening is only…

The following is excerpted from a 17 April 2013 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech to the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin, Ireland on 17 April 2013, said that “the best way to sail through the crisis is to use…

The following is from a 17 April 2013 report by the World Trade Organization.The fifth review of the trade policies and practices of Mexico takes place on 17 and 19 April 2013. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Mexico.This report is…