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The following is excerpted from an 8 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The European Union and 10 Latin American countries signed an agreement on 8 November 2012 settling the longest-running series of disputes in the history of the multilateral trading system.“This is a truly…
The following is excerpted from a 2 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The 2012 Advanced Course on the WTO Agreement on Agriculture, held at the WTO headquarters in Geneva and jointly organized by the Agriculture and Commodities Division and the Institute for Training and…
The following is excerpted from an 8 November 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of the Director General of Customs, Alain Fred Pépin Bonezouï, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Bangui, Central African Republic from 8-9 November 2012 to garner…
The following is excerpted from a 5 November 2012 press release by the World Trade Organization.The European Union (EU) donated EUR 1 million to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) and EUR 180,000 to the Trade Facilitation Negotiation Group Fund for 2012. With these last donations…
The following is excerpted from a 5 November 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, has been listed in Global Tax 50, the International Tax Review’s annual selection of individuals and organizations they…
The following is excerpted from a 5 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.China notified the WTO Secretariat on 5 November 2012 of a request for consultations with the European Union and certain member states. It alleges that certain measures affecting the renewable energy…
The following is excerpted from a 6 November 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.The World Customs Organization (WCO) welcomes the Chair’s Statement by Leaders attending the 9th Summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic under the theme…
The following is excerpted from a 6 November 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.Innovation is essential for raising living standards, and intellectual property has an important role to play provided an appropriate balance is struck and governments act to help smaller players, the WTO…
The following is excerpted from a 1 November 2012 press release by the World Trade Organization.Chinese Taipei has donated USD 100,000 (about CHF 93,300) to the WTO Trade Facilitation Needs Assessment Trust Fund. This new donation brings Chinese Taipei’s contribution to WTO trust funds up to CHF 1…