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The following is a 25 July 2012 news item from the World Trade Organization.WTO members, meeting as the General Council on 25 July 2012, formally approved new guidelines to enable least developed countries to negotiate membership of the WTO more quickly and easily.The decision was taken following an…
The following is a 26 July 2012 news item from the World Trade Organization.In July 2012, the WTO updated its 2011 exports and imports data for world merchandise trade and for trade in commercial services in the WTO’s Statistics Database. For an overview of the key figures, see the latest issue of…
The following is a 26 July 2012 press release from the World Trade Organization.Today, at the General Council, Vanuatu officially notified the WTO that it had ratified its accession package which spells out its membership terms. Vanuatu will join the WTO as a full-fledged member on 24 August 2012…
The following is excerpted from a 23 July 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.At the request of the United States, the European Union and Japan, the Dispute Settlement Body established on 23 July 2012 a panel to consider China’s exports of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum.The three…
The following is excerpted from a 25 July 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) launched its Wildlife and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit and announced that it has secured 600,000 US dollars for the current fiscal year…
The following is from the World Trade Organization.On 20 July 2012, China filed a notice of appeal in dispute case DS414 with the United States concerning “countervailing and anti-dumping duties on grain oriented flat-rolled electrical steel from the United States”. China appeals certain issues of…
On 18 July 2012, the Dominican Republic notified the WTO Secretariat of a request for consultations with Australia “on certain measures concerning trademarks, geographical indications and other plain packaging requirements applicable to tobacco products and packaging”. In March and April 2012…
The following is a press release by the World Customs Organization. BRUSSELS, 18 July 2012 - The Republic of South Sudan deposited with the Belgian Government its instrument of accession to the Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation Council on 18 July 2012.An English-speaking country in…
The following is from a 16 July 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.Non-tariff measures, such as regulatory standards for manufactured and agricultural goods, can have a significant impact on trade — possibly even more than tariffs — according to the latest edition of the WTO’s flagship…