The following is excerpted from a 16 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The eleventh review of the trade policies and practices of the European Union takes place on 16 and 18 July 2013. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of the European Union.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tpr_e/tp384_e.htm
The following is excerpted from an 11 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
At the Council for Trade in Goods meeting on 11 July 2013, concerns were raised over certain trade measures by Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and Nigeria. The Council noted the recent notification of some 11 regional trade agreements.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/good_11jul13_e.htm
The following is excerpted from a 9 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The European Union notified the WTO Secretariat on 9 July 2013 of a request for consultations with the Russian Federation on measures imposed by Russia relating to a charge, the so called “recycling fee”, imposed on motor vehicles.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/ds462rfc_09jul13_e.htm
IFCBA welcomes its newest association member, Customs House Brokers’ Association, Port Louis, Mauritius. For more information on Customs House Brokers’ Association, please refer to the Members section of the website.
The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
In a joint statement, 27 governments and organizations at the Fourth Aid for Trade Global Review on 8 July 2013 underlined the importance of providing technical assistance to trade facilitation programmes of developing countries. They noted that trade facilitation commitments rose by 365 per cent in 2011 to a total of more than US$ 381 million.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/fac_08jul13_e.htm
The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening the three-day Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade at the WTO on 8 July 2013, said: “Aid for Trade is making a difference. But it can make more of a difference if it tackles the factors needed to get the business and investment climate right. To connect the least connected in international trade.”
This speech is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl291_e.htm
The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.
On 8 July 2013, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met the Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr. Raymond Benjamin, and the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, at IMO Headquarters in London to consider further stepping up collaboration between the three Organizations in the fields of aviation, border and maritime security and facilitation.
IFCBA welcomes its newest members: Kazakhstan Association of Customs Brokers, Thai Anh Investment Trading Service Joint Stock Company, Myanmar Customs Brokers Association, and Istanbul Customs Consultants Association.
For more information on these members please refer to the Members section of the website.
The following is excerpted from a 5 July 2013 blog by Joseph E. Stiglitz of the World Economic Forum.
Though nothing has come of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago, another round of talks is in the works. But this time the negotiations will not be held on a global, multilateral basis; rather, two huge regional agreements – one transpacific, and the other transatlantic – are to be negotiated. Are the coming talks likely to be more successful?
