The following is excerpted from a 26 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
WTO members meeting as the General Council on 26 October 2012 have agreed to Laos joining the organization, paving the way for the southeast Asian country to become a member in early 2013.
The following is excerpted from a 26 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
Tajikistan’s accession to the WTO cleared a major hurdle on 26 October 2012 when the Working Party on its accession approved, ad referendum, the package spelling out its terms of entry to the organization.
The following is a 26 October 2012 release by the World Trade Organization.
Following a statement by the Chairman of the Working Party on the Accession of Lao PDR, the General Council will consider the Working Party Report in WT/ACC/LAO/45 and Addenda 1 and 2.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/gcounc_e/meet_oct12a_e.htm
The following is excerpted from a 24 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices, on 24 October 2012, reviewed reports by 32 members on anti-dumping actions taken during the first half of 2012, and considered more recent notifications of preliminary and final anti-dumping actions submitted by 25 members.
The following is excerpted from a 24 October 2012 speech by DG Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.
Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the meeting of ACP Ministers of Trade in Brussels on 24 October 2012, said the Group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) members “is one of the more powerful and influential advocacy and negotiating arms in the WTO”. He urged the ACP to actively participate on five trade fronts: trade facilitation, regional integration, Aid for Trade, global value chains, and non-tariff measures.
The following is excerpted from a 23 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, on 23 October 2012, approved the final extension of the transition period — until end 2013 — for export subsidy programmes of 19 developing countries. These programmes consist mainly of free trade zones and tax incentives.
The following is excerpted from a 23 October 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of the Head of the Russian Federal Customs Service, Andrey Beliyaninov, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the XIII International Exhibition and Conference on Customs in Moscow, Russia on 23 October 2012.
The following is excerpted from a 25 October 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
We know that many of our IFCBA association members have permanent staff. It was agreed at our last Board meeting that there would be mutual benefit if everyone shared contact information for these individuals. Therefore, we are requesting the names, job titles and email addresses of your permanent staff. If the staff member’s area of responsibility is not obvious from their job title, please include a short note outlining their responsibilities. From the information received, we will create a listing that we will share with all members. Thank you.
The following is from a 23 October 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), on 23 October 2012, established a panel to examine a complaint by the United States against China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties on US automobiles. In the Boeing dispute, it established a panel, at the request of the European Union, to examine whether the US had complied with DSB recommendations, and referred to arbitration a request by the EU to take countermeasures for $12 billion against the US.
