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WTO Annual Report 2009

Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:30 JungleLaw WTO - WTO News
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This 128-page report is in two parts. The first is a brief summary of the organization and a review of 2009. The second section provides more in-depth information illustrated with charts, tables and photos

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WTO Chief urges to consider EU model for Global Governance

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 14:58 JungleLaw WTO - WTO News
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Here are some excerpts from a recent speach titled "Global Governance: Learning From The European Model" by Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organisation, Published Monday, 9 November, 2009 - in which he discusses the EU model of "integration" and urges to consider it when dealing with the "problem" of global governance.

(e gov monitor ) "Globalization today is posing a serious challenge for our democracies, and our governance systems must respond to the challenge says Pascal Lamy as he discusses the global governance challenges and how Europe might be the right model to follow.

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What’s on the Table? The Doha Round as of August 2009

Friday, 04 September 2009 13:33 JungleLaw WTO - WTO News
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This 121-page working paper assesses the potential benefits of the Doha Round.

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United Nations / World Trade Organization: Report on Connection Between Climate Change and Trade Issued

Monday, 20 July 2009 20:27 JungleLaw WTO - WTO News
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(Jul. 01, 2009 Global Legal Monitor) The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme released a report on June 26, 2009, detailing the connections between trade and climate change.
 
The document "examines the intersections between trade and climate change from four perspectives: the science of climate change; economics; multilateral efforts to tackle climate change; and national climate change policies and their effect on trade," under its four chapters. (Press Release No. 559, WTO, WTO and UNEP Launch a Report Explaining for the First Time the Connections Between Trade and Climate Change (June 26, 2009), available here.) The 166-page study includes a number of charts and tables and has a detailed bibliography and a detailed table of contents (in addition to the opening table of contents) appended. Read full story here
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WTO sees 9% global trade decline in 2009 as recession strikes

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 15:05 JungleLaw WTO - WTO News
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23 March 2009

WORLD TRADE Organization> TRADE PROSPECTS FOR 2009

The collapse in global demand brought on by the biggest economic downturn in decades will drive exports down by roughly 9% in volume terms in 2009, the biggest such contraction since the Second World War, WTO economists forecast today (25 March 2009). “Trade can be a potent tool in lifting the world from these economic doldrums. In London G20 leaders will have a unique opportunity to unite in moving from pledges to action and refrain from any further protectionist measure which will render global recovery efforts less effective,” said Director-General Pascal Lamy.

 

 

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