World Trade Organization
World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade. The WTO came into being on 1 January 1995, and is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was created in 1947, and continued to operate for almost five decades as a de facto international organization. The World Trade Organization deals with the rules of trade between nations at a near-global level; it is responsible for negotiating and implementing new... read more
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Conejos named Phl's permanent representative to WTO
From The Philippine Star Dated 3 February 2012 President Aquino has appointed Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos Jr. as the country’s permanent representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
RAW Week Bonus: RAWing in the Rain, by Maja D'aoust
From Boing Boing Dated 3 February 2012 It was raining hard and I came into work soaking wet. My Dr. Martens had that darker sheen around the toes where the water had sunk into the petrol-resistant exterior. The smell of damp and of dusty...
Nepal: Child Labour and Forced Labour Remain Problems
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 2 February 2012 Brussels, 1 February 2012 (ITUC OnLine): A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Nepal, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, reveals some serious violations of fundamental workers’ ...
Gov't Vows To Protect Local Wines Before Complying With WTO
From Manila Bulletin Dated 2 February 2012 MANILA, Philippines — The government has assured to protect the interest of the local distilled spirits and the sugar industries while it seeks to comply with the excise tax ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz...
PBC welcomes WTO waiver
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 2 February 2012 LAHORE - The Pakistan Business Council in a statement welcomed the WTO waiver for EU concessions granted to certain textile exports from Pakistan post the 2010 floods. The PBC in its statement recalled that the move to request the EU...
WTO decides
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 2 February 2012 The World Trade Organisation has approved the European Union waiver of duties on 75 Pakistani products, a scheme intended to help Pakistan recover from the 2010 floods by boosting textile exports. The waiver is temporary, and does not create a...
Ruling against tariffs won’t mean penalties, top exporter says
From Dominican Today Dated 2 February 2012 Santo Domingo. - The president of the Dominican Exporter Association (Adoexpo) yesterday affirmed that the decision from the World Trade Organization (WTO) favoring the Central American countries in a tariffs dispute doesn’t imply any penalty for the country, but noted...
Pakistan wins WTO go-ahead for EU deal
From Asia Times Online Dated 2 February 2012 Pakistan, swept by floods in 2010, has at last secured World Trade Organization approval for temporary preferential trade with the European Union that was originally intended to create early help in the recovery of the devastated South Asian country. -...
WTO approves EU trade assistance for Pakistan
From eTaiwan News Dated 2 February 2012 A World Trade Organization panel has approved a European Union plan to allow Pakistan to export 75 types of goods duty free into the 27-nation
WTO grants two-year trade waiver to Pakistan
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 1 February 2012 ISLAMABAD - A World Trade Organisation committee meeting on Wednesday approved a European Union waiver on duties for 75 products from Pakistan, a scheme intended to boost textile exports to help Pakistan recover from massive floods in 2010.“I’m very happy....
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