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Price fluctuations are a normal feature of agricultural commodity markets. Nevertheless, the international food price spike in 2007-2008 generated concerns regarding the potential implications on poverty reduction and other issues. What is the role of the multilateral trading system on world food prices? Professor Scott Irwin, from the University of Illinois, and Dr. David Nabarro, Coordinator of the UN high Level Task Force on the food crisis, discuss this topic with Keith Rockwell, WTO ...

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WTO Forum - What is the role of WTO services rules in the context of the current financial crisis? Proponents of open trade in services argue that the GATS, the General Agreement on Trade in Services, holds the potential to enhance efficiency and innovation around the world. But critics counter that market opening can also increase risks, especially in the financial system. Has the WTO's services agreement contributed to the crisis or is it a tool which can help create a more stable ... wto ...

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Informal employment curbs trade benefits for developing countries. A joint study from the International Labour Organization and the WTO has found that high incidence of informal employment in the developing world suppresses countries ability to benefit from trade opening by creating poverty traps for workers in job transition. Trade has contributed to growth and development worldwide. But this has not automatically translated into an improvement in the quality of employment. Trade opening ...

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No sector of society benefits more from stable and transparent rules for international trade than the business community. But some believe that the international trading system and the WTO do not deliver the results needed to operate in the global marketplace of the 21st Century. Reinhard Quick, Vice-Chairman of BusinessEurope WTO Working Group, and Jonathan Lynn, Bureau chief of Reuters News in Geneva, discuss these questions with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson. ... wto world trade ...

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WTO General Council successfully adopts Saudi Arabia's terms of Accession WTO General Council formally concluded today (11 November 2005) negotiations with Saudi Arabia on the terms of the countrys membership to the WTO. Saudi Arabia has been negotiating its membership since July 1993. It has completed its package of documents presenting the Kingdoms terms of accession at the Working Party meeting on 28 October 2005. The legal texts, which run to some 600 pages, were formally accepted by the ...

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Dans ce film vidéo, on suit deux étudiants qui découvrent le bâtiment de l'OMC et interrogent les fonctionnaires de l'Organisation et des gouvernements sur le fonctionnement de l'OMC.

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The Mekong Delta in Asia

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The North-South Corridor in Africa

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Director-General Pascal Lamy reported to WTO ambassadors on 12 November 2008 that his meeting with experts earlier in the day confirmed that the market for trade finance has severely deteriorated. He urged government action to close the liquidity gap in trade finance, adding that concluding the Doha Round is even more desirable now.

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Director-General Pascal Lamy, at the informal Trade Negotiations Committee meeting on 22 July 2008, said he intends for consultations later in the day to move into detailed work on both agriculture and non-agricultural market access and to begin discussing possible solutions to the outstanding issues.

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