WTO

  • Feb 4, 2008
  • 6 min read

EUROPEAN UNION: Green trade wars loom

As part of its energy and climate change strategy, the European Commission suggested a carbon tax...

  • Feb 1, 2008
  • 2 min read

THAILAND: Government reaches deal with Novartis

Thailand will not issue a compulsory licence for a leukemia drug manufactured by Novartis after...

Thailand
  • Jan 11, 2008
  • 8 min read

EU/AFRICA: African resistance stymies EPA progress

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade mobilised demonstrators in Dakar and Brussels this week to...

Eu
  • Jan 10, 2008
  • 1 min read

UKRAINE/WTO: EU is last hurdle to joining trade body

A report of the working group on Ukraine's bid to join the WTO may be considered at the...

Ukraine
  • Jan 4, 2008
  • 6 min read

CARIBBEAN/EU: Economic partnership comes into force

The trade accord with the EU, compatible with WTO requirements, was initialed in mid-December,...

Caribbean
  • Jan 4, 2008
  • 1 min read

CARIBBEAN/EU: Economic partnership comes into force

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the Caribbean and the EU came into force on January 1.

Caribbean
  • Dec 18, 2007
  • 2 min read

WEST AFRICA: Realities undermine ECOWAS unity on trade

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed yesterday that the bloc's...

West Africa
  • Dec 10, 2007
  • 6 min read

VIETNAM: Trade, distribution rules prove contentious

Vietnam's accession to the WTO earlier this year suggested that Hanoi had adopted a more liberal...

Vietnam