World Trade Organisation

By Elizabeth Morgan The candidates for the post of Director General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are now well into the campaign phase, making themselves known to the Members. This two-month phase will end on September 7.…
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By Elizabeth Morgan I noted the Gleaner’s Editorial of Tuesday, May 19 titled “CARICOM on the WTO Frontline” which dealt with the pending early departure of the incumbent Director General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO),…
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Doha Development Round or Agenda (DDA) By Elizabeth Morgan The Doha Development Round/Agenda (DDA) was launched at the 4th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC4) in Doha, Qatar in 2001. The new Round was reluctantly accepted by many…
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By Elizabeth Morgan The developed members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) were ready to launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations at the first WTO Ministerial Conference (MC 1) held in Singapore in 1996, two (2) years…
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…but urges actions to help protect regional cement manufacturers (Guyana Chronicle) THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday delivered a judgment which upholds the classification decision of the CARICOM Council for Trade and…
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