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The following is excerpted from a 28 September 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.At its meeting on 28 September 2012, the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) agreed to establish a panel on Australia’s measures on plain packaging of tobacco products (DS434) and another one on countervailing…
The following is excerpted from a 27 September 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.Over 230 delegates representing WCO Members, the academic world, international organizations, the private sector, donor organizations and other interested parties attended the 7th WCO Conference on the…
The following is excerpted from a 28 September 2012 press release by the World Trade Organization.Liechtenstein has donated CHF 40,000 to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF). Liechtenstein has been a regular donor to the DDAGTF since 2002 and this new contribution brings its…
The following is excerpted from a 28 September 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.The terms of Laos’ WTO membership were agreed by the countries negotiating with the least-developed nation on 28 September 2012, and now go for approval by all 157 current WTO members in the General Council…
The following is from a 27 September 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.On behalf of the Director General of Egyptian Customs, Mohamed Elalhawy, on 27 September 2012 the Egyptian delegation to the WCO Harmonized System Committee presented the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya…
The following is excerpted from a 2 October 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of Namibia's Permanent Secretary of Finance, Ericah Shafudah, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Windhoek, Namibia on 1 and 2 October where he met Customs management and…
The following is excerpted from a 4 October 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.A global operation spanning 100 countries aimed at disrupting organized crime networks behind the illicit online sale of medicines has resulted in some 80 arrests and the worldwide seizure of 3.75…
The following is excerpted from a 24 September 2012 speech by Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization.Director-General Pascal Lamy, in welcoming participants to WTO’s Public Forum 2012 on 24 September 2012, said: “While multilateralism is struggling in almost all spheres of global co-operation…
The following is from the 25 September 2012 edition of American Shipper.The Office of the United States Trade Representative on Monday submitted notification to the World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body detailing the United States’ compliance with the WTO’s recommendations in the large…