IQsensato – The Eighth World Trade Organization(WTO) Ministerial Conference is slated to take place at the Geneva International Conference Centre from the 15th to 17th December 2011. No breakthroughs or deals are expected at the Conference on the Doha Round of Trade Negotiations as such. The trade ministers in addition to adopting some basic Decisions will essentially come together to discuss three broad topics, namely the “Importance of the Multilateral Trading System and the WTO”, “Trade and Development” and “Doha Development Agenda.” The accessions of Russia, Samoa and Montenegro will also be finalised at the meeting. With these three countries joining the organization WTO membership will rise to 156.
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WTO 8th Ministerial Conference to Take Place in Geneva (15 -17 Dec 2011)
Friday, December 9th, 2011IQsensato at the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference
Monday, November 30th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu – IQsensato has been accredited to, and will be participating in the Seventh World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference which takes place the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) from 30th November 2009 to 2 December 2009. As part of our participation, IQsensato is organising/co-organising two key side events at the main NGO Centre during the Ministerial in addition to blogging on the Ideas in Development Blog. Both events are open to all accredited delegates (government, international organisations, NGOs) to the Ministerial conference.
Trade Disputes and Stakeholder Consultations in Developing Countries
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Marcia Pereira – Consultation with stakeholders is a key element not only in the formulation, but also in the enforcement of trade policies. The importance of formal procedures for consultations has gained emphasis in recent years, in particular, because some developing countries have requested or are considering requesting authorization from the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) to retaliate or cross-retaliate under the WTO Agreements against developed countries.
A Take on Clinton’s AGOA Speech
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Sisule F. Musungu – From potential to opportunity to governance through to the excellent Nairobi hairdos. The speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as the head of the U.S. delegation to the 8th AGOA Forum, on 5th of August 2009 in Nairobi was quite wide-ranging. Its value primarily lies in the detail it offered regarding the policy that Obama outlined in his Ghana Speech less than a month before. They say the devil is in the detail. For that reason having the detail can tell you if, and where, the devil might be in Obama’s Africa policy.
U.S. –Africa Trade: Assessing Nine Years of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Sisule F. Musungu – The eighth African Growth and Opportunity Act -8th AGOA Forum- takes place in Nairobi, Kenya from the 4th to the 6th August 2009. The theme for this year’s Forum is “Realizing the Full Potential of AGOA through Expansion of Trade and Investment”. The theme sounds depressingly similar to the themes of the last two forums. The theme of the 7th AGOA Forum, in 2008, was “Mobilizing Private Investment for Trade and Growth” and that for the 6th Forum, in 2007, “As Trade Grows, Africa Prospers: Optimizing the Benefits under AGOA.” The topics in the Forum Programme are also fairly familiar. The familiarity of topics and like sounding themes year in year out might not necessarily be a negative thing. But it is a reason to look beyond the surface.
