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  Expanding national policy space for development: why the Multilateral Trading System must change

  South Centre, 2005

  The paper demonstrates how developing countries’ national policy space is affected by agreements comprising the Multilateral Trading System (MTS) under the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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  The international trends in plant variety protection

  Agricultural and Development Economics Division, FAO, 2005

  This paper looks at international trends in Plant Variety Protection (PVP), a form of intellectual property rights for plant varieties. The Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement of the World Trade Organization promotes the standardisation of plant variety protection regimes with common levels of protection for all countries.
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  Getting workers’ interests on the WTO agenda: an action guide for trade unionists

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  In the run up to the WTO’s 6th Ministerial Conference in December 2005 in Hong Kong, this trade union action guide provides background information as well as a number of tools with which to exert pressure on national governments and trade negotiators to ensure that the concerns trade unionists share globally about the latest round of negotiations are dealt with.
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  Trade preferences to small developing countries and the welfare costs of lost multilateral liberalization

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper starts from the premise that preferential trade agreements slow down multilateral trade liberalisation. To avoid this stumbling block effect the authors suggest replacing unilateral preferences by a fixed import subsidy. They argue that this scheme would reduce the drag of preferences on multilateral liberalisation.
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  Understanding global trade and human rights

  International Federation for Human Rights, 2005

  This report is based on an FIDH training seminar on trade and human rights aimed to increase advocates’ understanding of the dynamics of global trade and the WTO, and to equip them with practical strategies for making human rights arguments in the trade arena, specifically with respect to the “ecosoc” rights codified in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
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  Emerging issues in the interface between trade, climate change and sustainable energy

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2005

  In order for countries to meet internationally agreed emissions targets, international trade policy will need to reflect these commitments. This paper argues that the aims of the Kyoto Protocol can be aligned with World Trade Organization (WTO) requirements in most cases. However, rather inflexible WTO trade rules limit the options governments have to integrate climate aspects into trade policy.
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  Where are we in the Doha round?

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the Doha Round process, noting that it revolves around the liberalisation of agriculture, as the 'last frontier for trade liberalisation' and the arena where most gains stand to be made.
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  Agricultural negotiations at the WTO: first, do no harm

  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005

  This paper examines the interests underlying current trade negotiations, particularly those relating to agriculture.
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  The WTO negotiations on non-agricultural market access: gender and the removal of industrial tariffs

  International Gender and Trade Network, 2005

  This paper assesses the implications of the current non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations for developing countries with a particular focus on the impact on women.
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  Trade and competition policy

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2004

  The importance of competition policy has been increasingly recognised, especially in developing countries. However, many of them still follow industrial policies that deliberately limit competition.

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