Compliance/transparency & notification requirements
Isolated
US tries to block MC11 Ministerial Declaration
(D.
Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The
United States stood isolated and exposed on Wednesday (22 November)
for its unilateral decision to block the finalization of the ministerial
declaration for the World Trade Organization's eleventh ministerial
conference (MC11) in Buenos Aires next month, trade envoys told SUNS.
US
transparency proposal criticised at WTO Goods Council
(Kanaga
Raja, Geneva, 15 November 2017)
The
United States proposal, setting out stringent procedures on transparency
and notification requirements under the WTO Agreements including penalties,
was criticised at a meeting of the WTO Goods Council on 10 November
by over a dozen WTO Members, both developed and developing.
US
attempts to use wrecking ball against WTO
(D.
Ravi Kanth, Geneva, 2 November 2017)
The
United States on Tuesday (31 October) indicated as to how it is going
to put the Doha Round of trade negotiations to bed, after circulating
a proposal on mandatory transparency provisions and notification requirements
in all the World Trade Organization agreements that would amount to
altering the rights and obligations of members, trade envoys told
SUNS.
No
outcomes possible at MC11, unilateralist USA insists
(D.
Ravi Kanth, Geneva, 16 October 2017)
The
United States, which sent a low-level delegation to the Marrakesh
meeting, continued to maintain its unilateral position that no outcomes
are possible at the World Trade Organization's eleventh ministerial
meeting in Buenos Aires beginning on 10 December, participants told
SUNS.
US
hurls "unparliamentary" language against India at WTO committee
(D.
Ravi Kanth, Geneva, 4 May 2017)
The
United States - which has failed to comply with several World Trade
Organization rulings and has blocked several procedural proposals
on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
agreement and the accession of Iran - created an ugly scene at a meeting
of the WTO Committee on Safeguards on 24 April, several participants
told SUNS.
