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WTO negotiating texts prepared
Posted On: Monday, 1 December 2008
WTO negotiating texts prepared TVNZ - 1 December 2008 The chairmen of two key negotiating groups in the Doha world trade round talks will update their texts this week in anticipation of a ministerial meeting in December, diplomats have...


Minister disappointed at further WTO talk delays
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
Minister disappointed at further WTO talk delays National Business Review - 15 December 2008 Trade Minister Tim Groser has expressed disappointment at the cancellation of a World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting scheduled to begin later this...


Extension to term of NZ Chair of WTO Agriculture talks
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
Extension to term of NZ Chair of WTO Agriculture talks Media Release - Beehive - 16 December 2008 Trade Minister Tim Groser says the Government has decided to ask New Zealand Ambassador to the WTO, and Chair of the WTO Agriculture Negotiations,...


What's new in latest WTO agriculture text
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
What's new in latest WTO agriculture text Forbes - 7 December 2008 The chairman of negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on agriculture, New Zealand ambassador Crawford Falconer, issued a revised negotiating draft on Dec....


Lamy recommends no ministerial meeting by the end of this year
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
Lamy recommends no ministerial meeting by the end of this year WTO - 12 December 2008 Director-General Pascal Lamy, at an informal meeting of heads of delegations on 12 December 2008, recommended that unless there would be dramatic changes in the...


Revised drafts issued for farm and non-farm trade talks
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
Revised drafts issued for farm and non-farm trade talks WTO - 6 December 2008 The latest revisions of two papers including what could become the formulas for cutting tariffs and trade-distorting agricultural subsidies in a final deal were issued on...


New Zealand statement to UN climate change conference high-level segment
Posted On: Friday, 26 December 2008
New Zealand Statement to UN Climate Change Conference High-Level Segment Beehive - Tim Groser - 12 December 2008 Climate change is among the greatest challenges of our age. Finding a durable solution - a solution that will allow the development...



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