Archive - Apr 12, 2005

Trade in Cultural Goods and Services: Assessing the compatibility between WTO trade rules and UNESCO's cultural diversity Convention

Original Publication Date: 
11 Aprile, 2005
Source: 
INCD
On 20 April at 3:00 pm, the INCD will hold a seminar at WTO headquarters in Geneva to discuss the cultural implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the potential implications for trade rules of the new UNESCO Convention.

Developing Nations Give WTO Negotiations A Push

Original Publication Date: 
11 Aprile, 2005
Source: 
Gustavo Capdevila
Most industrialised nations resist opening their agricultural markets, seeking to maintain their subsidies for protecting farmers. They spend a combined total of approximately a billion dollars a day on such state supports.