by Andrea | Dec 19, 2011 | small business financing, Trade and Development, world financial crisis
To no one’s surprise, the Ministerial Conference of WTO Ministers concluded on Saturday, December 17th without any breakthroughs on any of the contentious issues facing the organization (see Day One Highlight). Instead, the meeting concluded with a Chair’s Summary...
by Andrea | Dec 17, 2011 | small business financing, Trade and Development, world financial crisis
• Day Two of the Ministerial (December 16th, 2011) saw the continuation of plenary sessions during which other members made their own statements regarding the issues facing the WTO. • The plenary also approved accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO. The more...
by Andrea | Dec 16, 2011 | small business financing, Trade and Development
The Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is the organization’s highest decision-making body and convenes every two (2) years. An issue of key concern for this 8th Ministerial is the future of the Doha Development Round which is now openly...
