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In a speech delivered at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid on 11 April, Deputy Director-General Alan Wolff said that the world of trade is changing, and the multilateral trade rules and their administration must change with them. “The possibilities for positive results, for far-reaching reforms, must not be lost,” he stressed. “The WTO must adapt to the conditions that exist today and prepare for the future.” This is what he said:
At a meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 11 April, WTO members agreed to Thailand’s request for the establishment of a dispute panel to rule on duties levied by Turkey on imported Thai air conditioners. Members also considered Russia’s request for a panel regarding European Union anti-dumping duties on Russian steel products and formally adopted the compliance panel and Appellate reports in the EU’s complaint against US subsidies for Boeing.
Over 70 students from around the world came to the WTO’s headquarters on 11 April for the conclusion of Model WTO 2019, a week-long simulation of WTO negotiations organized by a group of students from the University of St. Gallen with the support of the WTO.
At a speech delivered to the Peterson Institute in Washington DC on 11 April, Director-General Roberto Azevêdo underlined the critical importance of the WTO to the stability and predictability of the global trading system. At the same time “it is clear that the WTO has to be better, faster and more responsive” to the challenges facing the organization and the system as a whole.
Execution called off for Christopher Price, was set to die for 1991 slaying of minister AL.com
Update at 11:38 p.m.- The state has announced it will not execute Price tonight, because there is not enough time to prepare him for the procedure before the ...
Omar al-Bashir, long-term President of Sudan, was toppled from power by the military on Thursday and placed under “heavy guard”, following months of protests against the government and its handling of a severe economic crisis in the country. Bashir, 75, who had ruled Sudan since 1989, is reportedly being held at the presidential palace, sources told Reuters. Sudan’s Defense Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said that there would be a two-year transition period of military rule and a council governing the country. Читать дальше...
Shell has sold its 22.45-percent interest in the Anadarko-operated Caesar-Tonga field in the U.S. section of the Gulf of Mexico to Israeli Delek Group for US$965 million. Besides the field operator, Delek Group will join Chevron and Equinor as shareholder in the field. Its share in the field’s remaining reserves, according to the Israeli state company, amounts to 78 million barrels of oil equivalent over the 30 years that remain of the field’s productive life. As part of the deal, the Israeli company... Читать дальше...
Schneider added more than 4,200 intermodal containers in 2018 — a 24% increase from the year before — for a total of 22,200, according to a company news release.
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Celery is a member of the carrot family. It contains lots of essential nutrients, and many people believe that it has a range of health benefits. Find out whether drinking celery juice can aid health and about its potential side effects.
Once, when traveling back with a video crew from Tokyo, the counter agent informed me that the only available seat was next to one of my coworkers. Whom I had just spent 8 sleepless days with.
Chris Murray says TTC planners have “tremendous expertise” in building new lines, adding giving control of the TTC to Metrolinx, with its lower capacity GO Transit network, is akin to “the tail wagging the dog.”
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After two straight seasons of making the playoffs, including an appearance in Super Bowl 51, the Atlanta Falcons took a step back in 2018.
The Falcons finished 7-9, and had a stretch of five consecutive losses. Sitting at 4-9, the Falcons could have gone into a complete tailspin. Instead, a three-game win streak to close the season brought Atlanta to 7-9 and the middle of the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
We’re looking back over the past five years of Raptors’ post-seasons to determine a definitive ranking for each and every playoff game based on how much it sucked to watch it. Welcome to the Anguish Index.
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 11 April 2019, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially called an “airgram”.