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US-EU summit declaration addresses trade, investment and technology cooperation
On June 15, 2021, the United States and the European Union (EU) issued a Summit Declaration trumpeting a “renewed transatlantic partnership” following President Joseph Biden’s first ... -
After 17-Year War on Aircraft Subsidies, US, EU Consider Truce | Aviation News
The United States and Europe are stepping up efforts to reach a pact ending a 17-year-old dispute over aircraft subsidies, but may be satisfied with an ... -
G7 leaders pledge to plan for next global health crisis
Environmental activists and Extinction Rebellion supporters march through the streets of Falmouth, Cornwall, Britain during the G7 summit on June 12, 2021. OLI SCARF / AFP ... -
Guterres: vaccines should be seen as ‘global public goods’ |
Speaking via video link in London, Secretary General António Guterres said there was no other way to defeat a virus that is spreading in developing countries ... -
Vaccine intellectual property must be protected, says Kentucky business community
Posted By: Jacqueline Pitts June 9, 2021 As President Joe Biden supports lifting intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines, the Kentucky Chamber has voiced its ... -
Law and Policy Overview – Opinion – The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News
[files] Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala PHOTO: WTO introductionNo nation or country in the world is economically independent or self-sufficient. It is always necessary to trade with other ... -
We need a better game plan to achieve overall herd immunity
An expert’s point of view on a current event. June 8, 2021, 7:05 am The spread of COVID-19 has taken its toll, with countless lives lost, ... -
“People are dying, Joe”: Critics call Biden’s vaccine-sharing plan “woefully inadequate”
The White House ad Thursday his plan to donate 25 million excess doses of Covid-19 vaccine to other countries – a progressive plan described as an ... -
The pandemic must remain our highest priority: from business leaders to APEC ministers
Saturday June 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m.Press release: APEC Published by the APEC Secretariat Singapore, June 5, 2021 APEC trade ministers joined Asia-Pacific business leaders on Friday ... -
#BTColumn – TRIPS and Health Review
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of Barbados Today Inc. by Tara Leevy ... -
From the United States to India and 5 others: you tax Big Tech, we price you
NEW YORK – From Indian basmati rice to Italian handbags to Turkish rugs, the United States will impose tariffs of 25% on up to $ 2 ... -
Caricom trade ministers to discuss COVID19 vaccines
New Clint chan tack An hour ago Minister of Trade and Industry Paula Gopee-Scoon. – SUREASH CHOLAI Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon to lead Trinidad ... -
Liberate Canada’s import measures on wine
It has been a busy week in trade between the United States and Canada. Softwood the wood is back. Dairy is moving forward as the first ... -
Canada resolves wine dispute with Australia, but barriers to interprovincial alcohol trade remain
On May 12, Australia and Canada informed the World Trade Organization (âWTOâ) That the dispute settlement body had reached a mutually agreed solution to the outstanding ... -
South Korea pledges to help tackle global vaccine shortages
SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) – South Korea on Wednesday pledged to play a bigger role in alleviating global COVID-19 vaccine shortages during a meeting with a ... -
Vaccine equity
Comment Newsday Just now – PREMIER and Caricom President Dr Rowley officially called for a more equitable vaccine distribution system to give developing countries a chance ... -
Mixed signals? Or a third way on intellectual property exemptions related to COVID-19? | 05/24/2021
In apparent opposition to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s support for a proposed World Trade Organization (WTO) mandatory intellectual property (IP) waiver on COVID-19-related medical products, ... -
US to increase import tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber
The United States Department of Commerce is taking action to increase preliminary tariffs on imports of softwood lumber from Canada. If finalized, higher import tariffs would ... -
Rejuvenating digital commerce
KARACHI: Pakistan’s goods exports have continued to cross the $ 2 billion per month mark since October 2020. However, the star product in the overall export ... -
WTO TRIPS discuss revised IPR waiver proposal
New Delhi: The World Trade Organization‘s TRIPS Council to discuss a revised proposal submitted by 62 co-sponsors, including India, South Africa and Indonesia, seeking patent waivers ... -
India and others push for TRIPS waiver beyond Covid vaccine at WTO
In an effort to move to text-based discussions on their proposal to waive certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), ... -
A bit of a challenge for India
Much ink has been spilled on the potential benefits of waiving intellectual property rights (IPRs) on COVID-19 vaccines, drugs and therapeutics protected by the Agreement on ... -
WTO members propose three-year TRIPS waiver
Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that are co-sponsoring the proposed TRIPS waiver for products and technologies needed to treat and prevent COVID-19 have submitted ... -
Making India Atmanirbhar in Oilseeds
Several commodity-exporting countries that are either suppliers or competitors of India in the international market have made the World Trade Organization (WTO) a battle arena with ... -
What’s the next step for a COVID-19 intellectual property waiver?
The United States has supported an intellectual property waiver related to COVID-19 vaccines. What happens next? John Zarocostas reports from Geneva. The “monumental” change in the ... -
WTO: COVID vaccines must be produced in Africa and Latin America | Business and economic news
Africa and Latin America have 0.17% and 2% of global production capacity respectively, World Trade Organization chief said on the eve of a global health summit ...