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Entrevista con Angel Gurrìa en el marco del Segundo Examen Global de la Ayuda para el Comercio

Title: Entrevista con Angel Gurrìa en el marco del Segundo Examen Global de la Ayuda para el Comercio
Runtime: 3:56
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6.07.09

Examen Global de la Ayuda para el Comercio de 2009

El segundo Examen Global proporcionó una oportunidad para dar un mayor impulso al ambicioso mandato sobre Ayuda para el Comercio que se acordó en la Conferencia Ministerial de la OMC celebrada en Hong Kong en 2005 y cuyo objetivo es ayudar a los países en desarrollo, en particular a los menos adelantados, a crear la capacidad de oferta y la infraestructura que necesitan para beneficiarse de la apertura del comercio y vincularse a la economía mundial.

Más información sobre la iniciativa de Ayuda para el comercio está disponible en el sitio web de la OMC:
http://www.wto.org/spanish/tratop_s/devel_s/a4t_s/global_review09_s.htm

Ver más vídeos sobre este tema: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7510043A8D185CBA

Entrevues en marge de l'Examen global 2009 de l'Aide pour le commerce

Title: Entrevues en marge de l'Examen global 2009 de l'Aide pour le commerce
Runtime: 7:28
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6.07.09

Entretiens en marge du deuxième examen global de l'aide pour le commerce, les 6 et 7 juillet 2009.

Entretiens avec Donald Kaberuka (Banque africaine de développement), Angel Gurrìa (OCDE) et Dominique Strauss-Kahn (FMI).

Plus de vidéos surce thème: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7510043A8D185CBA

Jettez un oeil au site web de l'OMC pour en savoir plus:
http://www.wto.org/french/tratop_f/devel_f/a4t_f/global_review09_f.htm

Trade finance: how to ensure credit during the financial crisis?

Title: Trade finance: how to ensure credit during the financial crisis?
Runtime: 9:50
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 27.03.09

One of the side effects of the current financial crisis is its impact on trade finance. This very secure form of credit has become more expensive or dried up completely. The lack of credit lines and trade guarantees is one important reason for the reduction in trade flows, as exporters cannot ship their merchandise without them. The impact is even more severe for developing countries. Kimberly Wiehl, Secretary-General of the Berne Union, and Steven Beck, Head of Trade Finance at the Asian Development Bank, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

More trade debates are available on this channel:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

Find out more about trade finance on the WTO website:
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/coher_e/tr_finance_e.htm

How to bolster public and political support for trade?

Title: How to bolster public and political support for trade?
Runtime: 10:13
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 24.09.08

For 60 years, trade has been one of the most important economic factors linking countries and raising living standards. But the financial crisis and increased costs in food and energy have fuelled public scepticism about trade and led to a surge in protectionist sentiment in several countries. How can stakeholders improve the climate for trade? Anthony Gooch, Director of Public Affairs and Communications, OECD, and Alexandre Parola, Minister, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

This debate was recorded during the WTO Public Forum 2008.

More trade debates on this channel:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

Learn more about the Public Forum 2008:
http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum08_e/public_forum08_e.htm

Doha Round: What is at stake for the private sector?

Title: Doha Round: What is at stake for the private sector?
Runtime: 10:33
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 25.09.08

The Doha Round has been debated and discussed at length by academics and commentators. But what would a successful conclusion of the round actually mean for entrepreneurs and businesses engaged in international trade? Is the private sector participating enough in the negotiation? Are their concerns being echoed by government officials at the negotiating table? What is at stake for businesses? Jacqueline Coté, International Chamber of Commerce's Permanent Representative in Geneva, and Rajesh Aggarwal, Senior Advisor on the International Trading System at the International Trade Centre, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

This debate was recorded during the WTO Public Forum 2008.

More video clips about the Doha Development agenda is available: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=46DA2171057742BA

Further information on the WTO website: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/d...

Title: Access to affordable medicines
Runtime: 12:06
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 2008

Making life-saving medicines more affordable for poor countries is vital for improving public health. Therefore, access to affordable medicines is a major challenge facing governments in the developing world.

More trade debates:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

More on this topic on the WTO website:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_E/trips_e/counciljun01_e.htm

The global food crisis: What is the role of trade?

Title: The global food crisis: What is the role of trade?
Runtime: 13:41
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 25.09.08

What is the role of trade in bringing this crisis on, and how can trade alleviate the problem of the rapid escalation in global food prices today? Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and Christian Häberli, World Trade Institute, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

More debates on this topic: Pascal Lamy and Olivier de Schutter discuss trade liberalization and the right to food, during an event held in May 2009 by the Mayor of Geneva:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLy2Erg3R_k

More information is available on the WTO's website: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/debates_e/debate9_e.htm

Title: The WTO's decision making process
Runtime: 12:20
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 24.09.08

The WTO's decision making process - Does it need to be reformed?

Gaining consensus among 153 countries on 20 complex topics is an immense undertaking. Recent setbacks in the Doha negotiations have led some commentators to suggest that the WTO's system of decision making needs to be changed. Is the practice of deciding by consensus and principle of a single undertaking in which all issues must be agreed before any can be agreed, outdated? Or does a result with the expressed support of all members give WTO agreements greater credibility and authority? Guillermo Valles Galmés, Chair of the WTO Rules Negotiating Group, and Simon Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

More trade debates: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

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Climate change: What is the role of trade?

Title: Climate change: What is the role of trade?
Runtime: 12:21
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 25.09.08

The threat of climate change poses one of the great policy challenges of the 21st century. As governments consider their options in dealing with climate change, many are looking to the trading system for answers.

Can WTO rules and a successful outcome to the Doha round contribute to a multilateral solution to climate change? Or will policymakers have to consider options which curb trade flows around the world? What is the role that trade has to play in one of the most important global issues? Mari Pangestu, Indonesia's Minister for Trade, and Mark Halle, Director of Trade and Investment at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, discuss the issues with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson.

This debate was recorded during the WTO Public Forum 2008. For more information about the Public Forum 2008: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum08_e/public_forum08_e.htm

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Pascal Lamy - WTO / UNEP Report on trade and climate change

Title: Pascal Lamy - WTO / UNEP Report on trade and climate change
Runtime: 6:00
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 26.06.09

WTO and UNEP launch a report explaining for the first time the connections between trade and climate change.

The world cannot continue with business as usual and there is a profound need for a successful conclusion to the current negotiations on both climate change and trade opening.

The WTO and UNEP are partners in the pursuit of sustainable development and this report is the outcome of collaborative research between the WTO and UNEP.

Both Steiner and Lamy urge the international community to seal an equitable and decisive deal at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. They also urge nations to conclude the Doha trade round which includes opening trade in environmental goods and services, a complementary track towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions to scientifically-defensible levels.

Find out the full press release on the WTO website:...

Achim Steiner - WTO / UNEP Report on trade and climate change

Title: Achim Steiner - WTO / UNEP Report on trade and climate change
Runtime: 9:28
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 26.06.09

WTO and UNEP launch a report explaining for the first time the connections between trade and climate change.
The world cannot continue with business as usual and there is a profound need for a successful conclusion to the current negotiations on both climate change and trade opening.

The WTO and UNEP are partners in the pursuit of sustainable development and this report is the outcome of collaborative research between the WTO and UNEP.

Both Steiner and Lamy urge the international community to seal an equitable and decisive deal at the crucial UN climate convention meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. They also urge nations to conclude the Doha trade round which includes opening trade in environmental goods and services, a complementary track towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions to scientifically-defensible levels.

Find out the press release on the WTO website:
http:...

Doha Development Agenda: JULY 2008 PACKAGE

Title: Doha Development Agenda: JULY 2008 PACKAGE
Runtime: 2:39
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 29.07.08

WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy announced after long hours of hard talking that ministers have failed in their effort to agree on blueprint agreements in agriculture and industrial products. He told a press conference after speaking to members that out of a to-do list of 20 topics, 18 had seen positions converge but the gaps could not narrow on the 19th — the special safeguard mechanism for developing countries.

Lamy says time for action is now amid economic threats

Title: Lamy says time for action is now amid economic threats
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 21.07.08

Director-General Pascal Lamy, in opening an informal meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee on 21 July 2008, said that members are within reach of a major step in our drive to conclude the Round this year. He could think of no stronger spur for our action than the threats facing the world economy across several fronts, including rises in food prices and energy prices and financial market turbulences.

More information about this news item: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news08_e/meet08_chair_21july08_e.htm

More WTO News: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=920EE843C1A40330

More on the Doha Development Agenda: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=920EE843C1A40330

The GATT/WTO at 60 - World Trade Report 2007

Title: The GATT/WTO at 60 - World Trade Report 2007
Runtime: 3:49
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 4.12.07

WTO World Trade Report examines six decades of multilateralism in trade.

On 1 January 2008, the multilateral trading system will celebrate its 60th anniversary. This year's World Trade Report celebrates this landmark anniversary with an in-depth look at the GATT and its successor the World Trade Organization — their origins, achievements, the challenges they have faced, and what the future holds. The story is one of remarkable change and adaptation, of a system that has contributed significantly to post-war prosperity, but which has not delivered all it could and which still faces formidable challenges.

The full press release is available on the WTO website:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres07_e/pr502_e.htm

Watch a debate on this topic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8pFEVF7Ys

More on the World Trade Report: http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/wtr_e.htm

Lamy: Protectionism and economic isolationism do not work

Title: Lamy: Protectionism and economic isolationism do not work
Runtime: 16:42
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 24.09.08

Lamy warns against protectionism amid financial crisis.

Director-General Pascal Lamy, in his keynote address to the WTO Public Forum on 24 September 2008, said that an important lesson of the Great Depression is that protectionism and economic isolationism do not work. Underlining the importance of the Doha Round to the world economy, he asked civil society to help bring negotiating topics such as agriculture and environment issues to closure.

More Public Forum videos: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4ADFBCC6A5144121

The full speech of the Director-General is available on the WTO website:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl101_e.htm

More on the WTO Public Forum 2008: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum08_e/public_forum08_e.htm

Trade in a Globalizing World - World Trade Report 2008

Title: Trade in a Globalizing World - World Trade Report 2008
Runtime: 14:46
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 15.07.08

Trade and globalization have brought greater prosperity to hundreds of millions as well as greater stability among nations, according to a report published today by the World Trade Organization.

Read the full press release: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres08_e/pr534_e.htm

More on World Trade Reports and forecasts: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DE65C9FE5A130D72

Trade Statistics 2007 - 2008: Developing, transition economies cushion trade slowdown

Title: Trade Statistics 2007 - 2008: Developing, transition economies cushion trade slowdown
Runtime: 9:32
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 17.04.08

WORLD TRADE 2007, PROSPECTS FOR 2008

World trade growth slid to 5.5% last year from 8.5% in 2006 and may grow even more slowly in 2008 — at about 4.5% — as sharp economic deceleration in key developed countries is only partly offset by continuing strong growth in emerging economies, according to World Trade Organization economists.

Patrick Low, Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division discusses this issue with Keith Rockwell.

Title: Policy space and trade negotiations
Runtime: 12:21
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 17.10.07

How should policy space be used in the context of trade negotiations?

The speakers Alan Winters, professor of Economics at the University of Sussex, and Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz, co-founder and Chief Executive of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, discuss whether policy space helps or hinders trade negotiations, and how it should be used in the context of trade. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell.

More on policy space: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sppl_e/sppl40_e.htm

More trade debates: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

Doha Agenda: Cotton - Special High-Level Session

Title: Doha Agenda: Cotton - Special High-Level Session
Runtime: 8:22
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 16.03.07

Meeting shows need for result in cotton talks and more coherence on aid.
While participants differ on some of the details, they agree that cotton needs a breakthrough in the Doha Round negotiations, and that more is needed to remove blockages on development assistance, Director-General Pascal Lamy said on 16 March 2007.

More information on the Doha Development Agenda on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/46DA2171057742BA

More on the DDA is available on the WTO's website: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dda_e/dda_e.htm

Trade-related Intellectual Property rights

Title: Trade-related Intellectual Property rights
Runtime: 12:02
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 11.07.07

Does the TRIPS agreement strike the right balance?

The speakers Celine Charveriat, head of Oxfams advocacy office in Geneva and Harvey Bale, Director General of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association discuss whether the TRIPS agreement strikes the right balance between the rights of governments and the rights of patent holders. Each speaker has two minutes to make their case, followed by three and a half minutes of exchange and a 30-second summing up. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell.

More trade debates: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

More information on Intellectual Property Rights is available on the WTO's website: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_E/trips_e/trips_e.htm

Regional Trade Agreements and the Trading System

Title: Regional Trade Agreements and the Trading System
Runtime: 13:05
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 12.09.07

Are RTAs stepping stones or obstacles to the trading system?

The speakers Jagdish Bhagwati, professor at Columbia University and Gary Hufbauer, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, discuss whether regional trade deals are stepping stones or obstacles to a better functioning of the multilateral trading system. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell.

More trade debates: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

More on Regional Trade Agreements: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/region_e/region_e.htm

The Dispute Settlement System: what reforms for 21st Century?

Title: The Dispute Settlement System: what reforms for 21st Century?
Runtime: 10:00
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 7.07.07

The speakers William Davey, University of Illinois College of Law and John Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center discuss potential improvements to the Dispute Settlement Understanding. Each speaker has two minutes to make their case, followed by three and a half minutes of exchange and a 30-second summing up. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell.

More information on the Dispute Settlement System is available on the WTO's website: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm

More trade debates: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

Entretien avec Valentine Rugwabiza sur l'Aide pour le commerce

Title: Entretien avec Valentine Rugwabiza sur l'Aide pour le commerce
Runtime: 3:39
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6.07.09

Entretien avec Valentine Rugwabiza, Directrice générale adjointe, concernant les objectifs du deuxième Examen Global de l'Aide pour le commerce. Ce deuxième examen est l'occasion d'évaluer les progrès accomplis depuis le premier examen, qui remonte à novembre 2007, et d'analyser la façon dont l'aide pour le commerce est mise en œuvre sur le terrain.

Pour en savoir plus sur l'Aide pour le commerce: http://www.wto.org/french/tratop_f/devel_f/a4t_f/aid4trade_f.htm

Plus d'informations sur le Deuxième examen Global de l'Aide pour le commerce:http://www.wto.org/french/tratop_f/devel_f/a4t_f/global_review09_f.htm

DDG Valentine Rugwabiza about Aid for Trade - Second Global Review

Title: DDG Valentine Rugwabiza about Aid for Trade - Second Global Review
Runtime: 2:55
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6.07.09

Interview with Deputy Director General Valentine Rugwabiza about the second Aid for Trade Global Review objectives.
The second Global Review will evaluate progress made since the first review, held in November 2007, and scrutinize how aid for trade is being put into operation in the field.

More on Aid for Trade:http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/a4t_e/aid4trade_e.htm

More on the second global review: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/a4t_e/global_review09_e.htm

Partner institutions discuss Aid for Trade

Title: Partner institutions discuss Aid for Trade
Runtime: 8:08
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6.07.2009

On the occasion of the second global review of Aid for Trade, international aid and development organizations explain the issues that are at stake.

More information on Aid for Trade is available on the WTO's website:http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/a4t_e/aid4trade_e.htm

More on trade and development: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/devel_e.htm

Title: Heads of organizations on Aid for Trade
Runtime: 10:29
Date posted: 17 years ago
Description: http://www.wto.org/ 6 July 2009

Interviews on the sidelines of the Aid for Trade Global Review, on 6 and 7 July 2009.

The Second Global Review provided an opportunity to give added impetus to the ambitious mandate on Aid for Trade, agreed at the WTO's Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005, which aims to help developing countries, and the least developed in particular, to build the supply-side capacity and infrastructure they need to take advantage of trade opening and to connect with the global economy.

More on Aid for Trade on the WTO's website: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/devel_e/a4t_e/aid4trade_e.htm

More on development and Aid for Trade on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/7510043A8D185CBA

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