India and South Africa have filed a formal objection against an investment agreement at a World Trade Organization meeting in Abu Dhabi, blocking its adoption, a document showed and delegates. -February 28, 2024 at 09:21 am EST
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U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday ruled out an agreement on World Trade Organization dispute settlement appeals reform this week but said WTO negotiations on the issue were positive and showing some progress. Tai, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the WTO's 13th ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi (MC13), said the dispute settlement negotiations would continue on "much harder issues" after the conference ends later this week. The WTO's dispute settlement system has been hamstrung for years because the U.S. has blocked new judge appointments to the Appellate Body.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Wednesday ruled out an agreement on World Trade Organization dispute settlement appeals reform this week but said WTO negotiations on the issue were positive and showing some progress. Tai, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the WTO's 13th ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi (MC13), said the dispute settlement negotiations would continue on "much harder issues" after the conference ends later this week. The WTO's dispute settlement system has been hamstrung for years because the U.S. has blocked new judge appointments to the Appellate Body.
Civil society organisations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in the United Arab Emirates this week have criticized restrictions on their participation, including alleging that some of their members had been briefly detained at the talks. Our World Is Not For Sale (OWINFS), a network of civil society groups, said on Wednesday it had complained to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over several incidents of "detainment, confiscation of materials, and heavy-handed restrictions on lobbying by civil society" groups. The WTO, in a statement, said the director-general had met with civil society representatives on Tuesday to discuss their concerns and had since spoken with the host chair of the talks to identify solutions.