The document summarizes a workshop held on trade remedy laws and practices in India. Over 250 government officials and industry representatives participated in discussions about subsidy laws, anti-dumping practices, and safeguard measures. Speakers from the government and private sector shared insights on investigating authorities and procedures, calculating subsidies, benefits of programs in India and globally, and addressing industry concerns. A booklet compiling information from the workshop would be circulated.
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Promote the Effective and Comprehensive Dissemination and Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/WGHRandtransnationalcorporationsandotherbusiness.aspx
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Promote the Effective and Comprehensive Dissemination and Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Business/Pages/WGHRandtransnationalcorporationsandotherbusiness.aspx
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This paper reports on the key discussion points and presentations at the III Biotrade Congress held by the International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities Division in the Republic of Korea in 2014. The Congress aimed to foster discussions and stimulate debate on new approaches and schemes to promote the sustainable use and trade of biodiversity, legal access and benefit sharing when engaging in BioTrade activities. It provided an important and useful platform for business engagement and multi-stakeholder dialogue on issues related to sustainability and biological diversity. Different views and perspectives on the new challenges and opportunities ahead in the BioTrade area were shared, such as the Nagoya Protocol’s entry into force. For the effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, there is a need for tailor-made technical assistance to governments, businesses and other relevant stakeholders. Different practices and tools applicable to sustainable sourcing and corporate social (and environmental) responsibility in the cosmetic, traditional medicine, fashion design and tourism sectors exist. The importance and value of openness and transparency along the value chains and the need for inclusive processes were stressed. Some reflections were shared on the importance given by consumers to sustainability and its impact to business branding strategies. Many tools were identified such as assessments, guidelines, codes of conduct, standards, traceability systems, certification, public-private partnerships (PPPs) and accountability practices. The Congress recognized the value of partnerships and cooperation by all participants and organizations involved, as well as with relevant stakeholders in the field.
This research paper is an evaluation as to how far
the anti-dumping laws and rules enabled WTO to resolve
relevant trade disputes and to protect the interests of
developing countries. The paper primarily examines in a
legal and procedural paradigm, whether anti-dumping
measures provided in the WTO-DSB forum and
incorporated into respective foreign trade laws of countries
have been effective or merely costing the importing
countries, while countries that keep dumping do so with
impunity, because dumping is just condemned, not
prohibited. The Article VI of the General Agreement on
Trade and Tariffs (GATT) deals with Anti-dumping and
Countervailing Duties. Interpretation of the Article VI.1
would reveal that: ‘that dumping is an act by which
products of one country are introduced into the commerce
of another country at less than the normal value of the
products’. ‘In connection with the effect of Article VI on the
practice of dumping itself, in the Havana Meet in 1954-55, it
was agreed that contracting parties should, within the
framework of their legislation, refrain from encouraging
dumping, as defined in that paragraph, by private
commercial enterprises’. This lopsidedness in the GATT
regulations was not corrected in the WTO regulations. The
cost of anti-dumping investigations and substantiating the
same and all the associated consultative processes are time
consuming and not evenly poised on the two parties to the
dispute concerned. One instance is the unsustainable
practice of DSB constituting Panel with members drawn
from the country which initiated action. This goes against
the very root of natural justice. One of the principles of
natural justice and the related legal maxim is that, ‘No
person shall sit in judgment of his/her own cause’. Fairness
demands that the members should be drawn from a third
country. The structure of the panel should be three; one
each from developed and developing countries and the third
to be elected by majority of the parties. This structure is to
facilitate to decide by majority voting, in case where
consensus fails. In sum, the legal paradigm and the
procedural drags involved in anti-dumping measures, have
costed the developing import-intensive countries more while
countries that exported keep dumping, at will, because
dumping is just condemned, not prohibited.
World Trade Organization- Brief OverviewKashyap Shah
How and WHY GATT changed to WTO ?
What are the various functions & objectives of WTO.
Some of the key characteristics of WTO Agreements
From India's Perspective- Advantages & Disadvantages
Responsible Business for the Oil and Gas Sector: Current IssuesEthical Sector
On 29 November 2019, Vicky Bowman gave a presentation in the conference programme accompanying the Electricity and Energy Expo 2019 in Yangon. The expo was organised by Dagon Exhibitions, Myanmar Oil and Gas Services Society, and AALL Corporation Pte Ltd and targeted the gas, petroleum, household electricity, and other energy manufacturing products and services.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/advocacy-on-draft-regulations.html
This paper reports on the key discussion points and presentations at the III Biotrade Congress held by the International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities Division in the Republic of Korea in 2014. The Congress aimed to foster discussions and stimulate debate on new approaches and schemes to promote the sustainable use and trade of biodiversity, legal access and benefit sharing when engaging in BioTrade activities. It provided an important and useful platform for business engagement and multi-stakeholder dialogue on issues related to sustainability and biological diversity. Different views and perspectives on the new challenges and opportunities ahead in the BioTrade area were shared, such as the Nagoya Protocol’s entry into force. For the effective implementation of the Nagoya Protocol, there is a need for tailor-made technical assistance to governments, businesses and other relevant stakeholders. Different practices and tools applicable to sustainable sourcing and corporate social (and environmental) responsibility in the cosmetic, traditional medicine, fashion design and tourism sectors exist. The importance and value of openness and transparency along the value chains and the need for inclusive processes were stressed. Some reflections were shared on the importance given by consumers to sustainability and its impact to business branding strategies. Many tools were identified such as assessments, guidelines, codes of conduct, standards, traceability systems, certification, public-private partnerships (PPPs) and accountability practices. The Congress recognized the value of partnerships and cooperation by all participants and organizations involved, as well as with relevant stakeholders in the field.
This research paper is an evaluation as to how far
the anti-dumping laws and rules enabled WTO to resolve
relevant trade disputes and to protect the interests of
developing countries. The paper primarily examines in a
legal and procedural paradigm, whether anti-dumping
measures provided in the WTO-DSB forum and
incorporated into respective foreign trade laws of countries
have been effective or merely costing the importing
countries, while countries that keep dumping do so with
impunity, because dumping is just condemned, not
prohibited. The Article VI of the General Agreement on
Trade and Tariffs (GATT) deals with Anti-dumping and
Countervailing Duties. Interpretation of the Article VI.1
would reveal that: ‘that dumping is an act by which
products of one country are introduced into the commerce
of another country at less than the normal value of the
products’. ‘In connection with the effect of Article VI on the
practice of dumping itself, in the Havana Meet in 1954-55, it
was agreed that contracting parties should, within the
framework of their legislation, refrain from encouraging
dumping, as defined in that paragraph, by private
commercial enterprises’. This lopsidedness in the GATT
regulations was not corrected in the WTO regulations. The
cost of anti-dumping investigations and substantiating the
same and all the associated consultative processes are time
consuming and not evenly poised on the two parties to the
dispute concerned. One instance is the unsustainable
practice of DSB constituting Panel with members drawn
from the country which initiated action. This goes against
the very root of natural justice. One of the principles of
natural justice and the related legal maxim is that, ‘No
person shall sit in judgment of his/her own cause’. Fairness
demands that the members should be drawn from a third
country. The structure of the panel should be three; one
each from developed and developing countries and the third
to be elected by majority of the parties. This structure is to
facilitate to decide by majority voting, in case where
consensus fails. In sum, the legal paradigm and the
procedural drags involved in anti-dumping measures, have
costed the developing import-intensive countries more while
countries that exported keep dumping, at will, because
dumping is just condemned, not prohibited.
World Trade Organization- Brief OverviewKashyap Shah
How and WHY GATT changed to WTO ?
What are the various functions & objectives of WTO.
Some of the key characteristics of WTO Agreements
From India's Perspective- Advantages & Disadvantages
Responsible Business for the Oil and Gas Sector: Current IssuesEthical Sector
On 29 November 2019, Vicky Bowman gave a presentation in the conference programme accompanying the Electricity and Energy Expo 2019 in Yangon. The expo was organised by Dagon Exhibitions, Myanmar Oil and Gas Services Society, and AALL Corporation Pte Ltd and targeted the gas, petroleum, household electricity, and other energy manufacturing products and services.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/advocacy-on-draft-regulations.html
Consumers are at a grave risks due to counterfeiting in products. Consumers of fake products face perilous risk to life and property and they need to know the extent of the problem. This report aims to empower the consumer with the knowledge and pervasive nature of counterfeiting and smuggled goods.
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Note: We are compiling the information disseminated during the workshop in a form of a
booklet and the same will be circulated to all the participants.
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