WTO PUBLIC FORUM
IS MULTILATERALISM IN CRISIS?
The Multilateral Trading System in the 21st
Century: Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy
September 24, 2012, CR Meeting
Room, WTO
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Backgrounder
CUTS International is organising
a session at the WTO Public Forum 2012 “Is Multilateralism in Crisis?” on
the issue of the interface between trade and competition policy and the
case for a multilateral rule. The session will be held between 1615-1815
on September 24 at CR Meeting Room, WTO. Following panellist will be
present at the event: Ambassador Tim Yeend (Australia), Ambassador Yoichi
Otabe (Japan), Carlos Braga, Director, Evian Group, Eduardo Perez Motta,
Chair, International Competition Network, Robert Anderson, Counsellor, WTO
and others.
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First PACT EAC Regional Annual Meeting
Kigali, Rwanda,
September 17-18, 2012
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Press Release
On September 17-18, CUTS
International, Geneva, CUTS Africa Resource Centre Nairobi, and ACORD
Rwanda, in collaboration with other country partners in the region, will
organise the First Regional Annual Meeting (RAM) under the PACT EAC
Project in Kigali, Rwanda. The project will present its first year’s
outputs, including: five collaborative and evidence-based country research
studies; draft training programme on trade-climate-food security linkages;
several advocacy documents; outputs and outcomes of five National
Reference Groups (NRGs), and notes for and reports on EAC Geneva Forum
meetings.
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Dissemination Workshop on State of the Kenyan Consumer 2012
Nairobi,
Kenya, September 06, 2012
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Report
The launch of the “State of the
Kenyan Consumer 2012” by CUTS Nairobi scheduled for 6th September 2012 is
expected to catalyse nationwide policy discussions on the need for
development of a sound consumer protection regime in Kenya that conforms
to international standards for the welfare of all Kenyan citizens. The
report articulates the current state of consumer welfare in Kenya
vis-à-vis the eight ‘consumer rights’ enshrined in the UNGCP. It also
encloses analysis from a perception survey of consumers across five
sectors namely: water, public transport, electricity, telecommunication
and public healthcare.
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