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//* APPLICATION	: WTO Web Site
//* COMPONENT	: Current News Arrays - English
//* LAST UPDATE : 09/02/2010
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         ni_head:"Trade Policy Review: El Salvador",
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         ni_head:"The European Union offers EUR 180,000 to the WTO development fund for trade facilitation",
         ni_intro:"The EU has announced a EUR 180,000 donation to the WTO Trade Facilitation Trust Fund. Overall, the EU’s contribution to the various WTO development trust funds has reached CHF 8.3 million. ",
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         ni_head:"Industrial goods negotiations focus on “priority” non-tariff barriers",
         ni_intro:"The chairman of the Negotiating Group on industrial goods (NAMA), ambassador Luzius Wasescha, of Switzerland, reports on a “good discussion” on the priority NTBs (autos, electronics, remanufacturing and labelling of textiles, clothing, footwear and travel goods), and the Horizontal Mechanism to prevent and solve disputes, after an intensive “NAMA week”.",
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         ni_head:"Saudi Arabia donates USD 3 million for trade development in least-developed countries",
         ni_intro:"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through its Saudi Fund for Development, has contributed USD 3 million to the Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund aimed at helping least-developed countries to better integrate into the multilateral trading system. ",
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         ni_head:"Statistical compendium for tariff and trade policy analysis",
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         ni_head:"Interactive service gives tariff research new sophistication ",
         ni_intro:"A new service was added to the WTO’s set of tools for finding out information on customs tariffs on 3 February 2010. The latest addition, “Tariff Analysis Online”, is the WTO’s most versatile so far. It includes the greatest available level of detail on the tariffs that WTO members have legally bound and the rates they are actually charging, summary import statistics, and the ability to analyse these interactively.",
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         ni_head:"Germany offers EUR 1 million to WTO training programme for developing countries",
         ni_intro:"Germany has donated EUR 1 million (about CHF 1.5 million) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for the year 2010. Germany is one of the biggest donors to this fund. With this latest donation, its total contribution to the various WTO trust funds has reached CHF 17.2 million.",
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         ni_head:"Norway offers CHF 3.5 million to WTO training programme for developing countries",
         ni_intro:"Norway has donated NOK 20 million (about CHF 3.5 million) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) for the years 2010 and 2011. With this new contribution, Norway’s participation in the DDAGTF amounts to CHF 19.5 million. Norway is one of the biggest contributors to the DDAGTF. ",
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         ni_date:"2010.01.28_17:00:00",
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         ni_head:"WTO launches discussion forum for World Trade Report 2010",
         ni_intro:"The WTO has launched a discussion forum in the run-up to publication of the 2010 World Trade Report in July. The theme of this year’s report is “Trade in Natural Resources: Challenges in Global Governance”.",
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         ni_date:"2010.01.27_17:00:00",
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         ni_head:"“Aid for Trade can help West Africa recover from the global recession,” says DDG Rugwabiza",
         ni_intro:"In a speech given on 27 January 2010 at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Aid for Trade review in Abuja, Nigeria, WTO Deputy Director-General Valentine Rugwabiza called on West African countries to establish the right policy environment to facilitate trade as it has an important role to play in the region’s competitiveness. ",
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         ni_head:"WTO to establish chairs at 14 developing country universities",
         ni_intro:"The WTO Secretariat launched today a new programme of support for teaching, research and outreach activities at 14 universities in the developing world. ",
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         ni_date:"2010.01.25_17:00:00",
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         ni_head:"398 officials participate in WTO online training courses ",
         ni_intro:"Three online courses started on 25 January 2010 with 398 selected participants from developing and least-developed countries (LDCs).",
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         ni_head:"Trade Policy Review: Malaysia",
         ni_intro:"Further trade-related reforms would help Malaysia’s long-term economic growth, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the country’s trade policies and practices published on 25 January 2010.",
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         ni_head:"Panel rules on dispute over US anti-dumping measures on Thai plastic bags",
         ni_intro:"A WTO dispute panel issued its report on 22 January 2010 on a complaint by Thailand titled “United States — Anti-dumping measures on polythene retail carrier bags from Thailand” (DS383).",
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         ni_date:"2010.01.21_17:00:00#2010.01.22_17:00:00",
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         ni_head:"Farm talks start 2010 quietly but more substance lies ahead",
         ni_intro:"The first agriculture negotiations sessions of the year on 21 and 22 January 2010 saw further discussions of technical work, as delegates prepared to take up more substantive issues 10 days later.",
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