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Tried a few things today that didn't make the grade, and finally went looking for something with stripes. Found a box of new, unopened birthday candles that were striped themselves. So strips of stripey stripes are what we have.
@dailyshoot Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today. #ds433
The WTO Secretariat has circulated a meeting notice and list of items proposed for the next meeting, on 23 July 2012, of the Dispute Settlement Body, which consists of all WTO members and oversees legal disputes among them. The meeting notice is circulated in the form of a document officially called an “airgram”.
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WTO/AIR/398313 JULY 2012
SUBJECT:DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY WILL BE HELD IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD ON MONDAY, 23 JULY 2012, STARTING AT 10 A.M.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE AGENDA:
1.SURVEILLANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB
A.UNITED STATES – SECTION 211 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 1998: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS176/11/ADD.116)
B.UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS184/15/ADD.116)
C.UNITED STATES – SECTION 110(5) OF THE US COPYRIGHT ACT: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS160/24/ADD.91)
D.EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – MEASURES AFFECTING THE APPROVAL AND MARKETING OF BIOTECH PRODUCTS: STATUS REPORT BY THE EUROPEAN UNION (WT/DS291/37/ADD.54)
E.UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEWS AND OTHER MEASURES RELATED TO IMPORTS OF CERTAIN ORANGE JUICE FROM BRAZIL: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS382/10/ADD.7)
F.UNITED STATES – DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES ON CERTAIN PRODUCTS FROM CHINA: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES(WT/DS379/12/ADD.6)
G.THAILAND – CUSTOMS AND FISCAL MEASURES ON CIGARETTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES: STATUS REPORT BY THAILAND (WT/DS371/15/ADD.3)
H.UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN SHRIMP FROM VIET NAM: STATUS REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS404/11/ADD.2)
I.EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES – DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN IRON OR STEEL FASTENERS FROM CHINA: STATUS REPORT BY THE EUROPEAN UNION (WT/DS397/15)
2.UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE DSB
A.STATEMENTS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND JAPAN
3.CHINA – MEASURES RELATED TO THE EXPORTATION OF RARE EARTHS, TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM
A.REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY THE UNITED STATES (WT/DS431/6)
B.REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY THE EUROPEAN UNION (WT/DS432/6)
C.REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY JAPAN (WT/DS433/6)
4.UNITED STATES – COUNTERVAILING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED CARBON STEEL FLAT PRODUCTS FROM INDIA
A.REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY INDIA (WT/DS436/3)
5.CHINA – COUNTERVAILING AND ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON GRAIN ORIENTED FLAT-ROLLED ELECTRICAL STEEL FROM THE UNITED STATES
A.REPORT OF THE PANEL (WT/DS414/R AND WT/DS414/R/ADD.1)
6.UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN SHRIMP AND DIAMOND SAWBLADES FROM CHINA
A.REPORT OF THE PANEL (WT/DS422/R AND WT/DS422/R/ADD.1)
7.UNITED STATES – CERTAIN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELLING (COOL) REQUIREMENTS
A.REPORT OF THE APPELLATE BODY (WT/DS384/AB/R) AND REPORT OF THE PANEL (WT/DS384/R)
B.REPORT OF THE APPELLATE BODY (WT/DS386/AB/R) AND REPORT OF THE PANEL (WT/DS386/R)
MEMBERS OF THE WTO AND OBSERVER GOVERNMENTS TO WTO BODIES ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
PASCAL LAMY
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M. Lamy parle de progrès dans les domaines de la facilitation des échanges et du développement
Faisant le point sur le Cycle de Doha devant la réunion informelle des Chefs de délégation du 17 juillet 2012, le Directeur général Pascal Lamy a indiqué que les négociations sur la facilitation des échanges continuaient à progresser et que la semaine précédente, les Membres avaient adopté plusieurs nouveaux textes et reçu de nouvelles communications. Il a ajouté que les consultations sur le traitement spécial et différencié en faveur des pays en développement menées par le Président avaient été “interactives et constructives” et qu’elles progressaient.
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Since we last met in a similar format on 7 June, I attended the G-20 Leaders’ summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, and the Rio+20 summit and I will shortly report to you on my participation in these meetings. I have also met with a number of delegations here in Geneva including non-residents at the just concluded 24th session of the Geneva Week.
At the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, and in light of the dire situation of the world economy, I called for urgent collective action to redouble efforts to strengthen multilateral cooperation to find global solutions to our economic difficulties and risks in order to avoid further trade and investment tensions. I also stressed the importance of ensuring availability and affordability of trade finance, especially for poorer countries in the prevailing economic situation.
You will all have seen the G-20 Leaders’ Declaration and I do not intend to repeat all aspects of it. I will only highlight three points.
First, not only did Leaders note the vulnerability of the global economy with the negative impact on the everyday lives of people, affecting jobs, trade, development and the environment, but they also agreed that multilateralism was of greater importance in the current climate and the best asset to resolve global economic difficulties.
Second, concerned about the rising instances of protectionism, they extended their standstill commitment on measures affecting trade and investment until the end of 2014 and pledged to roll back any new protectionist measures.
Third, recognizing the role and relevance of regional and global value chains in fostering economic growth, employment and development, Leaders encouraged a deepening of discussions on such value chains, including their relationship with trade and investment flows, development and jobs and how to better measure trade flows and their impact across countries. As you know, the Secretariat, under the “Made in the World Initiative”, already started preliminary work in this area. In addition, the theme for our Fourth Global Aid for Trade Review in 2013 will be “Global Value Chains and Private Sector Development”. I would therefore encourage you all to engage in discussions on this important subject including in the CTD [Committee on Trade and Development] and its dedicated session on Aid for Trade.
At the Rio+20 Summit, I highlighted the importance of coherence between trade, sustainable development and environmental policies. I noted that sustainable development had been and was at the heart of the WTO since its inception. I also stressed the importance of concluding the Doha Round, including on environmental issues as a further contribution of the WTO to a greener global economy. Lastly, I emphasized that whilst trade opening can support a green economy, the WTO also had to keep an eye on “green protectionism”.
Turning to our work here in Geneva on the DDA [Doha Development Agenda], technical work has continued in the three areas of trade facilitation, special and differential treatment and DSU [Dispute Settlement Understanding] reform.
The trade facilitation negotiations are continuing to make progress, involving negotiations in the facilitator format and more intensive proponent-driven activities. In addition, the Chair is consulting informally, including at ambassadorial level, to help move the process along. At the Negotiating Group meeting of 9-13 July, members adopted several new texts and received new submissions that will be sent forward to the next round of facilitator activities. The Group also conducted what I believe was a very well attended and successful trade facilitation symposium, focusing on best practice and implementation issues. Negotiations following the same format will continue. The next Negotiating Group meeting is scheduled for the week of 8 October.
Preparations are also under way for a Trade Facilitation Conference for African countries in Nairobi in early November, which is being organized with the African Development Bank.
At its meeting last week, the Secretariat was requested to conduct a second round of its needs assessment exercise for developing countries and LDCs [least-developed countries], aiming to help these members, on request, to bring their national needs assessments up to date and help them to identify the resources that will be needed to meet those needs.
On special and differential treatment, the Chair of the CTD Special Session is continuing with his text-based consultations in three areas of work: namely, the 28 Agreement-specific proposals in Annex C of the draft Cancún Ministerial Declaration, with a view to adopting them in the near future; on the elements of the Monitoring Mechanism; and on the six Agreement-specific proposals under active consideration of the CTD. I understand that these consultations have been interactive and constructive, and are progressing positively.
On DSU reform, work has continued as planned in the negotiations. Meetings were held in June, and a further set of meetings is scheduled for the week of 16 July, focusing on timeframes, developing country interests and remand. This will hopefully complete the current phase of work and pave the way for the next stage as planned. The completion of this phase will allow the Chair and participants to take stock of the progress made and to map next steps.
On rules, although there have been no formal meetings of the Negotiating Group since February, a limited number of delegations have taken up the Chair's invitation issued at that meeting to consult with him bilaterally to express their views on the current situation and ways forward. Little, if any, interest has been expressed in resuming negotiating activities in the short term.
In agriculture, most delegations continue to feel that the 10 outstanding issues identified by the previous Chairs remain the key political issues that need to be resolved before agreement can be reached on agriculture modalities. The views expressed by members on issues that may be candidates for possible early harvest continue to indicate that there is no consensus on such issues at this stage. The Chair has been informed, however, that some delegations are reflecting further and more specific proposals may be submitted after the summer break. The Chair will continue to consult with delegations on the way forward.
The Chair reported on the state of play of the agriculture and cotton negotiations during the 17th Round of Consultation on Cotton Development Assistance on 29 June. The Chair noted that while at MC8 [Eighth Ministerial Conference] members agreed that the mandate for an ambitious, expeditious and specific treatment of cotton in the agriculture negotiations has not changed, it had not yet been possible to reach any concrete outcome on cotton. The Chair will continue to encourage dialogue between all key cotton players to try and get a sense of how the commitments on cotton can be progressed.
On services, activity has increasingly focused on regular work. In this perspective, a services cluster was held during the week of 25 June, with meetings of the regular Council and its subsidiary bodies. I should also note that a group of members have continued their consultations aimed at committing themselves to further services liberalization.
On trade and environment, the Chair convened on 5 July an informal small group consultation with delegations to follow up on previous bilateral consultations and to further explore ideas and suggestions that could take the work of the CTESS [Committee on Trade and Environment Special Session] forward. The Chair will further consult delegations in the coming weeks.
Concerning the work of the TRIPS [Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights] Special Session on a register for wine and spirit GIs [geographical indications], as indicated in my report of 1 May, the Chairman held bilateral consultations with several delegations, including with regional group coordinators, to see how best to operationalize those elements of the MC8 outcome that relate to the work of the Special Session. He is pursuing his series of consultations, in various formats, and will report in due time to the wider membership.
Finally, on NAMA [non-agricultural market access], since our last meeting, there is no activity to report except that in light of his imminent departure as Chairman of the Negotiating Group on Market Access, Luzius Wasescha will be circulating a report which he intends to introduce to the Negotiating Group at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
Let me also briefly touch upon the issue of LDC accessions. The approval next week of the streamlining of the 2002 LDCs accession guidelines will pave the way for a number of acceding LDCs, including Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, to mention but a few, to accelerate their accession processes. But before that, Laos and Yemen's accessions are very close to completion. Let me once again urge that efforts be redoubled to conclude the very few remaining outstanding steps to these important accessions.
Finally, I will, of course, be reporting to the General Council at the end of this month, including on the challenges and opportunities that I believe will be facing us after the summer break.
{Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.}
My son on the kitchen floor by the patio window. Beautiful sun shiny day, but only 2 degress out! Brrrr...
First thing that struck my mind was the song Fireflies - Owlcity , it goes...
To ten million fireflies
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
But I'll know where several are
If my dreams get real bizarre
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar'
DailyShoot: Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
A disadvantage to all the joy and happiness kids bring to a family, they also bring home nastey bugs and illinessous from school. Today I am pretty much laid up with some sorta stomach bug. This is all I could
muster today. Oddly enough, the Tylenol has stripes in it. I know weak, but so am I today. Now back to bed hoping this goes away tomorrow as I was up every hour on the hour last night and beside my crazy
dedication to this project, I have been in bed all day.
Enjoy and remember to comment and critique.
Strobist Info: Ambient
Camera Info: Nikon D7000 | 28-70mm(ƒ/2.8) 65mm | ƒ/4.0 | ISO 1600 | 1/100s
captain, have ye not noticed the sea monster that follows our rafts on the striped sea?
aye, matey, but we've been in stickier situations than this, since the mutiny, and will be again; and i'll wager my rum ration on that.
#ds433 Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
ourdailytopic: sticky
meta-theme: rubber duckies for a week to meet the ODC topic (or DS assignment)
www.flickr.com/photos/muffett68/sets/72157625855665980
Toy-in-the-frame Thursday
revived for macromonday's topic of obstacle (a sea monster is an obstacle-- right?)
My husband's favourite corduroy shirt, against a red cotton stripey shirt and his maroon blazer. His clothes rack is right up next to the window in the dressing room, and is well-lit by the mid afternoon sun.
Taken with iPhone 3GS.
Entry for Daily Shoot 433: "Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today."
Shot for dailyshoot.com take a picture of something with stripes. #ds433 Shadow of my blinds and some ivy.
Today's Daily Shoot assignment was:
Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
so I thought I'd work on my lighting technique (boy, do I need work ;-) ), and share a picture of this Stars and Stripes project that I made almost a decade ago.
This is my first (and, I believe, only) scroll saw project. Using a pattern, each stripe was cut from a single piece of wood, sanded, painted, and then glued to a backing board. For each star in the blue field, I drilled a small hole, removed the blade from the saw, fed it through the hole, reattached the blade to the saw, and cut the star. Repeat 49 more times. That's probably why I haven't done another such project. ;-) The flag measures in at about 14 inches wide by 10 inches tall by 1/2 inch thick.
To shoot this, I had the flag suspended using fishing line in front of a white background. The background color comes from a Rosco #68 Parry Sky Blue gel mounted on a flash, shooting through a glass water pitcher just out of the frame at the right.
Processed in Lightroom with a trip to Photoshop to remove the fishing line.
Strobist: Vivitar 285HV, 1/16th power, through umbrella, camera left (with lots of flagging to minimize spillover onto the background); Canon 430EX, 1/64th power, blue gel, through water pitcher, out of frame on the right. Flashes triggered with Cactus remote.
The Daily Shoot #ds433 - Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
At the UVa vs. UNC swim meet today there seemed to be an abundance of stripes and lines.
UVa won 162 to 138. Go Hoos!
Vivitar 135mm f2.8 @ f2.8
...of a photograph with a single subject today."
The era of playing solo within business, teaching, learning... is over. This is my conclusion after liveblogging through a number of national seminars in Finland within the before mentioned fields. All the referred seminars can be crystallized:
People blame each other. The air is full of extreme complaining. Researches have been completed to explain how nothing works in Finland. -No-one ever suggest a solution.
Yesterday there was a glimpse of light in the discussion: We must educate people to understand the architecture as a whole - instead of playing solo. It doesn't help a bit how good a solo player you are, it you actually are a member of an orchestra.
Link to yesterday's collaborative multimedia liveblog (in Finnish): Qaiku
For understanding what we'll be learning for at least tor he next decade - here are two great posts by Tom Graves:
Modelling people in enterprise-architecture weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2011/01/31/modelling-peopl...
Power, people and enterprise-architecture weblog.tomgraves.org/index.php/2011/02/01/power-people-an...
Your reflection is a blur
Out of focus
But in confusion
The frames are suddenly burnt
And in the end of a roll of illusion
A ghost waiting its turn
Now I can see right through
It's a warning that nobody heard
(aka day 387-730)
Mpasi is the lingala word for “Suffering”.
The Daily Shoot assignment for 2011/01/22 was : Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
Camera info: Pentax K200D - 18-55mm @18mm – f/8 - ISO 1600 – 1/180s
Handheld - GIMP & Qtpfsgui
Comments & tips are welcomed. Thanks.
Immediately thought of this building at the paseo and 8th in Kansas City when the daily shoot theme was stripes.
Daily Shoot
2011/01/22: Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today. #ds433
The Daily Shoot #ds433 - Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
My "reject" shot for today. I like it but not as much as the one I submitted.
The Daily Shoot assignment for 2011/01/22:
Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
#ds433 hashtag.
Une bande de sucettes en lignes à la fête foraine (fête de la Sainte-Ouine à Saint-Malo)
Topic: Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
I played with lens corrections in Lightroom 3 today. The shot was taken at an angle from left, but then I straightened the perspective to make it "flat". Why? I wanted the focus to be selective, yet, the books to appear at the same distance from the camera... Oh well.
Close up of a Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua) Linnaeus, 1758
for my 365 Blog duckinwales365.blogspot.com/
We have loads of Razor Shells on Rhyl Beach, and the winter storms wash the empty shells up in their millions. They're usually bleached white and rubbed smooth, but this fresh one still had it's beautiful pale olive coating - despite which, I decided to do the images in Black & White!
The Razor shell is very confusingly named, and to be honest, you're best rearching by latin name, as every country seems to have it's own interpretation of what a Razor Shell is!
Anglers call them "Razorfish" just to confuse everybody. (they are of course Bivalves/Molluscs).
Other common names in use include Pod Razor, Razor and Razor Clam
Further info:
naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/britishbivalves/browsere...
www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140735
#ds433
22 Jan 11 - Today’s Daily Shoot assignment is:
Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
Get out there, take a photograph, upload it, and tweet a link to @dailyshoot with the hashtag: #ds433
This bottle filled with miniature Aussie flags was on display at a shop in streets of melbourne. Definite eye candy. Could't resist clicking it. Ode to Australia !!
"Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today."
... had to enlist some "help" on this one, as Golden's are seriously lacking in stripes!
The Daily Shoot #ds433 (alternate- think I prefer the first and outdoor version)
Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
1/100 sec at ƒ / 5.6, ISO 2000, 60mm (AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II, Nikon D7000)
This could be my favourite shot of the year thus far. I love the colour and clarity of the barcode & pepper, lots of sharpening there but I could mask out the rest of the photo so it's not overpowering. Mental note: Lime up more photos!
"Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today."
2011/01/22: Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today. #ds433
My brother in law and his kids were over this afternoon. Was very delighted when I noticed my nice's pants... Although, I get dizzy watching pictures like this one...
It was a really cold day in NYC waiting for the subway at this outdoor station with snow covered tracks.
@dailyshoot #ds433 Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
Well my sofabed was there waiting for today's challange, and here it is. Enjoy and Keep Shooting
Daily Shoot - Make a photo that features stripes of some sort today.
Are you getting tired of my potted crocus yet ;-) I've really had a lot of fun exploring this little plant with my macro lens. Today I shot wide open at f/2.8 without really focusing on any one leaf. I just wanted the impression of stripes. I'm really drawn to the abstract world seen through the macro lens.
...stripes of some sort today."
Loving the idea Rob Wilkins introduces of 'letting natural folksonimies occur':
"...Again, this highlights the complimentary key to collaboration.... sharing. If you study and look at the early adopters of collaborative tools, where lots of work spaces were created, there was a large proliferation of individual areas, and few overall knowledge gathering or indexing tools working in tandem which meant that the knowledge could not be found. Thankfully, organisations are becoming more cognisant of the value of conversation and collaboration and are letting natural folksonomies occur to ensure knowledge remains contextual and available but also remains as a sense making tool for all..."
roalp.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-knowledge-management-and-l...