32). Along with organizing and participating in some of the week's sessions, we will also be publishing daily reporting and analysis through IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub. Primarily, it could focus on facilitating trade in goods and services that mitigate climate change. UK statement to WTO Committee on Trade and Environment. 5 See Group on Environmental Measures and International Trade, Interim Report by the Chairman, 3 December 1992, annexed to GATT Doc. The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment held a formal meeting on 3 July 2020, covering topics of plastic pollution, circular economy, and the resumption of work delayed by COVID-19. I. Opt not to print. Create Account Viewed / Saved (1) WTO Committee on Trade and Environment. The UK is pleased to be able to provide an update to the Committee on planning for the COP26 UN climate conference. Since then, the CTE has discussed many important issues, with a focus on those identified in the Doha Declaration. Login Not registered? – The Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) shall report with recom-mendations on future action, including the desirability of negotiations, on the need to clarify relevant WTO rules with regard to the effect of environmental meas-ures on market access, TRIPs-related provisions and labelling requirements for environmental purposes (para. The WTO’s regular Committee on Trade and Environment, which encompasses the full WTO membership, is due to meet on 30 March. The World Trade Organization Committee on Trade and Environment will initially address the following matters: the relationship between the provisions of the multilateral trading system and trade measures for environmental purposes, including those pursuant to multilateral environmental agreements; This exchange could usefully take place in the Committee on Trade and Environment. The WTO Environmental Database (EDB) is prepared in response to a recommendation in the 1996 Report of the Committee on Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/1) for the Secretariat to compile and update annually all environment-related notifications to the WTO.2 2. During the WTO Trade and Environment Week 2020, a series of events and workshops will be led by WTO Members, along with a high-level session co-hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme and the WTO Secretariat. On 28th May, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on … The initiative could also encompass other building blocks such as development, transparency on domestic measures, and enhance the role of the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment. 1. The WTO Membership should exchange views on how the WTO could contribute to this ambition. Speaker Role of World Trade Organization (WTO) in Dealing with Environmental Issues! WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WT/CTE/INF/5/Rev.3 14 April 2004 (04-1679) Committee on Trade and Environment LIST OF DOCUMENTS Note by the Secretariat Revision This list contains all documents that have been circulated in the Committee on Trade and US Marine mammal act prohibited tuna fishing method that killed large number of dolphins and banned tuna imports from the countries that used such fishing methods. REPORT OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT. The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement at a meeting of the WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment on 3 July 2020. 6. A stocktaking exercise of the WTO’s Aid for Trade Initiative is planned for 23-25 March and includes “inclusive and green recovery” as one of its themes. I have the honour to submit the following contribution to the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE), in order to provide information and analysis to Members when discussing “trade, plastic pollution and a sustainable plastics economy” and transitions to a more circular economy. WT/CTE/W/1 of 12 November 1996. The WTO Environmental Database (EDB) is prepared in response to a recommendation in the 1996 Report of the Committee on Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/1) for the Secretariat to compile and update annually all environment-related notifications to the WTO.2 2. Intervention of the CITES Secretariat at Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization. Save the planet. Geneva 20 June 2017- On behalf of UN Environment, the Environment and Trade Hub joined the WTO’s latest Committee on Trade and Environment meeting, discussing issues at the heart of the environment and trade nexus with Member States.Topics ranged from addressing fisheries subsidies, to trade and climate change, to fossil fuel subsidy reform and more. WTO Members States were expected to commit to several existing and new environment and trade priorities that would advance progress on the SDGs. During the Trade & Environment Week at the WTO , in November of 2020, a group of WTO Members declared their intention to initiate “structured discussions” to advance work on trade and environmental sustainability, and a dialogue with external stakeholders such as academics, businesses, civil society members. 1. The WTO came into existence in 1995 and the Committee on Trade and Environment was established as per a decision adopted during the Uruguay Round. Its main aim was to identify the relationship between trade and environment to promote sustainable development. Action by the WTO, since its inception at Marrakesh, has included the creation of a standing committee to address the problems raised by the congruence of international environmental issues and international trade issues. TE 001 of 1 April 1993. Impact on WTO… This topic is continuously discussed in the WTO Committee on Trade and Environment. The discussions continued previous conversations, including an update from China and Fiji on how the WTO can support global efforts on plastics pollution and a submission from the US on circular economy. Geneva, 30 June 2014. The WTO Environmental Database (EDB) is prepared in response to a recommendation in the 1996 Report of the Committee on Trade and Environment (WT/CTE/1) for the Secretariat to compile and update annually all environment-related notifications to the WTO.2 3 2. The WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment (CTE) has met regularly since its creation, convening first in March 1995. Are you sure you want to print? Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session minutes of regular meetings of the Committee are circulated in the TN/TE/M/... series and remain restricted for a maximum period of 45 days; REPORT (1996) OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT. An information note by the WTO Secretariat could provide an overview of the The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment, on 8 November 1996, adopted the following Report to the WTO Ministerial Conference in Singapore in December. 2 To recall, the EDB is prepared in response to a recommendation in the 1996 Report of the Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) to the Singapore Ministerial Conference for the Secretariat to compile and update annually all environment-related notifications to the WTO (see WT/CTE/1) and was initiated in 1998 (see WT/CTE/3).