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Dear maria CHADZIDAKIS VAVOURANAKIS,
Below are the news items published today on the WTO public website |
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| E-commerce talks progress, aim at issuing a revised negotiating text by end-2022 |
| Co-conveners of the e-commerce discussions — Japan, Australia and Singapore — held a series of meetings from 25 to 28 October to advance the negotiations, building on previous efforts to reach convergence, with the target of issuing a revised consolidated text by the end of 2022. |
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| France gives EUR 50,000 to boost safe food exports from developing countries |
| France is contributing EUR 50,000 (approximately CHF 49,000) for 2022 to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) to help developing and least-developed countries (LDCs) meet international food safety, animal and plant health standards for trade and improve their access to global and regional markets. The contribution adds to the EUR 400,000 already committed to the STDF by France’s Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. |
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