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July 26, 2010

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EU, US Business Groups Calls for Cooperation, Better Doha Offers
In a letter to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, several European and U.S. business groups urged both the United States and the European Union to press for advanced developing countries, particularly Brazil, China, and India, to participate in the Doha Round sectoral negotiations and to provide substantial and meaningful improvements in market access in services.  For a copy of the letter, click here.

Peterson Institute Study Estimates Doha Round Gains 
A new study by the Washington, DC-based Peterson Institute calculates both trade gains and GDP gains for the major market access initiatives in the Doha Round. The study entitled "Figuring Out the Doha Round," concludes that liberalization from implementing what is already "on the table" in the Round's agriculture and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations would yield a $67.7 billion total increase in exports from the 22 countries covered in the study.   Exports of these 22 countries to the world would increase by another $55 billion if services barriers were lowered by 10%.  For a copy of the study, click here.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS Register now: Global Services Summit, Washington, DC, September 22 U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) will address the Global Services Summit 2010 on September 22, 2010, in Washington DC.  As Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee, Reps. Levin and Camp play a crucial role in U.S. trade policy. The Congressmen are joining a lineup that also includes U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser, Malaysian Minister of Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy, and JP Morgan Chase Vice Chairman and former U.S. Commerce Secretary William M. Daley.  For more information, or to register, click here.

University of Amsterdam and University of California, Berkeley, Course on 'Driving Strategic Service Innovation'

This autumn, the University of Amsterdam and the University of California, Berkeley are jointly organizing a 10-day course designed for senior managers and entrepreneurs with an interest and involvement in innovation and organizational renewal. For more information, and to register, please click here.