WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FOCUS

No.9 September 2008

CONTENTS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

On the Commercial Scale in the Case of IPR between China and U.S Zhang Naigen(1)

WTO STUDY

Study on the Comparison of Trade Sanction Models for Enforcing International Labour Standards Liu Ting & Wan hongyan(8)

TRADE IN SERVICES

The world Cultural Trabe Conflicts and Cultural Advocacy in the Context of GlobalizationChen Bo(14)

Analysis on Barriers to the Presence of Natural Persons Under GATSGe Fei(19)

TRADE POLICY

Five Major Changes of U.S. Foreign Economic Policies since the 80’s of the 20th Century Zhu Ying(25)

REGIONAL TRADE

An Economic Effect Analysis of the Main Promotion Measures of EU Integration OperationsJiang Manyuan(33)

WTO NEWS

Lamy Urges “Maximum Effort” for July Meeting of Ministers(40)

WTO Members Have Reached the Consensus on Recognizing Pest-free Areas and Increasing the Transparency of SPS(41)

TENDENCY OF WORLD ECONOMY

The Outflows of FDI from OECD Decrease in 2008(43)

WEF’s Report of Global Trade Facility: Hongkong China Ranks First and Mainland of China Ranks the 48th Position(43)

IMF Warns the Rise in Food and Oil Prices Could “Severely Weaken” the Economies of up to 75 Developing Countries(44)