WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION FOCUS

No.1 January 2009

CONTENTS

WTO STUDY

The Study of the Characteristic and Its Reasons of the Practice of WTO Disputes Settlement SystemYang Yanhong(1)

On the Relaxed Trend of Environmental Trade Measures by WTOZhang Lei (8)

WTO & China

On WTO’s Jurisdiction over Disputes Relating to Exchange Rate of RenminbiGuan Rong(14)

REGIONAL COOPERATION

Commentary on Competition Rules of Regional Integration AgreementsPeng Xinghua(20)

TBT & SPS

On Regular Meeting Negotiation of Committee on SPS and the Countermeasures of SPSWang Guisun(29)

WTO NEWS

Lamy: Aid and Trade Are the Doha Twins(38)

Lamy Says That Cotton Has Become a Litmus Test of the Commitment to Make Doha Round a Truly Development Round(40)

Taiwan’s Entry to GPA Has Been Passed by WTO(41)

TENDENCY OF WORLD ECONOMY

World Bank Forecasts the Volume of World Trade in 2009 Will Shrink First in 26 Years(42)

IMF Makes the Prospects of the World Economic and Trade Growth of This Year and Next Year(43)

STATISTICS

EU Tariff Profile 2008(44)

EU Trade Profile 2007(45)