Archive - Abr 10, 2006

Agriculture Impasse Between U.S., EU Dims Prospects for Concluding Doha by Year-End

9 April, 2006
Gary G. Yerkey
The prospects for successfully concluding the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks by the end of the year appear to have dwindled significantly in recent weeks, sources said April 7, as the United States and the European Union continue to be at odds over the make-or-break issue of agriculture.

EU's Mandelson Calls U.S. Lawmaker's Trade Gibe 'Offensive'

9 April, 2006
Alexandra Wandel, Trade, Environment and Sustainability (TES) Programme Co-ordinator
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson scorned as 'offensive' a U.S. lawmaker's proposal to drop the EU as a partner, highlighting the obstacles to a new World Trade Organization agreement.

Cluster of plurilateral services meetings at WTO

9 April, 2006
Martin Khor, (TWN) Geneva 10 April 2006
A two-week 'cluster' on services ended at the WTO last Friday (7 April), after a flurry of meetings on several sectors, which marked the start of the new 'plurilateral method' of negotiations.