Archive - Jun 21, 2006

New Study Shows WTO?s Doha Round ?Development Package? Proposal Would Leave Many Poor Countries Worse Off: Empty ?Development Package? Announced at December 2005 Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Cannot Revive Stalled Doha Round

20 June, 2006
Public Citizen
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Crunch Time in Geneva: pressure tactics in the GATS negotiations

20 June, 2006
by Scott Sinclair, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Global civil society should not be lulled into complacency by gloomy media reports about the deadlock in the Doha Round negotiations.

Developing countries call for lower cuts in farm tariffs

20 June, 2006
By Goh Chien Yen, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
Several developing countries have argued that they should not be obliged to undertake significant tariff reductions in agriculture, and advocated that the rates of cuts in the formula should be lower than those proposed by the Group of 20.

Uphill battles for South in WTO's end-June process

20 June, 2006
By Martin Khor, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
The 'end of June' process at the WTO is expected to start in earnest on Wednesday (21 June) with the issuance of two papers - the draft modalities on agriculture and on non-agricultural market access (NAMA).

Developing countries submit texts for NAMA modalities

20 June, 2006
By Goh Chien Yen, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
Several WTO members submitted draft texts last week to the Chair of the Negotiating Group on NAMA for his preparation of the draft modalities paper, which is to be issued this week. Among them were the NAMA-11 and the small and vulnerable economies.

U.S. Lowers Ag Market Access Demands, Considers New Concessions For June Ministerial

20 June, 2006
Inside US Trade
In the lead-up to next week

Differences remain as NAMA Chair prepares his modalities text

20 June, 2006
By Kanaga Raja, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
The Chair of the negotiations on Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) at the WTO has reported that he would be working on a text that would reflect members' positions on modalities for the consideration of Ministers at a meeting expected to take place later this month in Geneva.

Beware of NAMA's slippery slope to de-industrialisation

20 June, 2006
By Mehdi Shafaeddin, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
Following the failure of the WTO to finalise modalities for agriculture and non-agriculture market access (NAMA) at the scheduled deadline of the end of April, the WTO's Director-General Mr. Pascal Lamy warned that the price of 'failure' would be high. A new deadline of the end of June has now been set, for a mini-Ministerial meeting to finalise the modalities.