Archive - Jul 14, 2006

G8: no mandate to take world trade negotiations forward; Development and Environment NGOs as well as trade unions warn of de-industrialization and environmental destruction as a result of cuts in industrial tariffs

13 July, 2006
WEED, Oxfam Germany, Greenpeace, Protestant Development Service
Leading industrial powers will aim to move forward the global trade negotiations, which failed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in June, when they meet at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, from tomorrow. Development and environment groups as well as trade unions condemn this as illegitimate.

Schwabb expresses hope for Doha despite daunting challenges

13 July, 2006
Inside US Trade
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab last Friday (July 7) insisted the only Doha deal the U.S. will accept is an ambitious one, and stressed that this requires a definition of how sensitive agriculture products will be treated so that members will know exactly how much market access they are to get.