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julho 29th, 2005

Update on WTO, 29 Jul 05

28 July, 2005
Reports of the state of thenegotiations were given by the chairpersons of negotiations on agriculture,NAMA, special and differential treatment, trade facilitation, services, etc.

Sparking the Process in Geneva

28 July, 2005
General Council Chair Amina Mohamad will announce a 'rigorous and regimented' work program leading to an ambitious outcome at the World Trade Organization Hong Kong ministerial conference this December

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Ambassador Jara's report to the Trade Negotiations Committee

27 July, 2005
Following the World Trade Organization (WTO) Mini-Ministerial Meeting in Dalian, China earlier this month, Ambassador Alejandro Jara, Chairman of the WTO Council for Trade in Services Special Session, issued a report on the state of play in the Doha Round services negotiations.

Press release: Passage of DR-CAFTA Bad News for Farmers

27 July, 2005
The passage of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) in the U.S. House of Representatives late last night signals a major setback for U.S. sugar farmers and a damaging blow to Central American farmers

India's Revamped Services Offer

27 July, 2005
India yesterday offered a substantial market-opening for foreign financial services companies

NAMA chair confirms impasse in NAMA negotiations

27 July, 2005
The talks on non-agricultural market access(NAMA) are at an impasse on key issues and the consultations at the WTO this weekcould not come up with agreement, according to Ambassador Stefan Johannesson ofIceland.

European Commission's DG Trade reply to questions raised by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)

27 July, 2005
The European Commission's DG Trade has finally replied to questions raised by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) about the privileged access and influence of industry lobby groups like the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and the European Services Forum (ESF).

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General Council meets amid gloom of 'no outcome'

26 July, 2005
The WTO General Council started its meeting today in an atmosphere of anti-climax as well as general gloom that its long-touted objective of coming up with 'first approximations' of modalities on key issues to give a boost to the preparations for the Hongkong Ministerial in December would not be fulfilled.

Update on WTO General Council process

26 July, 2005
the chair of the agriculture negotiationsreported that there had been negotiations among a small group of countries in thepast week.

No progress in agriculture talks

26 July, 2005
There has been no progress in the agriculture talks over the past days, but it is not a crisis