Archive

dezembro 15th, 2005

The empty promises of US and EU 'development package'

14 December, 2005
The U.S. and EU are attempting to put a 'development spin' at the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial in announcing a 'development package' comprising of aid for trade, non-binding duty free market access for Least Developing Countries and a few other items.

Statement on Japan's 'Support Package for Developing Countries'

14 December, 2005
We Oppose 'Support Package for Developing Countries' provided by the Japanese government at the sixth WTO Ministerial Conference

Developing nations on attack at tense trade talks

14 December, 2005
Developing nations went on the offensive on Thursday as trade talks limped into their third day, with Washington and Tokyo under pressure to accept a duty-free, quota-free exports deal for the world's poorest countries.

EU NGOs slam development package of EU

14 December, 2005
European NGOs have sharply criticized the EU development package today at the WTO Ministerial Conference in HongKong.

The 'development' deceit of the WTO

14 December, 2005
media statement: WTO really promotes the monopoly profits of TNCs at the cost of deepening underdevelopment of Third World countries.

Poor nations leery of U.S. 'aid for trade'

14 December, 2005
When U.S. and European delegates at the global trade talks here say they're working hard to help the poorest countries climb the ladder of wealth, it's hard to take them at their word.

Trade ministers battle to break WTO deadlock

14 December, 2005
Trade ministers from nearly 150 countries will try to break a deadlock in troubled global talks on Thursday, amid U.S. and European sniping over farm subsidies, food aid and measures to help the world's poorest.

Water out of the WTO campaign launched in Hong Kong

14 December, 2005
With representatives from every continent, the campaign

Patched-up, even procedural deal, in Hong Kong will be worse than failure

14 December, 2005
At the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong for the sixth Ministerial conference, unless developing countries against pressures -- from the WTO leaders, the US-EC-Japan and their transnational corporate lobbies -- they may be setting themselves up for another highly imbalanced outcome and a more oppressive multilateral trading system.

Focus: On the Road to Hong Kong (Number 7, 15 December 2005)

14 December, 2005
Day three saw more substantive discussions take place than yesterday on the issues of NAMA, services and agriculture