Archive

novembro 14th, 2005

U.S. asks Beijing for a WTO favor

13 November, 2005
Senior U.S. officials on Monday called on China to open its markets further but also sought Chinese help in breaking an impasse in global trade talks, a combination of tough demands and pleas for assistance that increasingly characterizes the broader Chinese-American relationship

EU's Barroso urges US, Brazil to move on WTO

13 November, 2005
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Sunday there would be no new world trade agreement at a summit in Hong Kong next month unless the United States and Brazil compromised.

Violent Korean farmers granted voice at Hong Kong WTO meet

13 November, 2005
A militant Korean farmers' group, considered among the world's most violent anti-globalisation groups, has been granted a permit for an upcoming trade summit in Hong Kong, an official website revealed.

novembro 11th

WTO General Council successfully adopts Saudi Arabia's terms of accession

10 November, 2005
The General Council formally concluded, on 11 November 2005, negotiations with Saudi Arabia on the terms of the country's membership to the WTO

Stand fast, Third World

10 November, 2005
For Amorim and the other negotiators from developing countries that have been run over by the rich world in trade talks for the past 50 years, this page has two words: Stand fast.

novembro 10th

WTO members acknowldge failure in latest WTO talks

9 November, 2005
Top WTO negotiators said they had failed to bridge key differences on a global trade accord in talks this week and acknowledged that the scope of a crucial ministerial meeting in Hong Kong next month would have to be scaled back.

'Recalibrating' Hong Kong and rescheduling WTO negotiations

9 November, 2005
WTO members invited to a 'super Green Room' meeting at the WTO headquarters have significantly scaled down their expectations of the outcome of the WTO's Hong Kong Ministerial conference in December.

WTO Ministerial Talks in Disarray As EU Lashes Out at G-20 Members

9 November, 2005
Preparations for the World Trade Organization's important ministerial conference in Hong Kong were thrown into disarray following two days of fruitless ministerial talks in Geneva Nov. 8-9, where member governments essentially gave up on achieving their stated goals for the December gathering.

novembro 9th

Mood at WTO gloomy as 'Ministerial Green Room' convenes

8 November, 2005
A Mini-Ministerial meeting was under way at the WTO this afternoon in an attempt by the Director-General Pascal Lamy to provide some political momentum to the faltering preparatory process for the Hong Kong Ministerial conference in mid-December.

Pressure builds on WTO nations to downgrade Hong Kong target

8 November, 2005
Trading nations still deeply divided on key issues faced the prospect of a watered-down WTO ministerial conference next month in Hong Kong, where they are hoping to put together a framework deal to lower global trade barriers.