Archive

novembro 2nd, 2005

NGOs slam drafting process for Ministerial services text

1 November, 2005
A group of over sixty civil society organizations and trade unions in an open letter Tuesday to Pascal Lamy, in his capacity as WTO Director-General and Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee, has slammed 'the highly undemocratic and deceptive process used to manufacture' the services section of the draft Ministerial Declaration for Hong Kong.

novembro 1st

Migrants' 10-week countdown to junk WTO

31 October, 2005
This is a newsletter which contains the summary of past and upcoming activities/events of the AMCB and it's partners and allied organizations and institutions in their countdown to the WTO MC6.

G33 raises concerns about SDT and Process

31 October, 2005
A letter from the G33 to the various Chair's of the negotiating groups, raising concerns that Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) is lacking in the negotiations and reaffirming the importance of an inclusive and transparent process in the negotiations.

outubro 31st

Services: Developing Countries jointly object to 'targets' in Ministerial draft; and attack EU paper

30 October, 2005
Fourteen developing countries have issued a joint paper during the services negotiations at the WTO objecting to having any reference to 'targets' as an negotiating approach in the services text of the Ministerial Declaration for the forthcoming WTO conference in Hong Kong.

EU agriculture proposal shifts burden to Developing Countries in NAMA and Services

30 October, 2005
The European Union on Friday 28 October afternoon presented a new proposal on agriculture which also contains its demands on other areas, especially services and non agricultural market access.

Open Invitation: Asian Movements? Strategy Meeting against WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting

30 October, 2005
Korean movements have designated 13th to 19th November to be a week of action against APEC, with a people

outubro 29th

WTO Clears Saudi Arabia's Entry

28 October, 2005
Saudi Arabia was given a green light on Friday to join the World Trade Organization, in time to participate in December's crucial ministerial summit in Hong Kong

The great GATS scandal

28 October, 2005
The latest maneuvers in the WTO vis a vis the GATS to torpedo its more development friendly elements is extremely worrying. This is an article on how this has been orchestrated, the opposition from developing countries, and the implications of the draft Ministerial text (26 October) for developing countries which the Chair has released.

outubro 28th

No Negotiation Without Ag Market Access

27 October, 2005
A ranking US trade officials reassured US senators that nothing will move ahead in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations until the European Union presents an acceptable offer on agricultural market access

EU tables new offer in Doha World Trade talks; calls for immediate movement on services and industrial goods

27 October, 2005
EU has tabled new proposals on agriculture and other areas of the DDA trade talks to its negotiating partners in the 'Five Interested Parties' (FIPs).