Archive - 2005

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday reiterated that planned privatisations would continue by listing the shares of state enterprises on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

Chile denounced Friday EU curbs on imported farmed salmon from the South American country, and threatened to challenge Europe's action before the World Trade Organization.

Chile denounced Friday UE curbs on imported farmed salmon from the South American country, and threatened to challenge Europe's action before the World Trade Organization.

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Kamal Nath today said India is aggressively pushing for easier movement for professionals across territorial frontiers under the WTO regime.

Developing countries want the U.S. to take as much time as possible to ensure that its revised offer contains their demand for ambitious new mode 4 commitments covering the movement of natural persons.

AUSTRALIA will back Uruguayan Carlos Perez del Castillo to take over as director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Developing countries want the U.S. to take as much time as possible to ensure that its revised offer contains their demand for ambitious new mode 4 commitments covering the movement of natural persons.

The US has asked Pakistan to pay damages to US companies for their future investment in case of the infringement of intellectual property rights and unilateral cancellation of licences.

Because of a failure of democratic processes, a small group of men within the United States was able to capture the US trade-agenda-setting process and then to draft intellectual property principles that became the blueprint for TRIPS.

Some of the strongest opposition to the GATS and other re- or de-regulatory trade agreements is coming from local and regional councils, backed by critical civil society movements.