Archive - fev 2006 - Article

A group of ten developing countries at the NAMA (Non-Agricultural Market Access) negotiations has called for policy space for their national industrial development priorities.

The WTO has ruled that the EU broke international trade rules by stopping imports of genetically modified foods.

When scores of activists dressed as turtles appeared on the streets of Seattle during the disastrous World Trade Organisation meeting in 1999, it became clear that the WTO had inadvertently backed into the gunsights of environmental campaigners.

The 6th World Social Forum held in Caracas, Venezuela, provided the shot in the arm needed by this annual gathering of global civil society.

President Bush formally notifies Congress today that the United States and South Korea will embark on free-trade agreement negotiations

Link to an EU Response to the recent USTR Paper examining the implications of the EU offer on agriculture market access