Archive

December 16th, 2005

EU Blocks Decision on End Date For Export Subsidies at WTO Ministerial

15 December, 2005
The European Union stood firm Dec. 16 in resisting demands from key trading partners for an agreement at the World Trade Organization's Hong Kong ministerial conference on an end date for the elimination of export subsidies

Signs of progress emerge on duty-free, quota-free LDC access

15 December, 2005
Members of the World Trade Organization seemed to be making some progress on an initiative to help the world's poorest countries on the third day of the Hong Kong ministerial, where the U.S. has come under intense pressure to provide duty-free, quota-free access to all products from least-developed countries

Lamy Sets Morning Deadline For Amendments To Declaration Text

15 December, 2005
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy has set a 6 a.m. Dec. 17 deadline for members to offer proposals for amending a Hong Kong ministerial declaration to further define the goals for the Doha round.

WTO Pact Reached on Plan To Help Poor Countries

15 December, 2005
Negotiators at a World Trade Organization meeting reached an agreement on a draft text Friday that would grant duty-free and quota-free access to imports from so-called least developing countries

Coalition of Agricultural Workers International Vow to Fight for Those Most Oppressed by the WTO

15 December, 2005
In a statement, CAWI called on workers everywhere to junk the WTO

Focus: On the Road to Hong Kong (Number 8, 16 December 2005)

15 December, 2005
Day four of the Ministerial had many ups, downs and roundabouts

December 15th

Corporations Dominate Trade Panels that Set Global Health Policy: Public Health Groups Sue US Government for Fair & Democratic Representation

14 December, 2005
A lawsuit filed today in US Federal District Court by public health and physician groups demands that corporate interests be balanced with public interest representation on US Industry Trade Advisory Committees (ITACs) that advise the US Trade Representative (USTR) on trade policies affecting public health

More finger pointing, less negotiation, as Ministerial gets under way

14 December, 2005
No progress seems to have been made in negotiations on market access issues of agriculture, NAMA and services after two days of the Ministerial

he Sorry Truth of USTR Development Package “Promises”

14 December, 2005
a one-page debunking US 'development package'

Poor countries flex muscles at WTO talks

14 December, 2005
Global trade talks were confronted with growing pressure from poorer countries, with African cotton producers and Latin American banana exporters leading the charge for fairer treatment.