Archive

October 31st, 2003

Financing For Development Dialogue At UNHighlights South's Financial Woes US$200 Billion Transferred By Poor To Rich Countries In 2002

30 October, 2003
Instead of developing countries receiving more external financial resources, the reverse has hapened: there was a net transfer of funds from developing countries to developed countries amounting to almost $200 billion in 2002.

October 29th

Motions Without Movement At The WTO

28 October, 2003
As the developing countries, and some of their leaders (here and in capitals) show eagerness to resume the negotiations, the US and the EC seem to be strengthened in their view that they could demand and get a price from the developing countries for this.

Reviving Trade Talks? Developing Countries Expected To Make The First Step

28 October, 2003
During the last couple of weeks, the WTO headquarters in Geneva has been an unusually calm and quiet place, after weeks of chaotic and untransparent negotiations just before the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancun.

September 30th

Food Sovereignty: Global Rallying Cry Of Farmer Movements

29 September, 2003
Via Campesina, the largest international farmer's organization, and other organizations that adhere to the food sovereignty principle, call for excluding food and agriculture from trade agreements like the WTO, NAFTA and the FTAA.

September 17th

Canc?n: El Segundo Seattle De La OMC

16 September, 2003
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Tequila Sunset In Canc?n

16 September, 2003
Failure at Canc

September 16th

herunder The Position Of CPE After The Failure Of WTO Negotiations In Cancun

15 September, 2003
Failure of WTO negociations in Cancun

After Cancun, Rich Man's 'Debacle' Is the Poor Man's 'Moral Victory'

15 September, 2003
In the United States, the failure of the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to reach a new agreement was seen as a 'debacle' that cast a shadow on the future of free trade.

September 14th

WTO Derailed At 'Second Seattle' In Cancun

13 September, 2003
'The sacrifice of Compa

Fate Of Ministerial Hangs On A Thread Today --- As Developing Countries Express Frustration With The Text

13 September, 2003
There is so much dissatisfaction and anger among so many developing countries that the usual attempt used at Ministerials by the major developed countries to bulldoze through a text at the last minute may not work this time.