Archive

November 3rd, 2005

Talks in Europe last-ditch effort to salvage WTO round: US

2 November, 2005
The United States said talks next week among five key players in the World Trade Organisation would prove crucial to success or failure at a WTO meeting in Hong Kong next month.

A damper on WTO talks?

2 November, 2005
While the world is debating European and American proposals to cut agriculture subsidies in a bid to revive World Trade Organization negotiations in Hong Kong next month, the U.S. Congress may be poised to undermine the effort.

A damper on WTO talks?

2 November, 2005
While the world is debating European and American proposals to cut agriculture subsidies in a bid to revive World Trade Organization negotiations in Hong Kong next month, the U.S. Congress may be poised to undermine the effort.

November 2nd

G33 submits proposal on Special Safeguard Mechanism

1 November, 2005
The Group of 33 developing countries in the WTO agriculture negotiations has submitted to the WTO a proposal on a special safeguard mechanism(SSM) for developing countries.

Reactions to EU proposal range from 'disappointing' to 'unacceptable'

1 November, 2005
Initial reactions to the European Union's 28 October proposal on agriculture have been mainly unfavourable, with some countries calling it disappointing and others finding it unacceptable, for various reasons.

LDCs make strong plea in WTO for action on SDT

1 November, 2005
The Special Session of the Committee on Trade and Development of the WTO met on 27 October to further consider in particular five Least Developed Country Agreement-specific proposals on Special and Differential Treatment, on which no consensus has been reached by Members so far.

EC's WTO demands contradict UK Minister's 'no forced liberalisation' pledge

1 November, 2005
The latest set of proposals by the European Union at the World Trade Organisation which seeks to impose extreme levels of liberalisation on the developing countries is in stark contradiction to a recent speech made by the Trade Minister of the United Kingdom, which presently holds the Presidency of the European Union. This begs the question: Who really speaks for Europe?

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.

November 1st

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.

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.