Archive - Jun 2003

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Type

June 17th

The Decision-making Process And The Single Undertaking

16 June, 2003
Are WTO members courageous enough to define 'explicit consensus?' Allow me to define it for you as the following: Unless people state an approval to negotiate, there is no explicit consensus.

June 13th

Investment Working Group Meeting Illustrates Modalities Split

12 June, 2003
On modalities, members are split into two camps with developed and developing countries pushing for vastly different approaches.

June 12th

European Parliament Hearing Discusses Singapore Issues

11 June, 2003
European Trade Commissioner Mr. Pascal Lamy has insisted that the Singapore issues is part of the single undertaking agreed to at the WTO's Doha Ministerial Conference.

WTO Director's Invitation Declined And 'Business Advisory Body' Blasted

11 June, 2003
'This Business Advisory Body process could worsen rather than improve the WTO's endemic problems with secrecy, internally or with civil society,' said Navarro.

Last WTO 'Mini-Ministerial' Meeting Before Cancun Set for July 28-30 in Montreal

11 June, 2003
Progress on market access has been highlighted as one of the principal negotiating objectives of the United States, along with agricultural reform.

June 11th

Many Developing Countries Don't Want To Start Investment Negotiations

10 June, 2003
Many developing countries at the WGTI meeting also said they could not agree with the proposition that the clarification process in the WGTI is complete.

The Stalemate in the WTO

10 June, 2003
The US and the Cairns Group consider its proposed tariff reductions too shallow while the European Union and Japan see them as to deep.

June 9th

Behind US Challenge Of Europe On GMOs

8 June, 2003
The Bush Administration has touted the action as the salvation of starving people and a defense of U.S. farmers.

June 7th

Paragraph 6 Negotiations: No End In Sight

6 June, 2003
The TRIPS Council meeting on June 4-6, in its last formal session before the Cancun Ministerial Conference in September, did not make progress towards agreement on a solution for the Paragraph 6 problem.

June 5th

India Readies Plan For WTO Dialogue

4 June, 2003
Under the service negotiations, India has already made its offer to 62 countries, of which 25 have responded including the United States and European Union, the sources said.