Archive - 2005

June 12th

Statement and Demands From Indonesian Farmer Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations to the Delegations of the G-33 Ministerial Conference

11 June, 2005
'NO countries will remain sovereign and advance if they keep depending on their food needs externally!

June 10th

House Rejects WTO Withdrawal Despite Growing Unease

9 June, 2005
In another signal of congressional unease with U.S. trade policies and China's growing presence in the world trading system, more than 80 House members today voted in favor of a resolution calling for the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization.

Food aid and state trading exercises

9 June, 2005
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APEC Ministers Agree on WTO Tariff-Cutting Formula for Industrial Goods; USTR Portman Visits China to discuss bilateral trade issues

9 June, 2005
At the June 2-3 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Cheju, Korea, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Portman and Trade Ministers from the 20 other APEC economies unanimously endorsed a strong statement advancing an ambitious outcome to the WTO Doha negotiations and spurring further progress toward free and open trade and investment in the Asia Pacific region.

June 9th

African Ministers on EPAs

8 June, 2005
African ministers have adopted a declaration on EPAs calling for singapore issues to be out of the EPAs

NAMA WEEK: APEC DECLARATION SAID TO INDICATE 'SOME CONVERGENCE'

8 June, 2005
Senior trade officials from the US and Australia had welcomed the agreement, with Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile saying that it would 'inject new momentum' into the talks at the WTO.

US Moves NAMA Forward

8 June, 2005
Part of the push came from the strong support for an ambitious NAMA approach tabled earlier this week by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation trade ministers, who met last week in South Korea.

For Bolivia, Neoliberalism is Not an Option

8 June, 2005
As the Organization of American States completes its three-day session debating the role of free trade and neoliberalism in fostering democracy for the continent, the country of Bolivia is on the brink of a civil war over that very question.

June 7th

United Nations Children's Committee Warns Nicaragua About CAFTA Threats

6 June, 2005
Nicaragua was warned last Friday by a United Nations Human Rights Body that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations should not undermine the State

June 6th

Call for International Mobilizations in Geneva : STOP the WTO Corporate Agenda

Call for action: General Council of the Peoples, 27-30 July, and International Mobilization, 19-20 October, Geneva