Archive - Mar 2005

March 14th

'Friends' NAMA Formula

13 March, 2005
The 'Friends of Ambition' in Doha market access negotiations for industrials converged last week around a 'Swiss' tariff-cutting formula.

14 Developing Countries Criticize WIPO Patent Treaty Talks

13 March, 2005
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OBJECT TO WIPO CONSULTATION PROCESS ON PATENT TREATY TALKS

March 10th

'Banana Battle' Gears Up as Latins Fault EU's Methodology for Determining New Tariff

9 March, 2005
The battle between Latin American banana producers and the European Union over the EU's proposed tariff on banana imports is beginning to heat up.

'Banana Battle' Gears Up as Latins Fault EU's Methodology for Determining New Tariff

9 March, 2005
WTO members are hoping to achieve enough progress in Hong Kong in key negotiating sectors such as agriculture and market access for nonagricultural goods to ensure the successful conclusion of the Doha Round in 2006.

March 9th

Brazil Seeks 3-Month Deadline For EU Compliance With Sugar Ruling

8 March, 2005
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, 'routinely adopts implementing rules in the sugar sector in a matter of days,' Brazil added

FDA Seizes Drugs Imported Under Five-State Program (Update1)

8 March, 2005
The Food and Drug Administration is seizing prescription drugs shipped to patients in the U.S. from overseas under I-Save Rx, the program sponsored by five states to help residents obtain low-cost medicines.

March 8th

EU Proposal on Capital-Based Meetings

7 March, 2005
Mandelson called for more meetings of capital-based senior officials in addition to more mini-ministerials.

India's Services Challenge

7 March, 2005
India's revised offer for market-opening in the Doha Development Agenda services negotiations will be "contingent" upon liberal commitments in cross-border and temporary movement of service providers from key industrialized countries.

Singapore To Allow Protests At Next Year's IMF-World Bank Meetings

7 March, 2005
An estimated 16,000 delegates from 184 countries are expected to descend on Singapore for the gathering, including 300 finance ministers and heads of central banks.

After Seattle and Canc?n... Next stop: Hong Kong

7 March, 2005
Once again, the peoples of the world will expose, right at WTO's doorstep, the consequences of its corporate-driven agenda on the livelihoods and working conditions of men, women and children worldwide.