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The new draft WTO 6th Ministerial text released today still attacks Third World agriculture, industry and services without making any real headway against First World subsidies and protections for domestic producers

The WTO

At the end of the fourth day of the WTO Ministerial Conference, there has hardly been agreement reached on the key issues, and time is almost running out on attempts to get any

Rice farmers from across Asia who came to protest the World Trade Organization

Asian farmers today described the World Trade Organisation

The revised text on agriculture contains 6 paragraphs: besides the introductory paragraph 4

IGTN News Bulletin

Declaration of the Intl Seminar on WTO, Food Sovereignty and Alternatives to Globalization

Vital social services such as water, education and health may soon be beyond the reach of the poorest Filipinos if current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on services liberalization are successful, according to the Our World is not for Sale (OWINFS) global coalition against the multilateral trade body.

The WTO Ministerial Conference seemed on the verge of unravelling after its third day, with many developing countries voicing opposition to the services part of the draft Declaration, and positions in non-agricultural market access being even more apart than before.