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December 14th, 2005

WTO talks open amid pessimism and protest

13 December, 2005
World trade ministers launched a fresh bid to salvage free trade negotiations amid little hope for major headway, as thousands of protesters marched in the streets to denounce the WTO as an enemy of the poor.

WTO keeps talks moving to avert another breakdown

13 December, 2005
The United States warned trading partners on Wednesday that the world would slip back into protectionism without progress in global talks to reform world commerce, stunting economic growth and hitting the poor.

Colourful protests greet WTO talks in Hong Kong

13 December, 2005
Thousands of anti-globalization activists marched through Hong Kong watched by a huge security operation aimed at preventing a repeat of violence that has rocked previous WTO meetings.

US can't hide behind immigration at WTO: India

13 December, 2005
The United States will have to open its market to more foreign temporary workers as part of any new world trade deal, despite strong opposition in the US Congress, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.

Let developing countries grow the same way that we did

13 December, 2005
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Focus: On the Road to Hong Kong?(Number 6, 14 December 2005)

13 December, 2005
Today was the first day of negotiations proper

December 13th

TWN Briefings for Hong Kong No. 3

12 December, 2005
Though there are problems in all the critical areas of agriculture, viz., market access, domestic subsidy and export subsidy, the key questions are in the domestic subsidy of the developed countries

U.S. Makes Plea On Cotton, West Africans Unimpressed

12 December, 2005
With the World Trade Organization meeting under way, the United States is trying to convince West African governments to pressure the European Union into making a bigger offer to cut agricultural tariffs and subsidies.

G20 Ministers reaffirm ?agriculture central to Doha Round,? India and Brazil state positions

12 December, 2005
The Group of 20 developing countries held a Ministerial meeting Tuesday morning and issued a G20 Ministerial Declaration reaffirming its position that agriculture is the central issue of the Doha Round .

Ministerial opens amid protests and diplomatic activism

12 December, 2005
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