Archive - Oct 2005 - Article

October 6th

Interview with Amb. A. Dabbagh of SAGIA

5 October, 2005
Interview with the governor of Saudi Arabia's General Investment Authority. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

Integrating into world markets

5 October, 2005
Regarding Saudi Arabia's accession into the WTO. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

US to Float Figures on Domestic Supports

5 October, 2005
The United States is considering floating figures on what it proposes to do in the difficult area of trade-distorting domestic supports during an informal trade ministerial meeting in Zurich on Monday

US Asks ?Core Questions? on DDA

5 October, 2005
US Trade Representative Rob Portman wants trade ministers who will meet with him in Zurich on Monday to address four 'core questions' dealing with 'what is possible' to achieve at the mid-December Hong Kong ministerial meeting

October 5th

NGOs Roundtable Forum on MC6 to be held in Hong Kong

4 October, 2005
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) new Director-General Mr Pascal Lamy will listen to views of non-government organisations (NGOs) at a roundtable forum in Hong Kong on October 16.

Interview: Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijri, Secretary General of the Supreme Economic Council

4 October, 2005
Interview with the Secretary General of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Economic Council. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

IATP creates websites for HK MC6

4 October, 2005
IATP has created three websites directed toward the WTO Hong Kong Sixth Ministerial Meeting.

October 4th

2005 Hong Kong Fair Trade Fair and Symposium

3 October, 2005
After a highly successful Fair Trade Fair and Sustainable Trade Symposium at the WTO Ministerial in Cancun 2003, a coalition of international organisations will hold a similar event in Hong Kong in December 2005 during the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference.

October 3rd

Farmers Protests against WTO in Mumbai

2 October, 2005
More than 50,000 farmers from 14 states of India including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Uttranchal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Maharashtra belonging to different farmers unions participated in a huge Rally against WTO in Mumbai.

A New Push to ?Re-energize? Services

2 October, 2005
A new core group of a dozen members of the World Trade Organization tasked recently to 're-energize' the stalled Doha Development Agenda service negotiations has an uphill task ahead of it