6th Ministerial, Hong Kong 2005

Transcript of USTR Schwab and USDA Secretary Johanns at WTO

23 July, 2006
WTO HQ
Press Availability with Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, USTR and Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture

WTO´s Doha talks face another "week of decision"

23 July, 2006
By Martin Khor, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (July06/10)
Starting Sunday (23 July) itself, this will be another decisive week for the WTO's Doha negotiations, as it will become much clearer whether the G6 members will be able to implement the "new flexibilities" that their political leaders reportedly pledged to provide for their countries' positions.

Trade talks deadlock brings new hope for the poorest and the environment

23 July, 2006
Friends of the Earth International
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth International today welcomed the collapse of the World TradeOrganisation (WTO)'s trade negotiations. This means that there is nowtime to review and reconsider the multilateral trading system in itsentirety.

Tradewatch accoglie con favore la sospensione dei negoziati della Wto a Ginevra e chiede una radicale revisione delle regole del commercio internazionale

23 July, 2006
Tradewatch
La sospensione dei negoziati del 'Round dello sviluppo' della Wto, a quasi cinque anni dal loro avvio a Doha nel novembre 2001, viene salutata positivamente dal Tradewatch, l'osservatorio italiano sul commercio internazionale.

G6 Ministers hope for "flexibilities" - but what and how much?

20 July, 2006
By Martin Khor, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
"Flexibilities" was the new key theme and indeed the key word after a short meeting of the G6 Ministers held at the WTO on Monday (17 July) night, to follow up on the lunch meeting at St Petersburg a few hours earlier that the G8 leaders had with the leaders of five developing countries.

Developing countries on Doha talks at the G8 Summit

20 July, 2006
By Martin Khor, TWN Info Service at WTO and Trade Issues
No one who was not there seems to know what actually happened at the G8 Summit leaders' meeting with the leaders of five developing countries in the lunchtime "outreach working lunch" at St Petersburg on Monday (17 July).

Manmohan has `not lost hope' about Doha Round

18 July, 2006
The Hindu
Fresh from his discussions at the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh provided a cautiously optimistic insight into the prospects of the deadlocked WTO negotiations.

Leaders vow to unblock Doha talks

17 July, 2006
Financial Times
World leaders

G8 to give trade a push

16 July, 2006
By Caren Bohan and David Clarke, SwissInfo
Group of Eight leaders met key developing countries on Monday to give a push to world trade talks at a big-power summit strained by divisions over the Middle East.

G8 leaders face packed agenda on summit's last day

16 July, 2006
By Michael Steen, Reuters
Leaders of the major world powers face a packed agenda including trade talks and a possible statement on world oil prices on Monday, the last day of a G8 summit overshadowed by violence in the Middle East.

G-6 Agrees To Meet Twice In July After Push From G-8 Leaders

16 July, 2006
Inside U.S. Trade
Trade ministers from the U.S. and five other World Trade Organization members have agreed at a meeting today (July 17) to gather again twice this month in Geneva in an effort to push the struggling WTO talks forward.

G8 leaders call on WTO head to push for end to Doha talks within months

16 July, 2006
Alex Nicholson, Canadian Press
Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrial countries on Sunday recommended a two-week extension for a deadline aimed at breaking the impasse over long-stalled global trade negotiations.

G8: no mandate to take world trade negotiations forward; Development and Environment NGOs as well as trade unions warn of de-industrialization and environmental destruction as a result of cuts in industrial tariffs

13 July, 2006
WEED, Oxfam Germany, Greenpeace, Protestant Development Service
Leading industrial powers will aim to move forward the global trade negotiations, which failed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in June, when they meet at the G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, from tomorrow. Development and environment groups as well as trade unions condemn this as illegitimate.

Schwabb expresses hope for Doha despite daunting challenges

13 July, 2006
Inside US Trade
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab last Friday (July 7) insisted the only Doha deal the U.S. will accept is an ambitious one, and stressed that this requires a definition of how sensitive agriculture products will be treated so that members will know exactly how much market access they are to get.

Uncertainty and confusion at WTO after failed Ministerial

12 July, 2006
By Martin Khor, TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues
There has been an unusually quiet atmosphere at the World Trade Organisation since the Ministerial-level meetings ended on 1 July without substantive result.