Archive

April 11th, 2005

Progress Made on WTO Trade Deal

10 April, 2005
World Trade Organization members are inching closer to a preliminary free trade agreement ahead of the body's December ministerial meeting in Hong Kong.

April 9th

Farmers And Other Civil Society Groups Give A Wake Up Call To The G-20 - But Are They Listening?

8 April, 2005
Update on events surrounding the G20 Ministerial Conference (18-19 March 2005) in New Delhi.

April 8th

RNM Update

7 April, 2005
Latest news from the Carribean Regional Negotrating Machinery

WTO says gambling a U.S. services commitment, but U.S. sees way out

7 April, 2005
The World Trade Organization's Appellate Body yesterday (April 7) upheld a 2004 panel ruling that the U.S. had agreed to allow cross-border gambling services under its Uruguay Round services commitments, a decision that could lead to future challenges of U.S. regulations on gambling.

Appellate Body Decision on the US-Gambling Case

7 April, 2005
On April 7, the WTO Appellate Body published its decision on the US-Gambling case. In November, 2004 a panel had largely ruled in favour of a complaint by Antigua-Barbuda that US federal and state laws prohibiting cross-border gambling violated US commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

April 7th

India clarifies it does not support WIPO?s Casablanca outcome

6 April, 2005
Please see below an article on India clarifying its position on the Casablanca meeting held by the DG of the WIPO. This article was published in the South-North Development Monitor (SUNS) of 11 April 2005.(M.Khor)

Official website of the WTO ministerial conference in Hong Kong

6 April, 2005
Official website of the WTO ministerial conference in Hong Kong

CAFTA No Benefit for North American and Central American Family Farmers

6 April, 2005
It's not too late for citizens to voice their objection that CAFTA, like earlier free trade agreements, will further destroy our nation's sovereignty.

April 6th

'GATS talks will move only with a ?big leap? in Mode 4'

5 April, 2005
Developing countries are likely to move forward in the WTO services negotiations only if there is a