Archive

March 20th, 2008

UNCTAD XII: Hit or Miss?

19 March, 2008
In 2008, the United Nations (UN) has chosen to hold its major trade and development conference in Africa. Ministers from all around the world will meet in Accra, the capital of Ghana, starting April 20. In addition to ministers, a crowd of 4,000 international civil servants, civil society activists, business representatives, and journalists is expected to descend on the usually discrete West African capital.

March 18th

U.N. body eyes trade talks as recession fears grow

17 March, 2008
Developing countries should push for a compromise deal in the six-year-old effort to revamp free trade rules and help restore the global economy's health, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.

March 17th

WIDE report: EU bilateral and regional free trade agreements ? Bringing women to the centre of the debate

16 March, 2008
In late 2007 WIDE organised a successful consultation on EU bilateral and regional free trade agreements and gender, which brought together members of WIDE, academics, researchers, non-governmental organisation activists and representatives of the European Commission and the private sector.

March 14th

As senate sets date for JPEPA vote, heed experience of other east Asian countries with Japan trade deals, solons urged

13 March, 2008
Amid current political noise brought about by the Arroyo government

March 7th

Agriculture Talks Stuck on Import Surge Safeguard

6 March, 2008
The Group of 33 developing countries has denounced the draft text on the special safeguard mechanism in the current Doha Development Round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks as

March 6th

To Implement Domestic Campaign Policy Priorities on Health Care and Global Warming, Future Presidents Must Alter Existing U.S. Trade Commitments

5 March, 2008
New Public Citizen Report Identifies Changes to WTO, NAFTA Rules Needed to Facilitate Candidates

Meeting vows to oppose Sugarland City project

5 March, 2008
Representatives of local communities and some concerned NGOs have rejected the Waterfront Sugarland City project and have demanded that the government

March 4th

Link to a new communication by the U.S. on product-specific limits for the Blue Box category of domestic support

3 March, 2008
Link to a new communication by the U.S. on product-specific limits for the Blue Box category of domestic support

Link to a new set of proposals by the Chair of the NAMA negotiations

3 March, 2008
Link to a new set of proposals by the Chair of the NAMA negotiations

February 29th

Links to statements by the NAMA-11 countries and the G33 on the latest modalities texts

28 February, 2008
Links to statements by the NAMA-11 countries and the G33 on the latest modalities texts