Archive

July 8th, 2005

White House promises Lincoln no new subsidy caps before CAFTA vote

7 July, 2005
In advance of her vote in favor of a U.S. free trade agreement with Central American countries.

July General Council will most likely be for stock-taking and not make decisions

7 July, 2005
A heads-of-delegation informal meeting was held at the WTO on Friday 8 July

July 7th

Bush plan on illegals dims hopes for agenda

6 July, 2005
The Bush administration's stance on immigration, already the cause of a political split with some Republicans in Congress, is beginning to erode lawmakers' support for such presidential policy priorities as trade deals and extending the Patriot Act.

G20 proposes disciplines on trade distorting domestic support

6 July, 2005
The Group of 20 developing countries presented a paper on theirviews regarding how to deal with some elements of trade distortingdomestic support.(M.Khor)

NAMA: ABI Submission on Formulas and the Doha Mandate

6 July, 2005
Paper submitted by Argentina, Brazil and India during the current NAMA negotiations.

July 6th

Brazilian Intervention in the Council for Trade in Services

5 July, 2005
Brazil's intervention on July 1st 2005.

Caribbean countries propose new formula at NAMA meeting

5 July, 2005
Negotiations on NAMA (non agricultiral market access) are taking place this week in the WTO. On Monday (4 July), a group of Caribbean countries proposed a new tariff-reduction formula which they said is aimed at taking into account development concerns.(M. Khor)

July 5th

North and South countries differ on assessment of services talks, and on the need or otherwise for new negotiating approach

4 July, 2005
Some major developed and developing countries have been giving significantly different assessments of the state of the services negotiations during the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services held at the World Trade Organisation on 27 June to 1 July.

Chairman produces report on the state of WTO agriculture talks

4 July, 2005
The Chairperson of the WTO's agriculture negotiations, the former New ZealandAmbassador, Tim Groser, has issued a status report on his assessment of key issues to be addressed in the agriculture negotiations by 31 July 2005, which is apparently the date by which the General Council session to discuss 'first approximations' has to conclude. (M. Khor)

July 4th

Geneva talks may result in much ado about nothing

3 July, 2005
Attempts are being made to prepare