Archive

September 5th, 2006

Lamy senses will to revive WTO talks

4 September, 2006
WTO chief Pascal Lamy says the political will may exist to revive stalled global trade talks, but negotiations can resume only if countries compromise on the main stumbling block of agriculture.

September 4th

GM Alert: US Using WTO to Push GM Food into India

3 September, 2006
Both notifications assert that these regulations are trade restrictive for countries like the US planning to export GM products to India.

Agricultural issues poised to heat up in 3rd FTA talks

3 September, 2006
Despite the expected challenges, Seoul will push for certain exemptions over sensitive agricultural products during the upcoming third round of free trade agreement talks with Washington, the Korean government said.

August 30th

US may cut farm subsidies, says Das

29 August, 2006
(Bhagirath Lal Das) says the WTO negoiations are likely to resume in September and conclude in time to enable the US fast track authority to approve of the decision before June 2007.

A G-20 Test For Resuming DDA

29 August, 2006
Trade ministers of the developing-country Group-of-20 coalition will meet in Rio de Janeiro September 9 and 10 to finalize a position on how to revive the suspended Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations - a first indication of whether a turnaround in the negotiations is possible.

US presses China to take Doha role

29 August, 2006
China would damage its robust economy and hinder its own policy objectives if it embraced economic nationalism, Susan Schwab, the US trade representative, said in Beijing yesterday.

August 29th

China Offers to Help Restart WTO Talks

28 August, 2006
China is willing to help restart WTO talks but wants to see developed countries make "substantial contributions" first, a state news agency on Tuesday quoted China's commerce minister as telling a top American envoy.

ASEAN framework deal with US may be disastrous to economy, warns IBON

28 August, 2006
The recently-signed trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) between the US and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will sooner or later lead to a free trade agreement (FTA), and this will prove disastrous to the vulnerable sectors of the region, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

August 28th

World trade talks could be frozen for years

27 August, 2006
The US trade chief warned Friday that WTO talks to liberalise global trade would be suspended for several years if there was no breakthrough over the next six to eight months.

August 23rd

US likely to sign ASEAN trade deal

22 August, 2006
The US is set to conclude an agreement with Southeast Asia this week that is expected to boost free trade and help Americans benefit from a larger East Asian tariff-busting program.