Archive - Oct 2005

We are indeed proud that Irene has bagged the 2005 Right Livelihood Award, which is often referred to as the alternative Nobel prize.

The United States is considering floating figures on what it proposes to do in the difficult area of trade-distorting domestic supports during an informal trade ministerial meeting in Zurich on Monday

Regarding Saudi Arabia's accession into the WTO. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

Interview with the governor of Saudi Arabia's General Investment Authority. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) new Director-General Mr Pascal Lamy will listen to views of non-government organisations (NGOs) at a roundtable forum in Hong Kong on October 16.

Interview with the Secretary General of Saudi Arabia's Supreme Economic Council. This is an advertising supplement produced by Summit Communications and printed at the New York Times.

IATP has created three websites directed toward the WTO Hong Kong Sixth Ministerial Meeting.

After a highly successful Fair Trade Fair and Sustainable Trade Symposium at the WTO Ministerial in Cancun 2003, a coalition of international organisations will hold a similar event in Hong Kong in December 2005 during the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference.

Even when it came to the obvious benefits for US agriculture contained in the recent US-Central American Free Trade Agreement, it was difficult weaning support from most members of the House Agriculture Committee, commented a senior committee aide on Friday

More than 50,000 farmers from 14 states of India including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Uttranchal, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Maharashtra belonging to different farmers unions participated in a huge Rally against WTO in Mumbai.