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Amid current political noise brought about by the Arroyo government

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

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

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

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

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

The WTO machinery keeps turning. Trade negotiators and the Chairs of the negotiations continue to focus on the Doha Agenda, refusing to join the growing chorus of voices that have pronounced the Agenda beyond hope. Another set of negotiating texts

Press Release - La Via Campesina

The draft GATS disciplines, if implemented, would limit what governments can do to prevent and resolve such crises. They would hamstring regulators and further bias the regulatory process in favour of commercial interests.