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August 6th, 2006

New focus needed for Doha Round; Trade talks failed to address developing country problems

5 August, 2006
"The Doha Round of international trade negotiations collapsed mainly because of a fight for advantage in agricultural markets by large and powerful countries, corporations and lobbies," FAO said today.

August 5th

WTO: time to pull down shutters

4 August, 2006
EXPRESSING hope over efforts to revive the deadlocked World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: “ Development dimension must get the prominence and attention — not in term of words, but in terms of solid deeds.”

August 4th

Growing movement opposing granting of drug patents

3 August, 2006
Many more cases are being filed in India by groups representing HIV/AIDS patients against the granting of patents for HIV/AIDS medicines, adding to the initial two cases after a 2005 amendment to the Indian patent law.

US ready to talk on trade reforms

3 August, 2006
THE US has signalled it wants to 'unlock' the stalled Doha trade talks at an Australian-sponsored meeting in Cairns next month.

August 2nd

Pakistan´s reservations regarding doha round

1 August, 2006
Pakistan has shown its reservation over partial resumption of negotiations on some issues saying talks should be resumed across the board on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), it is learnt.

August 1st

More than 50,000 people mobilized against Korea-US FTA

31 July, 2006
As the typhoon 'Ewinia' hit the Korean peninsula, the struggle against the 2nd round talks started.

July 31st

WTO General Council only "takes note" of suspension of the Doha negotiations

30 July, 2006
The WTO General Council which met on 27 July did not take a formal decision on the suspension of the Doha negotiations, with the Chairperson merely "taking note" of the statements on the issue that were made by the Director-General and by the delegations.

The Doha failure: Let´s get real in trade talks

30 July, 2006
Shed no tears for the recent collapse of the trade talks, widely portrayed as a big setback for the trading system and developing nations. The suspension opens the door to a more realistic agenda.

July 30th

Fighting FTAs: The international Strategy Workshop

29 July, 2006
During July 27-29, 2006, FTA Watch, GRAIN and Bilaterals.org organized the first ever international workshop to make a strategic analysis of the struggles against FTA in Bangkok, Thailand.

July 28th

US to seek FTAs, TPA extension while continuing Doha work

27 July, 2006
In the wake of this week