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July 5th, 2006

Engineered crisis? Members decided my new role, says Lamy

4 July, 2006
At a media briefing after the WTO meeting closed on 1 July, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy admitted: ''We are in a crisis.'

EU must not turn Brazil into the world's tires dump

4 July, 2006
Brazil may become the tires dump for the developed world, if WTO will accept the complaint introduced by the European Union against Brazil

July 1st

WTO Talks Collapse ? Good News for the Developing World

30 June, 2006
The illegitimate Mini Ministerial which the WTO

WTO must not force bad trade deal on poor

30 June, 2006
News that the major powers are trying to bypass negotiations in order to force through a trade deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has met with an angry response from trade justice campaigners.

June 30th

WTO TRIPs Proposal Would Address Biopiracy

29 June, 2006
Poor countries want new rules for the WTO's intellectual property agreement that would protect their biological resources and traditional knowledge

Crossing Swords With the EU

29 June, 2006
New US Trade Representative Susan Schwab crossed swords with her European Union counterpart over Brussels

Sticking to Positions

29 June, 2006
Doha Development Agenda key players the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India and the Group-of-10 defensive coalition stuck tight to their positions yesterday on Doha Development Agenda agriculture and nonagricultural market access

No Breakthroughs On Doha, But U.S. Officials Still Hopeful

29 June, 2006
U.S. trade negotiators appear to have made no breakthroughs in the bilateral meetings leading up to the formal World Trade Organization's Doha round negotiating sessions scheduled to begin today in Geneva

Mr. Lamy’s Failed ‘20-20-20' Formula

29 June, 2006
World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy