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April 11th, 2006

EU ready to give more ground in trade talks

10 April, 2006
EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Tuesday the European Union was ready to give more ground in world trade talks but it needed to see similar concessions from other trade partners.

President Bush Meets Portman to Discuss WTO Trade Talks Ahead of April 30 Deadline

10 April, 2006
President Bush met with U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman April 10 to discuss the World Trade Organization negotiations just three weeks ahead of a key deadline in the talks, saying that he had done so 'because I'm a big believer that trade helps lift people out of poverty.'

Volcker casts shadow on wheat import

10 April, 2006
Government

April 10th

EU's Mandelson Calls U.S. Lawmaker's Trade Gibe 'Offensive'

9 April, 2006
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson scorned as 'offensive' a U.S. lawmaker's proposal to drop the EU as a partner, highlighting the obstacles to a new World Trade Organization agreement.

Cluster of plurilateral services meetings at WTO

9 April, 2006
A two-week 'cluster' on services ended at the WTO last Friday (7 April), after a flurry of meetings on several sectors, which marked the start of the new 'plurilateral method' of negotiations.

Agriculture Impasse Between U.S., EU Dims Prospects for Concluding Doha by Year-End

9 April, 2006
The prospects for successfully concluding the Doha Round of World Trade Organization talks by the end of the year appear to have dwindled significantly in recent weeks, sources said April 7, as the United States and the European Union continue to be at odds over the make-or-break issue of agriculture.

April 9th

No easy road to WTO's end-April deadline

8 April, 2006
The WTO's Director General Pascal Lamy by all accounts is sticking to the end-April deadline for reaching agreement on modalities for agriculture and non-agriculture market access (NAMA).

No easy road to WTO's end-April deadline

8 April, 2006
The WTO's Director General Pascal Lamy by all accounts is sticking to the end-April deadline for reaching agreement on modalities for agriculture and non-agriculture market access (NAMA).

CBD sets 2010 deadline to set up global ABS regime

8 April, 2006
The 8th Conference of the Parties (COP 8) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ended late in the night on the last day of the meeting (31 March) with agreement on how to progress on access and benefit sharing (ABS), a key issue that has dogged the CBD for many years.

Malaysia-US FTA

8 April, 2006
Below are the links for your information the following documents on the Malaysia-US FTA opposition that is building up in Malaysia.