Archive - Dic 2005 - Article

December 5th

Revised Hong Kong draft retains services text and Annex

4 December, 2005
while it attempts to capture the main elements of the state of playof agriculture and NAMA in general terms, the revised draft does not alter the first draft, issued on 26 November, in any fundamental manner.

Keeping Hong Kong On Line

4 December, 2005
Trade ministers of the United States, the European Union, Brazil, India, Japan and Australia meeting here on Saturday in an informal session hosted by the United States agreed broadly on what can be delivered in next week's Hong Kong trade conference for least-developed countries

Intense activity as General Council debates Hong Kong text

4 December, 2005
WTO members were engaging in intense informal negotiations anddiscussions on Friday, 2 December focused on how to respondto the revised draft Ministerial text to be transmitted to the WTO'sHong Kong Ministerial Conference starting 13 December.

United Kingdom recommends radical reform of CAP over next 10 to 15 years - Lively reactions from Commissioners Fischler Boel and Mandelson

4 December, 2005
Ten days off the ministerial meeting of the WTO in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, on 2 December, published a document proposing a radical reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

Papers on sectoral negotiations in GATS

4 December, 2005
Papers on arguments by some for commencing sectoral negotiations in the GATS, and the objectives of these negotiations

New Video Highlights Suffering Caused by WTO Policies in Textiles and Clothing

4 December, 2005
The Global Union representing workers in the textile and clothing sector has released a new video drawing attention to the plight of workers in the sector following the liberalisation of trade at the start of 2005.

ASEAN alternative services proposal

4 December, 2005
ASEAN (fve members) alternative proposal to the Services Annex C for the draft ministerial text

December 4th

300 'troublemakers' on official blacklist

3 December, 2005
As many as 300 militant protesters due to fly in for this month's WTO ministerial meeting have been put on an official blacklist and will be denied entry into Hong Kong, security sources have revealed.

December 2nd

Second draft Ministerial Text out

1 December, 2005
The second draft Ministerial Text that was submitted to WTO Members this evening

EU 'non-paper' response to draft Ministerial Text

1 December, 2005
The 'EU Non-paper' that the EC floated in a green room meeting early this week as a response to the November 26 Draft Ministerial Text.