Archive - Dic 2005 - Article

December 16th

Day 4 at the WTO ministerial: no movements but powerful countries hold secret 'green rooms'

15 December, 2005
On its fourth day (Dec 16) the WTO

Mandelson charges US hiding behind 'smokescreen' on cotton subsidies

15 December, 2005
The United States is hiding behind a 'gigantic great smokescreen' in a bid to dodge its duty to cotton farmers in Africa, European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson charged at WTO talks that continue in Hong Kong.

Pascal Lamy and the Sorcerer?s Box

15 December, 2005
Press statement: A large group of farmers movements and NGO

Coalition of Agricultural Workers International Vow to Fight for Those Most Oppressed by the WTO

15 December, 2005
In a statement, CAWI called on workers everywhere to junk the WTO

Problems multiply and talks unravel at WTO ministerial 3rd day

15 December, 2005
The WTO Ministerial Conference seemed on the verge of unravelling after its third day, with many developing countries voicing opposition to the services part of the draft Declaration, and positions in non-agricultural market access being even more apart than before.

Civil society calls on rich countries to stop imposing extreme demands on developing countries

15 December, 2005
Press release: As the WTO's Hong Kong Ministerial enters its last phase, over 80 civil society organizations, made a joint statement expressing grave concerns about the state of the negotiations, as the current proposals of developed countries particularly on NAMA, Services and Agriculture, do not have development content and are in fact anti-developmental in nature

No let-up for rich nations as trade talks flounder

15 December, 2005
Rich nations came under fresh attack for refusing to give ground on farm protection at world trade talks on Thursday as nations grouping more than half of the world's population warned of an 'impasse well into the future'.

COSATU Press statement on NAMA ? issued from Hong Kong

15 December, 2005
As the talks at the WTO continue, the Southern African region, Africa and other developing countries and regions face an ever increasing threat to catastrophic jobs and even the very real potential of de-industrialisation

Focus: On the Road to Hong Kong (Number 8, 16 December 2005)

15 December, 2005
Day four of the Ministerial had many ups, downs and roundabouts

The ?development package? that isn?t

15 December, 2005
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