Archive - Feb 16, 2005 - Article

Financial Services Firms Lobby Developing Countries at WTO

15 February, 2005
An attempt to convince developing countries to open up their financial services sector under GATS.

Rights Group Alarmed as Hong Kong Police Stock Up On Anti-riot Gear Ahead of WTO Meeting

15 February, 2005
A rights group expressed fears Wednesday that security personnel might use excessive force against anti-globalization protesters at a World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong.

Press Briefing with Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter F. Allgeier on the Doha Development AgendaU.S. Mission to the United Nations

15 February, 2005
The success of all of the membership, the 148 WTO members, will not occur through spontaneous combustion. We have to plan it. -ALLGEIER

Financial Services Firms Lobby Developing Countries At WTO

15 February, 2005
WTO members will be negotiating in the Special Session of the Council of Trade in Services in the week starting 21 February.

Rights Group Alarmed As Hong Kong Police Stock Up On Anti-riot Gear Ahead Of WTO Meeting

15 February, 2005
The Police Tactical Unit has ordered rubber bullets and lead-filled bean bags, Commandant Suen Kwai-leung said. The thumb-sized bean bags are fired from guns and, like rubber bullets, are intended to be non-lethal.