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décembre 17th, 2005

Draft ministerial text negates development

16 December, 2005
IGTN News Bulletin

Rice Farmers Want WTO Out Of Agriculture!

16 December, 2005
Rice farmers from across Asia who came to protest the World Trade Organization

Draft Ministerial text: Anti-developmental delaying tactic, sign of impending failure

16 December, 2005
The new draft WTO 6th Ministerial text released today still attacks Third World agriculture, industry and services without making any real headway against First World subsidies and protections for domestic producers

Asian Farmers Condemn TRIPS as One of the Worst Agreements this Century

16 December, 2005
Asian farmers today described the World Trade Organisation

Services saga brought to new explosive level at Ministerial

16 December, 2005
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décembre 16th

WTO Indicted for Crimes Against Humanity at Rural Peoples Tribunal

15 December, 2005
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US and EU can't implement their proposed 'development package'

15 December, 2005
Some key elements of the 'development package' that has been floated at the Hong Kong Ministerial cannot be taken at face value because neither the EU nor the US can guarantee that they can implement what they have promised

Public Services Threatened Under New WTO Talks

15 December, 2005
Vital social services such as water, education and health may soon be beyond the reach of the poorest Filipinos if current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on services liberalization are successful, according to the Our World is not for Sale (OWINFS) global coalition against the multilateral trade body.

WTO rich balk as poor demand more

15 December, 2005
A WTO development package that aims to boost trade in developing nations by providing duty-free, quota-free access to imports has drawn fire from poor countries.

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