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décembre 2nd, 2005

Another Ministerial Draft

1 December, 2005
A revised draft ministerial text for this month's World Trade Organization's sixth ministerial conference in Hong Kong was circulated to members yesterday, including new language on 'parallel elimination' of all forms of export subsidies and bracketed language on an 'early harvest' of trade-related measures for four West African cotton producing countries

Second draft Ministerial Text out

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

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Developing countries call for 'Reclaiming development' in the Doha Negotiations

30 November, 2005
The recent proposals by some major developed countries in the WTO threaten the developmental content of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and it is thus timely to reclaim the development content of the Round, nine developing countries said

Geneva Update, 1 December 2005

30 November, 2005
Theme: 'The Hong Kong Ministerial Text: a failure for development'

WTO members raise concerns over draft Ministerial text

30 November, 2005
The draft Ministerial text put forward on 26 November by the WTO Director-General and the General Council chair received, at the informal heads of delegation meeting on Monday, some pleasantries over the so-called 'bottom up' approach on how the text was put together, with several developing countries however highlighting the fact that many parts of the current draft did not enjoy the agreement of all members.

Honduras and Panama file complaint with WTO concerning new EU customs duty on bananas

30 November, 2005
On 30 November, Honduras and Panama filed a complaint with the WTO against the new customs duty imposed by the EU on banana imports from 1 January 2006

Portman: No deal likely on farm-subsidies

30 November, 2005
The United States' top trade envoy said Thursday it's unlikely negotiators will settle a farm-subsidy deadlock at a world trade summit this month.

draft texts on Agriculture and NAMA for inclusion in the HK Ministerial Declaration

30 November, 2005
The texts were produced on the 29th and 30th November, respectively, and are an attempt to draft more specific language based on the reports from the Chairs of Agriculture and NAMA negotiations.

Lamy, NGOs in open battle before Hong Kong Ministerial

30 November, 2005
Trade unions and civil society organizations presented a detailed letter to World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy on Wednesday explaining how the WTO services negotiations have been undemocratic and undermining the consensus mode of decision-making.

IBON urges no expansion of agricultural liberalization at WTO December meet

30 November, 2005
Media release: Independent think-tank IBON Foundation urges government negotiators to resist further liberalization of the agricultural sector at the upcoming Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO).