Archive

septembre 29th, 2005

2005 Right Livelihood Awards honour pioneers for justice, fair trade and cultural renewal

28 September, 2005
Tony Clarke and Maude Barlow receive 2005 Right Livelihood Awards for their exemplary and longstanding worldwide work for trade justice and the recognition of the fundamental human right to water

Press Release: Canadian activists receive ?alternative Nobel prize?

28 September, 2005
Maude Barlow, National Chair of the Council of Canadians, and Tony Clarke, Director of the Polaris Institute, will be receiving the prestigious Right Livelihood Award (RLA) known worldwide as the

New Zealand GATS offensive in Geneva makes mockery of Doha 'Development' Agenda

28 September, 2005
New Zealand is one of eight governments (US, EC, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, South Korea and Taiwan) pushing a scheme that would require all countries, rich and poor, to lock open a minimum number of their services to foreign firms

septembre 28th

Plugging 'Numbers' Into the DDA

27 September, 2005
World Trade Organization members must reach agreement on key agriculture 'numbers' at this December's ministerial meeting in Hong Kong to move the talks into 2006

septembre 27th

Maids plan WTO show of strength

26 September, 2005
Despite growing fears that World TradeOrganization protests may be stifled, Hong Kong's foreign domestic helpers' Asian Migrants Coordinating Body has begun 'intensifying' a campaign to mobilize its constituents to protest against deregulation policies.

Developing countries object to 'benchmarking' services proposals

26 September, 2005
Many developing countries have objected to the joint attempt by developed countries to introduce a 'benchmarking approach' or 'complementary multilateral methods' to the services negotiations in the World Trade Organisation.

WIPO general assembly to decide on key issues

26 September, 2005
This year's WIPO General Assembly, which begins Monday 26 September and will run to 5 October, will have a full agenda, with many decisions to be taken that will have significant effect on the future of the organization.

septembre 26th

Still Stalemated on Industrials

25 September, 2005
The United States and the European Union on Friday asked Brazil and India to agree to a 'Swiss' formula with two coefficients one for the industrialized countries and one for the developing countries to cut industrial tariffs

Falling Short on Agriculture in Paris

25 September, 2005
Trade chiefs of the new 'quad' grouping of nations the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India failed to make headway in reconciling their positions in agriculture

?Quad? Progresses In Principle

25 September, 2005
Paris 'Quad' trade members from the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India were able here last Friday to conclude their meeting on an optimistic note after an exchange of figures by the United States and the European Union to be eventually plugged into a tariff-cutting formula in the market access pillar of Doha Development Agenda