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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.

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

An attempt to convince developing countries to open up their financial services sector under GATS.

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

Mr Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Monday called on countries to develop their own trade policies that would give them a better focus when negotiating on the international market.

Kyerematen called on countries to develop their own trade policies that would give them a better focus when negotiating on the international market.

The developed countries can be expected to continue to strongly advocate this line in the preparations for Hong Kong, whether in Geneva or other fora.

new report titled 'Thinking Outside the Box About Trade, Development. and Poverty Reduction' that is relevant for the current Doha round.

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) labour union has vowed to continue with its tough anti-privatisation stance despite the Thai Rak Thai Party's landslide victory.

Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday reiterated that planned privatisations would continue by listing the shares of state enterprises on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.