archives - archivios: WTO Info

wto

WTO-OMC News
reports - nouvelles - berichte | wto info
09 - 08 - 07 - 06 - 05 - 04 - 03 - 02 - 01

2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

Septembre - September
September 10-14 WTO Ministerial Cancún • see: cancún info • news

cancún collapse: African countries may consider to quit WTO (17/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Kenya's Major Role in WTO Debacle in London (17/9/2003)
cancún collapse: The Economist: Tequila sunset in Cancún (17/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Chretien opens congress with calls for new efforts in world trade (16/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Jaitley's Smiling & Lamy Has Egg On His Face As Cancun Fails (16/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Southeast Asian Reactions Are Mixed To Trade Talks Collapse (16/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Developing-World 'Victory' May Be a Long-Term Loss (16/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Lamy's goodbye from Cancún (16/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Ministerial Statement as posted on WTO website (15/9/2003)
cancún: Confronting the 13th September Draft Text (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Lamy returns from WTO talks to face anger (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Trade Talks Collapse Deals Blow to Lamy (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Pascal Lamy must resign (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: WTO talks collapse without agreement (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Failed Cancun talks throw up new trade power (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: More press voices on Cancun collapse (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: SNR! Statement on the Collapse of the WTO Talks in Cancun (15/9/2003)
cancún collapse: TWN report: Behind the Cancun Colapse (14/9/2003)
cancún collapse: TWN Statement on collapse of Cancun talks (14/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Walden Bello: WTO Ministerial collapses in Cancun (14/9/2003)
cancún collapse: Food First: WTO Derailed at "Second Seattle" in Cancun (14/9/2003)
cancún collapse: WTO falls on EU, US failure (14/9/2003)
cancún: Cancun Diary: Day Three (12/9/2003)
cancún: WTO ministers still search breakthrough at crunch talks (12/9/2003)
cancún: Cancun Diary: Day Two (11/9/2003)
cancún: NGOs Unified in Campesino tragedy, Status of Insider Negotiations (11/9/2003)
agriculture: U.S. Businesses Urge Bush to Signal 'Concessions' on Agriculture (4/9/2003)
cancún: Guy de Jonquières: "Modest goals in Cancun" (3/9/2003)
cancún: Divide and rule: The politics of US trade policy (3/9/2003)
agriculture: "Farm deal in Cancun is low priority for EU": Lamy (3/9/2003)
cancún: Asia-Pacific nations urged to defend WTO process (2/9/2003)

Août - August

trips: Lamy misuses deal on access to medicines for propaganda (30/8/2003)
(fr) OMC: Victoire des firmes pharmaceutiques occidentales (30/8/2003)
cancún: Cancun Draft Criticised at WTO Mtg (27/8/2003)
cancún: Sharp differences remain in WTO talks - US aide (27/8/2003)
investment: India opposes talks on investment rules (27/8/2003)
cancún: If Cancun meet fails, what next? (23/8/2003)
investment: WTO investment chair: No Consensus (23/8/2003)
investment: How the EC tries to win over the Indian government on investment (21/8/2003)
cancún: The Iron Fist of Free Trade (20/8/2003)
new issues: WTO polarised on Singapore Issues (20/8/2003)
cancún: What is a WTO ministerial? (18/8/2003)
agriculture: US, EC present joint proposal to break deadlock in WTO Ag talks (14/8/2003)
agriculture: No US-EC paper on agriculture yet (12/8/2003)
agriculture: US, EU to propose broad agriculture market access framework in WTO talks (12/8/2003)
Zohran Khan: Trouble with trade (8/8/2003)

Juillet - July

cancún - investment: Investment Agreement in the WTO (25/7/2003)
cancún: Clash on process at WTO HOD meeting (24/7/2003)
wto montreal: 'mini-ministerial' will represent reality check ahead of Cancun (23/7/2003)
cancún: Draft Cancún Ministerial Text (18/7/2003)
Comments on Cancun Draft Ministerial Text (25/8/2003)
agriculture: US, EU Schedule talks on agriculture (17/7/2003)
cancún - new issues: Singapore Issues WTO informal meetings (17/7/2003)
Report on WTO Meeting on industrial goods (17/7/2003)
cancún - new issues: Developing countries on Modalities of New Issues (9/7/2003)
cancún - investment: Keep investment pacts off Cancun's agenda (7/7/2003)
agriculture: Report on WTO Agriculture Meeting 1 July (7/7/2003)
cancún - new issues: EU Trade Ministerial Rejects NGO Call to Halt WTO Expansion (6/7/2003)
cancún: Resolution on Cancun by the European Parliament (3/7/2003)
(de) gats: Deutscher Bundestag zu Welthandel (3/7/2003)
cancún: Forest Groups' Declaration on WTO in Cancun (3/7/2003)
new issues: German Parliament on Singapore Issues, GATS, TRIPS (1/7/2003)
cancún - govt procurement: Report on final pre-Cancun meeting of WTO WG (4/7/2003)

Juin - June

gmo: US announces GM consultations have failed (20/6/2003)
cancún: Competition debate at WTO Symposium (20/6/2003)
cancún: Euro Parl hearing on WTO (18/6/2003)
Transatlantic Trade War: US-led Coalition Starts to Crumble as Europe Stands Firm (18/6/2003)
doha-cancún: Minister to attend informal WTO meeting in Egypt (18/6/2003)
cancún - investment: Process to Cancun: Presentation at WTO symposium (17/6/2003)
cancún: WTO decision process criticised (17/6/2003)
cancún - investment: The Decision-making Process and the Single Undertaking (17/6/2003)
cancún: Developing Ctries' Approach to Cancun (16/6/2003)
Campaign groups target untransparent and undemocratic trade negotiations (12/6/2003)
cancún - investment: No negotiations, say dev countries (12/6/2003)
gats: Lamy 'evaluates' EU GATS consultation (12/6/2003)
investment: Geneva battle resumes on WTO accord (10/6/2003)
investment: WTO WG on investment press release (9/6/2003)
g8: Developing Countries Demand Better Deal On Trade (4/6/2003)

Mai - May

gats: GATS laws in Turkey (25/5/2003)
investment: TWN Info: Investment talks--"don't be coerced" (25/5/2003)
hormone beef: European Court Adviser Backs Firm's Claim Against Illegal EU Ban (22/5/2003)
gmo: Bush Lashes Out at Europe on GMO-ban (22/5/2003)
cancún: UNICE meets Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy (22/5/2003)
gmo: German Minister Calls on EU To Drop Biotech Product Ban (21/5/2003)
Outrageous declaration on transatlantic partnership (14/5/2003)
gmo: WTO case against EU moratorium and biotech foods and crops (13/5/2003)
gats: EU internal market plan to open up services markets and water sector (13/5/2003)
gmo: It's done: U.S. Seeks to End EU Biotech Moratorium (13/5/2003)
gmo: Moment of truth over GM as US files WTO complaint (13/5/2003)
cancún - investment: TWN Info: Drop investm after Cancun says India (11/5/2003)
cancún: WTO fears Cancun meet may 'fail' (9/5/2003)
cancún - new issues: TWN Info: EC's misleading modalities (6/5/2003)
eu-wto: EU Constitution would give all power to Lamy and WTO (2/5/2003)
gats: European Union released initial GATS offer (1/5/2003)

Avril - April

European Services Forum (ESF) position statement on WTO-Investment (30/4/2003)
cancún: Business Roundatable Readies Campaign To Back Doha Round (30/4/2003)
cancún: 'If Cancun meet fails, so will WTO' (25/4/2003)
investment: Lamy in West Africa, investment meet in Senegal (11/4/2003)
gmo: EC press release on GMO-case (11/4/2003)
investment: Geneva Update: The EC's Trojan Horse (9/4/2003)
cancún: U.S., EU Outline Priorities for Discussion at Cancun (3/4/2003)
agriculture: Doha Round - from the Economist (1/4/2003)

Mars - March

gmo: Hastert Calls for End of EU's "Protectionist, Discriminatory Trade Policies" (26/3/2003)
gats: EU risks missing 31 March services deadline! (26/3/2003)
new issues: U.S. against exemptions for developing countries (13/3/2003)
gats: Greens/EFA demand end to trade negotiation secrecy (12/3/2003)
gats: All Rules Broken in the Danish Parliament (4/3/2003)
new issues: EU: Possible deal on negotiating modalities related to the new issues (3/3/2003)

Février - February

agriculture: Farmers protest over WTO's proposed tariff cuts (16/2/2003)
gats: TWN Info: South cautioned on services commitments (8/2/2003)
trips: TWN Info Service - TRIPS Council meeting Feb 5, 2003 (6/2/2003)
a133: Reforming Article 133 to strengthen the Union? (6/2/2003)
gats: EU to block talks on more public services liberalisation (6/2/2003)

Janvrier - January

cancún: Geneva Update January 28, 2003
gats: Water : Right to transparency on GATS-requests implied by UN Covenant (20/1/2003)
Naomi Klein: The US and Europe are Both Creating Multi-tiered Regional Strongholds (16/1/2003)
cancún: WTO Tries to Stay the Course for Cancun Ministerial and Beyong (16/1/2003)

more useful news ressources: focus on trade | third world network | trade observatory

wto info | www.agp.org