Readings on the WTO

December 2005

New Zealand: WTO Ruling May Force Kiwis to Eat GE Food NEW POST US, EU pursued own interests at WTO meet: Oxfam NEW POST Mindanao women jolt WTO meet NEW POST Opinion: In the “Battle of Hong Kong,” WTO protesters helped to tip the balance NEW POST 14 anti-WTO protestors in custody in Hong Kong NEW POST Aid, Labor Groups Say WTO Deal Betrays Poor NEW POST Greenpeace: Face-Saving Declaration by the WTO Fails to Address the Real Impacts of Free Trade NEW POST Aid agencies slam WTO deal as no help for poor nations NEW POST Low Ambitions Met: Members Adopt Declaration NEW POST Diplomatic push to release WTO protesters NEW POST Revised Ministerial Draft to Be Issued Today NEW POST World trade talks in trouble as rich-poor rows rage NEW POST WTO protesters hit US, Korean consulates in HK NEW POST WTO wants to reel in fishing subsidies NEW POST Stiglitz urges rich nations on WTO talks NEW POST Asian Trade Talks Falter on Rice, Naked Dolls Before WTO Summit NEW POST Jane Kelsey WTO: The Antidote to Fear-Mongering NEW POST Hong Kong braces for the first WTO protest NEW POST Hopes Low as World Leaders Gather for WTO NEW POST Jane Kelsey WTO: Creating a Climate of Fear in HK NEW POST Amnesty International urges WTO members to respect human rights obligations in trade negotiations in Hong Kong Greenpeace warns WTO threatening last ancient forests Analysis: WTO Hong Kong: Will Africa Get a Fair Deal? WTO proposes permanent allowance of anti-HIV generics China Seen Keeping Quiet at WTO; Facing Other Pressures IATP Press Release: Agriculture and the Hong Kong Ministerial IBON NEWS AND FEATURES: RP industry, fisheries endangered more under non-agri trade talks in WTO Anti-WTO protests planned in Hong Kong WTO deals pose global threat: report Philippines: ‘Pedicabs’ join street protest vs WTO policies Educate people about WTO provisions: experts IBON NEWS and FEATURES: Local onions, garlic, vegetables becoming rare under WTO HK gears up for WTO meeting Hong Kong blacklists WTO protesters Caribbean Hopes Fade on More Aid for Trade NGOs ready to flex new muscles at world trade talks WTO forced many Filipinos to work abroad, says FDC OpEd: Issues at stake in world trade talks Chances dwindling for WTO deal by late 2006, say analysts Bhopal victims to protest against WTO Hong Kong meet Disillusion in Southern Africa Ahead of Trade Summit WTO chief submits revised draft declaration for H.K. talks Anti-WTO Peoples' Caravan towards its Culmination in Asia GLOSSARY OF TERMS: An informal guide to ‘WTO speak’ WTO 11 years later - a massive global failure for people Development Impact to be the Yardstick for Judging WTO Outcome, Kamal Nath Tells G-90 TRIPS date extended for poor nations at WTO meet Eudoxa: WTO Must Eradicate Tariffs on AIDS Medicines Poor nations to vent commodity ire at WTO talks MEDIA RELEASE: IBON Urges No Expansion of Agricultural Liberalization at W.T.O. December Meet Bengal: Fears over WTO Hong Kong trade talks face 'high risk of failure', warns Stiglitz

November 2005

No Numbers in HK drafts Effect of the Application of the Swiss Formula on Tariff Lines and Levels WTO's poorer members push development angle in trade talks Anti-WTO group vows peaceful mass action Globalization vs Economic Sovereignty WTO talks may collapse WTO host says Hong Kong trade talks must salvage development deal Analysis of (First) Draft Ministerial Text MEDIA RELEASE: Trade Analysts Spell Out Dangers of Draft Ministerial Text Draft for WTO lacks direction, says Ficci WTO Draft Text Fails Development G20 leader Brazil sceptical about WTO summit Draft for WTO Summit Includes Big Gaps WTO blasted for not keeping LDC promises Networking the Commonwealth for WTO meet Commonwealth 'getting angry' at lack of WTO action Protest fears dash hotels' WTO hopes Storm brewing over WTO’s ‘anti-farmer policies’ Hong Kong rejects WTO threat Analysis: Can Doha round still help poor nations? Commentary: Let the WTO's Doha round fail African lawmakers demand local market protection at WTO meeting HK Urges Korean Protestors to Behave at WTO Meet Disneyland, Doha and the WTO in Hong Kong The Politics of Globalization: Why Corporations are Winning and Workers are Losing Opinion: Time up for idealism after cynical betrayal of Live 8 Text of APEC leaders' statement on WTO talks National Union demands accountability at WTO in Hong Kong Global NGOs reject changes in services by WTO Switzerland: Farmers man the barricades New Briefing Report on Agriculture and the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Commentary: Prioritizing China at the WTO APEC admits dangers of bilateral deals UK chancellor to address Christians in run up to WTO talks PEOPLE'S ACTION WEEK: Kong Yee Sai Mau: Ensure People's Livelihood, Security and Dignity 17 ways the European Commission is pushing trade liberalization on poor countries WTO releases statistics on safeguard measures in past 10 years People and Forests at Risk from New Trade Rules Current global trade deal will impoverish Africa - Oxfam Services Negotiations in the Doha Round: Promise and Reality Saudi Arabia: WTO Accession, Terms and Conditions WTO talks reach impasse as developing world stands firm WTO talks posturing veils state self-interests WTO: India to focus on subsidy ‘box-shifting’ Cultural diversity belongs to us all Chinese farmers get by with paltry state aid — report Farmers 'fear eviction' under WTO plan ASIL Insight: The UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, and the WTO: Diversity in International Law-Making? Business Group: WTO Talks Must Not Fail U.S. Mixes Demands with Pleas to China WTO Threatening Farm Livelihoods Members eye April meet to break WTO deadlock Stand Fast, Third World Trade Talks at a Standstill: Good for People and Planet Latest WTO Ruling Could Destroy Windward Islands Banana Industry, Envoy Warns Govt urged to ensure failure of WTO meet Campaigners despair as Brazil and India warn that WTO deal is unlikely before Hong Kong summit Hopes dim for a WTO deal Kamal Nath lashes out at Western attitude at trade talks WTO members acknowledge failure in latest WTO talks "Recalibrating" the Expectations for Hong Kong and Rescheduling WTO Negotiations WTO May Need Second Summit After Hong Kong Meeting State of NAMA Negotiations 'Bad and Confusing', According to Chairman Pressure builds on WTO nations to downgrade Hong Kong target Only a Few Reap the Benefits of Growth in Agriculture US textiles industry demands new WTO curbs on China The WTO’s New Mission: Handmaiden to Protectionism? - Dr. Peter Morici Accession has brought change to China and WTO G-33 makes submission on special products Key WTO players try again to break deadlock Police on WTO alert in largest operation yet No To Further Concessions! NZ says EU must do more to save WTO talks Migrant workers launch month of WTO protests WTO entry to hit Saudi companies India: It's time to restore trust in WTO AMCB to lead thousands of migrants in Mardi Gras, Anti-WTO actions The empty promise and perilous game of the European Commission to slash its agricultural supports A damper on WTO talks? Christian Aid Week Report: The damage done: Aid, death and dogma WTO police powers row The WTO must do more for its smallest, most vulnerable members Christian Aid says European Union is bullying the global poor

October 2005

Understanding Global Trade & Human Rights Canada: N.B. egg farmers warily watching WTO Change your ways, or no WTO, US warns Vietnam U.S. to Pressure China at WTO on Piracy Fight Press release by the People’s Caravan for Justice, Dignity and Sovereignty Smooth WTO pledge reaffirmed China: Time for Grassroots Diplomacy, Not WTO Expansion Canada: Learning Not to Distrust Washington Bangladesh: Peoples' voice against WTO: Call to resist unjust world trade policies U.S. WTO Agriculture Proposal Keeps Unfair System Intact, New Analysis WTO ministerial conference to go ahead: HK official Groups Want WTO Rules Eased Over Bird Flu Stage set for fiery WTO meeting in December Hong Kong: Government asks unionist to star in TV advert for WTO meeting Canada: Agricultural negotiations with the WTO Africa faces bitter harvest as WTO subsidy talks stall France Plays for High Stakes with Weak Hand at WTO Foreign police to help out during WTO summit in Hong Kong Activists mobilize for Hong Kong WTO Tsang under fire for not meeting NGOs HKPA-WTO PRESS RELEASE: A Betrayal of Trust: Statement in Response to John Tsang Oxfam Launches Campaign for Better Deal for Farmers in WTO Talk Indian Farmers to Hold WTO Rallies The WTO's Position: Profit before People Hong Kong WTO chief attacked for ignoring protests Fiji: Qarase says WTO's a 'slippery slope' Asia Launches Anti-WTO Peoples Caravan 2005 Rocky start to WTO dialogue Protect veggie industry in WTO talks in HK, leaders urge India: Protest against WTO talks India rejects US-EU agri market proposals WTO forum with NGOs to be webcast live Illusion of Progress in the WTO Post-WTO, farm imports in India outdo exports Area Around Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference Ordered Closed to Public WTO tariff talks pose a significant threat to jobs WTO members regroup after failed effort to kickstart talks Globalisation 'gains' in textiles Poor countries weigh trade plan New proposals aid impetus to WTO talks Statement of EU conditional negotiating proposals Anti-WTO Protesters Back on the Streets Key WTO players gather to tackle splits as summit countdown continues Indian fishermen express concern over new WTO pact US to offer WTO farm support cuts, EU will act Hong Kong to allow protests near WTO Editorial: Yemen and WTO membership World Social Forum Meets to Adopt Strategies to Oppose WTO Viet Nam: Anti-dumping investigation affects 1mil shoe workers Opposition to CAFTA wanes in Nicaragua China Plays Its Latest IT Hand: Freedom of Speech is Forbidden Civil society seminar ends: Dhaka declaration adopted Group petitions WTO rules UN Cultural Diversity Treaty Welcome, But Won't Solve Trade Tensions Taiwan is giving up its gains at the WTO China fears stir textile groups to seek own WTO pact Consumers with a conscience drink 'fair trade' coffee Sugar industry turns sour Calls for common ground to address LDCs concerns in next WTO meet India: Keep farming out of WTO, says union Eyes on plan ‘B’ as WTO deadline looms Trade spats hem in China garment makers WTO farm policies to face protests US dangles visa bait to avoid farm trouble at WTO

September 2005

NGOs will rally some 5,000 in Geneva, another 8,000 in Hong Kong before WTO Project approach superior to list approach, India tells WTO NAMA: Members Still Divided On Formula, Flexibilities US Puts Bold Market Access Plan to WTO Talks Africa seeks WTO waiver on preferential trade arrangements Maids plan WTO show of strength China's Censorship Policies Unaffected by WTO Membership WTO protest ban feared Latin America: Brazil Expects U.S. to Obey WTO Cotton Subsidy Ruling Debt deal done, focus on trade: Wolfowitz The road to Hong Kong begins from Nyariga India: Report on WTO ready to be presented to Senate Let freedom be the word Rich nations square up for WTO food aid fight India, US to co-chair WTO services group Trade talks made "some progress" on WTO accord: EU's Mandelson Timeline: World Trade Organization Chinese Textiles See Trade Frictions Over Rising Competitiveness Trade Representative Building Support for U.S. Food Aid at WTO Nations criticize EU on WTO sugar ruling Liberalisation of agricultural trade: challenges India: WTO talks: Centre urged to pursue farm subsidies pact Hong Kong preparing for possible riots, attacks at WTO summit - report China, US to Resume Textile Trade Talks on Sept 26 Viet Nam: Seminar discusses WTO membership's influences on local workers India: Labour body gears up for anti-WTO stir The copyright challenge in China Benefits and Costs of Saudi Arabia’s Accession to the WTO Stakes High in U.S./EC Genetically Modified Crops Dispute at WTO Thrills, spills of WTO haggling now open to public view WTO Ag Accords Blasted Senate amendment could cripple WTO talks – USTR US Chamber: China Hasn't Kept Up With WTO Promises RP-US FTA: A skewed deal in the making Current WTO talks may become the 'anti-development' round S. Korean Farmers to Send Protesters to WTO Meeting in Hong Kong G-20 pledges to protect poor farmers in WTO Advance team arrives in November :WTO to review Dhaka’s trade policy EU plan to dump 2m tonnes of sugar on market US, Saudi Arabia sign WTO trade deal Caribbean countries are now at the mercy of free trade after a WTO ruling Farmers discuss implications of WTO talks Bangladesh: Protest rally against WTO meet in city today China sees upgrading industries' int'l competitiveness G-20 Ministers vow to adopt joint strategy in WTO Hong Kong talks Bids to divide G-20 anticipated Humayun calls for joint efforts to meet WTO challenges China shirking WTO obligations-US manufacturers Philippines: International, local activists gather for launching of WTO network Asia must diversify and not rely on China, India--UN U.S. Invokes Additional Safeguards on Chinese Textiles, Apparel China uses WTO entry to push its agri exports

August 2005

Oxfam urges action on trade as Lamy takes up post as WTO Chief Reject further liberalisation - African govts urged Caution Marks Outsourcing in China CSOs warn on impact of global links French Farmers Fight Blair's Call to Cut $60 Billion EU Aid Incoming WTO chief needs to make his mark fast G-20 to adopt new agri strategy on market access Bangladesh: APPG launched for addressing issues of globalisation India seeks changes in WTO TRIPs regime The Troubled Status of WTO Doha Round Negotiations Anti-WTO activists allege Hong Kong hotels reject room bookings US to make move at WTO? WTO's bias towards developed countries Martin government threatens potential trade war over softwood lumber Vietnam in Final Stage of Talks for WTO Accession Oxfam Accuses West for Stalling WTO Talks WTO talks could fail without concessions Ficci tax recipe WTO headed for debacle in Hong Kong? Twisted Threads in U.S.-China Trade China: US should not impose excessive trade limits WTO trade facilitation talks: 'Address concerns of exporters in developing countries' Angry Canada suspends softwood talks with U.S., cancels Monday meeting U.S, Chinese talks aim for textile trade deal CARICOM urgently needs legal capacity at WTO Widened export basket needed for effective free trade with India WTO: India offers to open up services SADC to raise agriculture, textile, patent issues at WTO meeting Cabinet approves 15% retaliatory levy on U.S. steel Dumping on economic vandals WTO's "Big Bang Liberalisation" May Affect APs Flexibilization, Globalization, and Privatization: Three Challenges to Labor Rights in Our Time Turning the Wheels of Trade Dhaka places 13-point agenda for WTO summit Russian businessmen see no sense in WTO entry India Should Pursue GATS Visa Proposal in WTO Stakeholder Consultation on Services CAFTA's Close Call A Warning to US Policy Makers India seeks transparent market access at WTO The global textile industry, the WTO and Namibia... Brazil has a minimum agenda for WTO Summit INDIA: BKU wants agriculture out of WTO Flip Side of Globalisation WTO denies it wants to destroy Swiss farming Asia Pacific nations commit to action plans to end poverty Has globalization eased global poverty? Jakarta Declaration on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Asia and the Pacific Poverty is a great challenge for Asia-Pacific countries Op-Ed: Round and round in search of middle ground Op-Ed: Is there any point to the WTO? Kamal Nath pitches for fair trade at WTO WTO to Open Meetings in Beef Dispute to Public WTO Members Look to Autumn after Failure to Reach Preliminary Accords Issues to Be Raised By India in WTO Conference at Hong Kong WTO meet in October to decide fate of Hong Kong ministerial WTO trade chief sounds death knell for subsidies China : Foreign trade official Lu Jianhua says trade hit due to US textile restrictions WTO ministerial : Kong Yee Sai Mau may lead to another Seattle

July 2005

WTO faces credibility test as Hong Kong summit looms NAFTA, CAFTA and the WTO India calls for amendments in the WTO TRIP prior to Hong Kong Meeting Incoming WTO Chief Lamy Names Deputies Fears over environment protection in WTO trade talks U.S. Still Working To Advance WTO Negotiations, Official Says Impatience Up on Stalled WTO Trade Talks WTO: Alarm bells ringing on trade talks OP-ED: WTO: moving away from Doha agenda Talk aplenty, but WTO is mired Trade Negotiators Gather in Geneva to Take Stock of WTO Round No WTO agreement on farm liberalisation talks Developing nations making efforts for common stand at WTO Basis for Talks Cabinet Approves India’s Improved WTO Offers, but with Escape Clause A Secret Opponent of CAFTA Getting From Doha to Hong Kong Interim WTO Agreement in Doubt It's a long, bumpy road to the next Doha round - and there's still no real route map Truth about CODEX VIET NAM: President Luong on the outcome of his visit to China WTO Against U.S. Allowing Tax Breaks Geneva: Demonstrations Mount as WTO Talks Near India Takes Firm Stance on Farm Trade Riot Video Drives Home Dangers of WTO Meet Protest Curbs May Backfire Civil Society Groups Voice Concerns over GATS Talks at WTO Humanitarian Assistance Should Be Excluded from WTO Negotiations Top UN Adviser: Africa Should Refuse New Trade Talks Unless Subsidies Are Cut U.N. Envoy Warns WTO Against Touching Food Aid Vietnam, China Ink Deals on WTO Accession, Preferential Loans China Must Play Active Role for WTO Talks to Succeed, Says EU A Strategy for Beating China Swiss WTO Formula Disastrous for India: Study India Flays WTO Members for Slow 'Services' Parts of Wan Chai to be Sealed Off for WTO Event Vietnam Hits at ‘Unfair’ Demands by WTO Partners Ministers Warn Over WTO Talks WTO Meet Falters on Import Duties Cut "Resist Swiss Formula at WTO" Slow Progress Under WTO Encourages Regional Trade Talks: ADB WTO Agriculture Talks Hit Snag Over Tariff Cuts EU Says Wants WTO Market Access Formula Deal by End July US, EU Make Concessions to Keep WTO Talks Going WTO: India, China Oppose Bid to Divide Developing Countries Over 10,000 Activists to Head to HK for WTO Protests Unocal Bid Violates WTO Pledges-Senators WTO Trade Chiefs Meet in China This Week Agriculture Issues to Dominate WTO Informal Ministerial Meet Ministers Launch WTO Rescue Humayun to Attend WTO Moot Tomorrow Letter: Understanding Free Trade and the WT0 WTO Nonfarm Talks Deadlocked, Chairman Expresses Concern Briefly: WTO Chief Says Talks Failing Opinion: Alternatives to Globalisation Doha Round in Trouble: WTO Chief Global Deals are Needed Import Rules Essential Before Access Granted Exporters Risk WTO's Sanctions Over Child Labour Wolfowitz Urges Cuts in Farm Aid Cairns Group Appeals to G8 U.S. Bowing to WTO Over Cotton Subsidy WTO Gets It Right on Offshore Outsourcing USDA Changing Export Programs in Response to WTO Ruling Does China Make US Reconsider Free Trade Policy? Taiwan Promises to Open its Service Market in WTO Trade Talks EU's Mandelson Urges G8 Leaders to Back Successful WTO Trade Round Issue Brief - World Trade Organisation U.S. Wants WTO Progress on Farm Subsidies, Barriers Will the floodgates open again for salty poultry meat? FEATURE FILM: We Become Silent In Less Than 48 Hours Farmers Fight Looming WTO Deal US Proposes Changes to Comply with WTO Cotton Decision Outsourcing Not Causing Job Loss: WTO Book Review: A Decade of WTO India: Gov't to Build Up Public Debate on WTO Matters G8's Free Trade Project is Here to Stay - Along with World Poverty WTO Ministerial Conference Must Ensure Completion of DDA RI Can Make WTO Meeting a Success, a Failure World Cotton Trade Poised to Cross 8 Million Tonne Mark Virtuoso of the Trade Rounds China Urged to Follow WTO Rules to Hold Farm Talks with Taiwan Gov’t Won’t Dilute Farmers’ Interest at WTO: Kamal Nath WTO: From Cancun to Hong Kong, from Failure to Hope US Tweaks Credits, Doesn't Touch WTO Cotton Target WTO Seeks to Allay Fears on Moving IT Services Offshore

June 2005

News Analysis: Free Labour Movement Still a Distant Reality Not All Developing Countries Benefit from Higher Oil Prices: WTO Pre-Hong Kong Talks with Stakeholders on WTO Begun Doha Round of WTO Talks Seen in Danger of Failure New WTO Director was the Author of Banana Tariff Proposal for the EU Chief WTO Farm Talks Mediator Sets July Deal Goals LDCs Should Oppose Sectoral Approach to Tariff Reductions - Mtesa WTO Directory Change Angers Taipe Farmers Brace for Potential Subsidy Cuts India Hardens Position on WTO Rivals at the Gate WTO Rules in Favor of U.S. in Chip Dispute Intervene in Textile Jobs Crisis, Unions Tell WTO Concessions Should Beget Concessions: EU on WTO Least Developed Countries Urged to be More "Offensive" in WTO NZ Fruit Growers Push for Aust Access After WTO Decision Russia: Economy Ministry Assesses Positive Impacts From WTO Accession India: Left seeks clearer picture on WTO U.S. Wins WTO Challenge against Japanese Restrictions on U.S. Apples WTO Members Play Down July Target Editorial: World Trade Organisation Labour Standards and Globalisation CEI Press Release: Agricultural Negotiations at the WTO - First, Do No Harm Could WTO Talks Solve U.S. Farm Trade Disputes? Ditch WTO Rice Accord? CAFTA-DR: A Focus on the Regional Impact Divergences Over Modalities for Tariff Reduction in NAMA Talks NAMA Negotiations: Argentina, Brazil and India Argue Why Developing Countries Need to Use Industrial Tariffs U.S., China to Begin Talks on Textile Trade WTO Trade Policies Increase Poverty through Job Destruction WTO Agriculture Negotiations on Market Access Issues Activists 'Blacklisted' Ahead of WTO Summit WTO Hopes for Breakthrough to Secure Trade Pact Oxfam Accuses Wealthy Nations of Cheating West Accused of Concealing Farm Subsidies Group of 33 Submits Proposals on Special Products and Special Safeguard Mechanism in Agriculture India Snubs 'Swiss Formula' for Tariff Cut US Votes To Remain As WTO Member But Do They Know What They Are Doing? Wu Rebuts US Textile Import Restrictions US Attorney-generals Gang Up on WTO Gambling Ruling Panama Banana Growers Fear EU Tariffs May Spell End FICCI Criticises US Revised Offer on Services at WTO G-33 Upbeat on WTO Members' Accepting Special Treatment Offer India Calls for Protection of Farmers' Interests Foreign Investment in China Drops as WTO Frenzy Abates NAMA Week: APEC Declaration Said to Indicate "Some Convergence" Stamper Takes Rap for WTO in his Memoirs Farmer Power to End WTO, Derail Hong Kong Summit Russia to Use Anti-Dumping Measures After Joining WTO - Official India to Gain by China's WTO Entry WTO Negotiations Success Depend on Developed Countries: India Pants Exports Show Folly of US Quotas WTO Favours US in Rice, Beef Dispute India Seeks WTO Provisions Against US Outsourcing Ban Irwin Stelzer: Opening Shots in a New Style of Trade Warfare China to Host WTO Mini-ministerial Meeting WTO Talks Require More Political Will US Manufacturers Cheer "Breakthrough" for WTO Talks EU Tables Revised Services Offer to WTO Swiss Call for WTO Flexibility on Agriculture Court Upholds WTO No-protest Zone WTO at 10: a Decade of Burden for Poor Countries NZ Set to Appeal to WTO in Apple Fight Business as Usual at China Textile Plant - for Now

May 2005

China Accuses U.S., EU of WTO Violations The WTO Negotiations on Industrial Tariffs: What is at Stake for Developing Countries? China Criticizes EU, US for Textile Curbs India Unlikely to Open Up Legal, Retail Services New WTO Head Advocates ‘Controlled’ Globalization Opening Up Educational Services US Congress Opposes Riyadh Joining WTO WTO Rules Against Mexico, U.S. Rice Exports May Rise Viet Nam: National Assembly Votes to Tailor Agenda for WTO Ukrainian Gov’t OKs 21 Bills Crucial to Accession to WTO WTO Agrees Membership Talks with Iran Global Trade Union Statement on the Agenda for the 6th Ministerial Conference of the WTO Congress Keeping U.S. on Leash in WTO Service Talks Commerce Ministry to Prepare Ambitious Plan on Services for WTO Mexico to Appeal WTO Ruling on Tariffs Groser Forced to Resign as WTO Ambassador, May Stay on as AG Chair EU to Decide on WTO Trade Consultations Viet Nam to Enter 10th Round of WTO Talks in September Should Russia be in a Hurry to Join the WTO? Opinion: Farm Subsidy Cap No Answer The End of an Illusion: WTO Reform, Global Civil Society and the Road to Hong Kong Korea Finishes Plan to Open Service Sector US Restriction on Chinese Textile Imports Disappointing: WTO Pascal Lamy’s Victory for the WTO General Directorship Means Another Turn of the Screw US Could Take China To WTO On Piracy - Zoellick Italy's Cloth Makers Struggle Under Chinese Assault CAFTA-DR: No Pride in a Teaspoon of Sugar a Week WTO NAMA: Grim Threat to RP Industries, Workers Workers Urge Rejection of Free-Trade Pact

Earlier Articles

Reducing Barriers to Trade Between the United States and the Least Developed Countries: A Congressional Policy Forum Kofi Annan’s ‘In Larger Freedom’: Still Not Free from the Neoliberal Strategy Farmers Rap WTO Treaty on Agriculture in Multan 25,000 Join London Rally for Justice in World Trade Quality Water for All - Not Corporate Greed Protests Across India & the Global South Against So-Called "Free Trade" The WTO Decision on U.S. Cotton Subsidies Swiss Reject WTO Criticism of Farm Subsidies US to Push Unpopular DOHA Agenda at APEC How to Seal a New WTO Deal Globalization and the Erosion of Economic and Social Security Cancun Round Collapses The Stalemate in the WTO Washington Reigns Supreme WTO Secretariat's Chef de Cabinet Breaks the Rules Globalization for Whom? The WTO's Hidden Agenda The High Cost of the China-WTO Deal

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More Material on the WTO

• Hong Kong Peoples Alliance on WTO
• Third World Network
• People's Caravan for Justice and Sovereignty
• http://www.foodfirst.org/wto - site of the Institute for Food and Development Policy


• http://www.april2005.org - site dedicated to trade justice


• http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist - site of the WTO History Project


• http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org - home of the "Our World is not for Sale" network


• http://www.seattleweekly.com/supplements/wto - page contains mostly older news clippings