World Trade Organization

EU Fails to Agree on Common WTO Strategy

Agence France Presse LUXEMBOURG - The European Union failed Monday to agree on a common approach to upcoming multilateral trade talks under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) mostly because of differences over film and television productions.

WTO Urged to Protect Environment

Reuters | October 5, 1999 International action to protect the global environment is under threat from the drive toward trade liberalization in the World Trade Organization (WTO), a leading environmental group warned Monday.

Trade-South Africa: Tough Talks Expected at the Seattle Summit

IPS | October 4, 1999 | By Farah Khan JOHANNESBURG - Developing countries must band together to reshape the context in which the worlds' trade ministers decide whether to hold another world trade negotiating round when they meet in Seattle, U.S., later this year.

EU Farm Ministers Map Out Strategies to Defend Position on Food Safety in Seattle

International Trade | By Bengt Ljung BRUSSELS - European Union farm ministers started to erect their defenses of the European agricultural system Sept. 28 ahead of the expected onslaught at the global trade negotiations starting in Seattle in late November.

EU Farm Ministers Meet to Forge WTO Ag Position

BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest | Volume 3, No. 38 As BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest went to press, EU agriculture ministers were meeting to adopt a formal position for WTO agriculture talks.

Equity, Market Access Drive G-77 WTO Agenda

BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest | Volume 3, No. 38 | September 27, 1999

New Zealand""s Mike Moore Takes over as WTO Chief

Agence France Presse | September 1, 1999 GENEVA - Former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore took up his post Wednesday at the head of the World Trade Organization, preparing to steer it into the Millennium Round of world trade negotiations.

New WTO Chief Pledges All Efforts for Poor States

Yahoo! Headlines World | September 1, 1999 | By Robert Evans GENEVA - Mike Moore, taking over as new head of the World Trade Organisation, pledged on Wednesday that he would devote "all efforts" to help poor countries to benefit from freer global trade. He also called on the richer powers to play their part by throwing open their markets to goods from poorer regions.

Three Months Until WTO Ministerial and Agenda Differences Unresolved

Bureau of National Affairs | August 31, 1999 | By Daniel Pruzin GENEVA - Preparations for the World Trade Organization's third ministerial meeting will shift into high gear starting in September, but the road to Seattle and beyond promises to be a bumpy ride for the still-fledgling trade body and its 134 member countries.

As WTO Prepares for "Millennium Round" World Trade Conflicts Intensify

World Socialist Web Site | By Nick Beams | August 18, 1999