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United States: Public Supports Globalization with Conditions

By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (IPS) -- Most U.S. citizens support trade and deeper integration into the global economy so long as workers' rights and environmental protection are not compromised, according to a new study released here Tuesday.

China Rejects Links Between WTO Entry and Human Rights

Agence France Presse GENEVA, March 21 (AFP) - Any attempt to link the debate on China's human rights record with its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) would not be in members' interests, a Chinese trade official said here Tuesday.

WTO Sets Mid-May for Big Push on China Entry

By Robert Evans GENEVA, March 21 (Reuters) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries on Tuesday set a mid-May date for a major push on finalising China's 13-year bid to win admission to the body. But senior trade officials said the vast mass of documentation that had to be processed made it unlikely that Chinese accession could be formally agreed until the autumn.

A Call to Action on the Privatization of Global Water Supply

CORPORATIONS ARE THREATENING TO PRIVATIZE OUR GLOBAL WATER SUPPLY!

Trade Wars Become the Thrilla on the Hill

U.S. News 3/6/00 Strange allies line up for a high-stakes fight By Jodie T. Allen

Majority of U.S. Senators Back China Deal-Poll

By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. senators said they would support a breakthrough trade agreement with China despite concerns over Beijing's human rights record and threats to invade Taiwan.

China Steps Up Attack on U.S. Report on Rights

By Paul Eckert BEIJING (Reuters) - China stepped up its attack on Sunday against a U.S. report alleging worsening human rights in the country, with state-run media turning the tables and criticizing American racial problems, poverty and violence.

Union Leaders Quit Clinton Panel Over China Deal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To protest a key pact with China, AFL-CIO labor federation President John Sweeney and two other union leaders resigned from a White House panel that advises President Clinton on trade policy, the group said on Friday.

WTO Chief Defends Globalisation

BBC News The head of the World Trade Organisation, Mike Moore, has defended the global trading system, saying it should benefit the interests of all countries regardless of their wealth. "We must make this system better and fairer for the poor as well as for the rich," he told the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Trade Talks Must Address Labor Issues - U.S. Official

BRASILIA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley said on Monday the United States is not trying to impose labor and environmental standards on the developing world, but those concerns need to be addressed in trade talks.