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Issues of Trade Lie Ahead: Ties with China, NAFTA to Confront New President

San Francisco Chronicle / David Armstrong, Chronicle Staff Writer The excruciating electoral end game in Florida is not yet played out, but one thing is certain: The next president will have a full agenda of international trade issues to grapple with when he takes office Jan. 20.

Teachers Look for Lessons from WTO

Seattle Times / By Richard Martin, Seattle Times assistant metro editor Last week's World Trade Organization anniversary offered area students another close-to-home lesson on global issues.

Surge in Free-Trade Pacts May Be Seen as Threat to WTO

Seattle Post-Intelligencer / BLOOMBERG NEWS GENEVA -- World Trade Organization Director General Mike Moore warned yesterday that a recent surge in free-trade pacts between countries may be seen as an alternative to the global trading system.

Farmers Fear WTO Will Be a ""Disaster""

The Daily Star In the third of a four-part series, Louisa Follis looks at what joining the WTO might mean for Lebanese agriculture With 195,000 agricultural producers in the country, about 25 percent of the population consists of farmers and their families, directly dependent on the sector. A further 15 percent of people in Lebanon are indirectly dependent on agriculture.

Stick with Globalization

Christian Science Monitor / OPINION / By David R. Francis ([email protected]) Given the financial crisis in Southeast Asia, the Russian ruble devaluation, and civil wars and disease in Africa, one might well expect the developing world to be in bad shape.

US Cheered by Strong WTO Message on E-Commerce

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday hailed fellow World Trade Organization members for supporting a strong set of principles to govern trade over the Internet. "The WTO has taken a positive step forward in the promotion of e-commerce," U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said in a statement.

Report: Human Rights Can Be Good for Business

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Globalization has created undeniable wealth and millions of jobs but the current system leaves little room for human rights and other social values, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

Australia, NZ Win Key WTO Lamb Battle

ninemsn The World Trade Organisation (WTO) had ruled in favour of New Zealand's case against tariffs on lamb imports into the United States, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. New Zealand and Australia have both been fighting the tariffs that the United States slapped on lamb imports last year to protect its own domestic market.

Proposal Could Resolve Trade Dispute

Gourmet News | Lisa Wolff

Police Clash with Protests Outside WTO Meeting

Agence France Presse PARIS, Dec 6 (AFP) - French anti-globalisation campaigner Jose Bove and members of his farmers' union clashed with police Wednesday as they tried to enter a building in Paris where a conference of the World Trade Organisation was taking place.