The International Herald Tribune | By Thomas Crampton | October 24, 2003
The failure of trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, last month has prompted headline-grabbing politicians to jeopardize free trade by moving toward rival regional trade groupings, the head of the World Trade Organization said in an interview from Geneva on Thursday.
Agence France Presse | October 24, 2003
China topped a list of countries that have triggered anti-dumping investigations on their exports in the six month to June, but the number of cases was down 43 percent from a year ago, the WTO said Friday.
Agence France Presse | October 21, 2003
Senegalese President Abdulaye Wade said Tuesday he had abandoned hope in the World Trade Organization and called instead for direct talks between blocs of countries aimed at boosting global commerce.
"I want to say today that I frankly do not believe in the WTO," Wade told a session of the European Parliament here.
New York Times | By ELIZABETH BECKER | October 21, 2003
CHURDAN, Iowa - When unions go on strike here, local farmers usually show up at picket lines with hogs and fresh produce to make sure the workers' families have food on their tables.
AIDS Weekly | October 20, 2003
Canada is studying ways to allow its generic drug manufacturers to supply poor countries with cheap copies of patented drugs, as permitted under a new World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement.
The Australian | By Cathy Pryor | October 20, 2003
THE UN body on arts and culture, UNESCO, has adopted a resolution aimed at protecting cultural diversity from globalisation at its general conference which wrapped up in Paris on the weekend.
