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WTO Chief Sets Up Advisory Bodies With Business, NGOs to Boost Dialogue

WTO Reporter | By Daniel Pruzin | June 17, 2003 GENEVA--World Trade Organization Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has set up two new informal advisory bodies with business and non- governmental organizations (NGOs) to facilitate dialogue on issues of common interest.

Mobilization Against the WTO Mini-Ministerial in Montreal

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Justice For Farmers To Be Focus Of Event

Aberdeen Press and Journal | June 16, 2003 A Fair-trade day is to be held in Aberfeldy later this month to demand justice for farmers in developing countries. At an event in the town square on June 28, members of the Aberfeldy Traidcraft Group will ask MP Pete Wishart to lobby in Westminster for fairer world trade.

U.S. Files WTO Case Against Mexico

Reuters | June 16, 2003 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it has begun legal action to overturn anti-dumping duties imposed by Mexico on imports of hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. beef and rice.

Trade Reps from the Americas Split on Free Trade Zone Schedule

Agence France Presse | June 15, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFP) - With trade representatives from the Americas split on when to achieve a hemispheric free trade zone -- a key US policy goal -- Central American negotiators prepare for an important round of trade talks Monday with US officials.

Wake Up and Taste the Froth

The Times (London)| By Marina Cantacuzino | June 14, 2003

Trade Pact on Gene-Altered Goods to Take Effect in 90 Days

New York Times | By ANDREW POLLACK | June 14, 2003 A new global treaty that imposes restrictions on exports of genetically modified seeds, animals and crops is set to take effect, injecting a new element into already heated international disputes over agricultural biotechnology.

Q&A: Lula Surprises Friends and Foes

NYTimes.com | June 12, 2003 From the Council on Foreign Relations, June 12, 2003

South African President Urges Rich To Fulfil Poverty Reduction Pledges

Agence France Presse | June 11, 2003 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday urged the international community and rich countries to honour pledges made in recent years to curb world poverty.

U.S. Agrees to Issue Loans for Development in Mexico

Los Angeles Times | By Chris Kraul | June 10, 2003 In a move to create jobs and spread the benefits of cross-border trade over a wider swath of Mexico, the United States will extend low-cost financing for major public and private projects south of the border, according to a preliminary agreement signed by officials of both governments here Monday.