World Trade Organization

EU Official Cites Domestic Support as Toughest Issue in WTO Farm Talks

International Trade Daily | July 27, 2001 | By Daniel Pruzin

Status Report Shows Deep Divisions on Agenda for New WTO Round

Inside US Trade In a confidential status report circulated to World Trade Organization members this week, the General Council Chairman and WTO Director General describe entrenched divisions on a possible agenda for a new negotiating round and highlight the importance of addressing developing countries' demands for more trade benefits before a round can be launched.

Anti-Globalization Effort Scores -- Points Protesters"" Influence Grows Despite Violence

by Robert Collier From Genoa, Italy, to the Bay Area, these are heady yet bewildering times for the growing throngs of people who are taking to the streets to denounce free trade. Last weekend's Group of Eight summit was yet more proof that the anti- globalization movement has become the biggest left-of-center force for social protest in decades.

WTO Agriculture Negotiations Plow through Export Subsidies

excerpt from BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest | Vol. 5, Number 28 | 24 July, 2001

LDCs Reject a New Round for Doha

Yash Tandon, Director, Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Initiative (SEATINI)

EU Defends Precautionary Principle

July 24, 2001

Concern Proposed US Farm Bill Will Affect WTO Talks

Farmers Guardian | July 20, 2001 CONCERN is growing in Brussels that the proposed new US Farm Bill could cause severe ramifications at November's World Trade Organisation agricultural talks in Doha, Qatar. The new Bill, which is progressing through Congress, aims to increase agricultural aid when prices are low, which is likely to encourage additional production.