World Trade Organization

From the WTO: Procedures for NGO Accreditation

DOHA WTO MINISTERIAL 2001: NGO ACCREDITATION

NGOs Wishing to Attend WTO Qatar Ministerial Must Apply by July 2

GENEVA--The World Trade Organization's General Council chairman said May 8 that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) wanting to attend the fourth WTO ministerial conference, to be held this year in Doha, Qatar, must submit their initial registration applications by July 2.:

On the Day of the WTO General Council Meeting on Preparations for Qatar Global Unions Tell WTO Nothing Learned from Failure in Seattle

INTERNATIONAL CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS (ICFTU)

Trade Union to Destroy Pepsi Stocks

The Asian Age/The Bangalore Age / By Our Correspondent Bangalore, May 1 -- The Karnataka Trade Union Centre will launch a campaign against Pepsi and Coca Cola as the first step towards boycott of imported goods allowed under the WTO agreement, KTUC president G.R. Shiva Shankar said.

Industrialized Nations Pressure Bush to Initiate Global Trade Talks

Knight Ridder/Tribune / Carter Dougherty, The Washington Times Major business groups and key U.S. allies are pushing President Bush to set his sights on a higher goal than a deal made last month to bring free trade to the Western Hemisphere -- a new round of global trade talks.

Doha Ministerial To Be Asked To Address TRIPS And Health Care

Geneva, 2 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) - - The 4th Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, to be held this November at Doha (Qatar) is to be asked to address the issue of "TRIPs and Health Care".

WTO Lamb Decision Puts Pressure on Bush - Farmers

Wellington, May 2 / NZPA

Only WTO Accredited Persons Allowed to Enter Qatar at Ministerial

from BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest / Vol. 5, Number 16 / 1 May, 2001 Chair of the Qatari group responsible for organising the WTO's Third Ministerial Conference Sheik Hamad bin Faisal Al Thani told reporters on 1 May that Qatar will provide only 4,400 entry visas to persons accredited by the WTO to attend the Nov. 9-13 meeting in Doha, Qatar.

WTO Chair Sends Issues Checklist As Preparation for Doha Ministerial

GENEVA--The chairman of the World Trade Organization's ruling General Council has sent members a checklist of issues to serve as the basis for preparatory talks on the WTO ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar, next fall.

Congress Faces WTO Cap on Farm Aid

Ed Maixner / Farm Progress Washington Bureau Economists told a conference of agricultural news writers Monday that Congress may find its farm assistance spending curbed by the 1995 World Trade Organization agreements when it tries to write a new farm bill.