World Trade Organization

WTO Falling Victim to Its Own Success

The Japan Times / EDITORIAL / By BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Staff writer

Indian Farmers on the War Path

New Delhi 19 November 2000 The Real Green Revolution has begun: Indian Farmers on the War Path

United States Presents Agricultural Market Access Proposal at the WTO

For Immediate Release Contact: USTR, Brendan Daly November 17, 2000 (202) 395-3230 USDA, Andy Solomon (202)720-4623

Farm Bureau Regrets EU Targeting of U.S. Agricultural Products

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2000 -- American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman has expressed regret that European officials today released a list of American exports to Europe that are targeted for possible retaliation in the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) trade dispute.

WTO Announces On-line Discussions

The WTO is pleased to announce a new on-line discussion area called "WTO Forum" on its website. We will be having regular discussions in which we encourage you to enter and give your views. You will have the opportunity to participate in discussions on WTO topics which are initiated by the WTO, or to start your own discussions on WTO topics of your own choosing.

Cairns WTO Proposal Demands Market Access

By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Nov 14 (IPS) - Agriculture has long been the "ugly duckling" in the process of international trade liberalisation as the sector has been largely excluded from market access measures that readily benefit industry and services. On average, import tariffs on agricultural products are eight times higher than they are for industrial goods.

WTO Food and Agriculture Rules: Sustainable Agriculture and the Human RIght to Food

Published in the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, Winter 2000, Vol. 9, Issue 1. This paper was also a presentation given by Mark Ritchie at the International Cooperative Agricultural Organization General Assembly in Quebec City, Quebec on August 29, 1999. The focus of this paper is the the impact of agricultural export dumping by grain corporations based in the U.S.

A Different, New World Order

The Economist Trade should be high on the list of priorities for the new American president. But America and Europe must learn to share leadership with other countries

Launch of WTO Services Talks Next Year Could Be Threatened, Industry Sources Say

International Trade Reporter / Volume 17 Number 44 The United States and other member countries of the World Trade Organization expect to begin talks early next year on developing new rules to govern global trade in services, but U.S. industry sources said Nov. 1 that the plan is now being opposed by India and Hong Kong--two highly influential members of the organization.

U.S., EU May Wait Until 2001 to Agree to Launch New WTO Trade Talks, Lamy Says

International Trade Reporter / Volume 17 Number 44 European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy Nov. 2 downplayed suggestions that the United States and the European Union were close to agreeing on an agenda for a new round of global trade talks, saying that the two sides may have to wait until late next year to "come together" on the issue.