World Trade Organization

Internet Plan Falls Victim to Seattle WTO Failure

Reuters | December 5, 1999 One of the initiatives that fell victim to the failure of the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) conference was a U.S. proposal to extend a ban on Internet duties, a European Union official said Saturday.Reuters:

WTO summit ends in failure

WTO summit ends in failure Saturday, December 4, 1999 By MICHAEL PAULSON Mail Author and ROBERT McCLURE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERS The world's trade ministers last night abandoned their effort to launch a new round of global trade negotiations, bringing an ugly conclusion to an ugly week.

WTO, Agricultural Deregulation and Food Security

Published in Foreign Policy In Focus, Volume 4, Number 34, December 1999. Can deregulated world markets ensure food security for the world? No negotiator of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could honestly say that this was the first intent of the agreement. Yet, the AoA preamble lists food security as one of the legitimate "non-trade" objectives of agriculture policy.

Announcing WWW.WTOWATCH.ORG

Press release from the Institute for Agricultue and Trade Policy announcing new web site.

Down With King Money

Bove and Cohn-Bendit make their plans for Seattle Newsweek International, November 22, 1999

Attacking Free Trade

Why are so many greens and workers' rights activists heading for Seattle? By Richard Ernsberger Jr. Newsweek International, November 22, 1999

Three Arrested at Seattle WTO Protest

Reuters | November 22, 1999

Trade: Working Papers Show Up Continued Yawning Gaps

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Food and Farm Activities in Seattle

A revised agenda for the Food & Agriculture Day activities in Seattle. Food & Ag Day is being jointly sponsored by the International Forum on Food & Agriculture, the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Public Citizen, ActionAid and the Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group.

U.S. Environment Will Be Priority in WTO Talks

(Reuters) The White House said Tuesday it would make environmental protection a priority in a new round of global trade talks, in an effort to blunt charges that the free trade policies of President Clinton and Vice President Gore would hurt wildlife.: