World Trade Organization

Protesters Disagree on Shutting Down WTO

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | By Traci Carl | Sept. 7, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico -- As World Trade Organization ministers from around the world check into high-rise beach hotels this week, protesters meet in ramshackle offices and tent communities, fighting over how they will wage war against free trade.

Biological Globalisation Needs to be Checked

NRC Handelsblad | By Wouter van der Weijden | September 7, 2003

A Declaration For A New Direction For American Agriculture And Agricultural Trade

IATP | September 4, 2003 We stand together at the dawn of the 21st century. We stand together as farmers, workers, religious and development organizations, environmentalists and concerned citizens calling for a comprehensive re-examination of the impact of global trade policy on food security, farmers' livelihoods, and local, sustainable food production.

Brazil Seeks To Unite Developing Countries In Anti-Subsidy Fight At WTO

Agence France Presse | By CLAIRE DE OLIVIEIRA | September 4, 2003 BRASILIA -- The government of Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva is appealing for greater solidarity among developing countries attending a WTO conference next week in their fight to tear down trade barriers in the developed world.

WTO May Fail Poorer Nations

http://www.news24.com September 3, 2003 Kuala Lumpur - Expressing pessimism about the next round of global trade talks, South African President Thabo Mbeki suggested on Wednesday that poorer nations link up with anti-globalisation protest groups to win a better deal on international trade.

US Says Not Averse To Unbundling Of Singapore Trade Issues

Asia Pulse | September 3, 2003 NEW DELHI -- The US on Tuesday indicated that it was not averse to unbundling of new trade issues in the face of developing countries' resistance to bringing investment and competition policy into the work programme of WTO.

Activists Fight WTO In Mexico, Hope To Reverse Globalization

Agence France Presse | BY DAVID WILLIAMS | September 3, 2003 Anti-globalization forces are looking to a WTO trade conference in Mexico as a potential milestone in a movement that burst onto the world stage in Seattle in 1999.

Japan Will Fight Proposal To Cut Tariffs, Expand Quotas At WTO Talks

Associated Press Worldstream | BY NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON | September 2, 2003 Japan will oppose a proposal to cut tariffs and expand import quotas at global trade talks next week, Japan's agriculture minister said Tuesday.

Regional And Bilateral Pacts Could Impede Global Trade Talks: Brunei

Agence France Presse | BY MARTIN ABBUGAO | September 2, 2003 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Asia-Pacific business leaders, experts and economic officials began a meeting here Tuesday amid fears that bilateral and regional pacts could impede efforts toward a more liberalised global trading regime.

A Truly Scary Free-Trade Treaty

The Bradenton Herald | September 2, 2003 No trade agreement has sounded more laudable than the Free Trade Area of the Americas with its stated goal to provide "free market access to goods and services for the entire continent." Even the North American Free Trade Agreement doesn't quite match its clarion call.