World Trade Organization

African Countries Against Singapore Issues on WTO Agenda

World Markets Analysis | By Andrea Bohnstedt | August 21, 2003

Groups Score Lack Of Transparency In WTO Talks

BusinessWorld | By Iris Cecilia C. Gonzales | August 21, 2003 BANGKOK, Thailand - The World Trade Organization's (WTO) failure to fully open trade negotiations to all its members, particularly poorer countries, will continue to hinder the organization's success.

Justified Cynicism About Cancun

Africa Analysis | August 22, 2003 THE cynicism and anger, about the US and European Union, expressed by a number of African trade ministers in Mauritius in June (Africa Analysis , no.425), appears to have been justified. At the time, the ministers condemned what they saw as the hypocrisy of the EU and US, in particular, regarding free trade.

Poorer/Developing Countries Make WTO Ag Trade Offer

Agweb.com | By Roger Bernard | August 20, 2003 A group of some 16 developing or "poor" countries have offered up an ag trade proposal for the latest round of WTO talks. The plan is seen as a response to the framework plan that the U.S. and European Union (EU) tabled last week.

Kicking the Subsidies: Third World Farmers Need a Fair Deal

The Guardian | August 18, 2003

Will Cancun Be a Real Development Round?

Carnegie Endowment for Peace | August 14, 2003 As the World Trade Organization meets in September to kickstart the stalled "development round" of trade talks, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace identifies the real challenges negotiators face, debunks facile free trade slogans, and offers recommendations for the negotiation tables.

Brazil, India, China Table Counterproposal To U.S.-EU Farm Framework

Inside U.S. Trade | August 20, 2003 Brazil, India and China today presented their own version of a framework for agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organization as a counterproposal to one championed by the U.S. and European Union last week.

EU-U.S. Trade Reform Proposal and WTO Cancun Talks: Fair Trade Experts Available

IATP | August 14, MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 14 [AScribe Newswire] -- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy [IATP] expressed deep concern over the agricultural trade reform proposal submitted to the World Trade Organization yesterday by a joint European Union-United States committee.

Guess Who Comes Out On Top At Cancun? (and What to Do About It)

The East African | By Gichinga Ndirangu | August 18, 2003