World Trade Organization

18th Session of the Global Biodiversity Forum

ICTSD | August 16, 2003

Developing Nations Want to Drop Issues From Trade Talks

Associated Press | By Naomi Koppel | Saturday, August 16, 2003 GENEVA, Aug. 15 -- Officials of a group of developing nations, exhausted by long talks on how best to open up international trade, suggested today that several contentious topics be dropped from the current round of negotiations.

Brazil Rejects US-EU Ag Proposal At WTO

EFE | August 14, 2003 Brazil rejects a joint U.S.-EU proposal for liberalizing trade in farm products as part of a possible broader agreement to be negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thursday.

Will Cancun Promote or Undermine Development?

The Korea Herald | August 11, 2003

EU, U.S. Put up WTO Farm Trade Plan, Meet Flak

Reuters | By Richard Waddington | August 14, 2003 The European Union and the United States Wednesday put up a plan for farm trade reform that could inject new life into stalled talks for a new global trade pact -- but poorer countries said "no go."

EU, US Strike Joint WTO Bid to Revive Stalled Farm Talks

Agence France Presse | By Kate Millar | Aug. 13, 2003 The European Union and the United States have agreed on a joint position for WTO farm reform talks that could breathe new life into stalled global trade negotiations, trade sources said on Wednesday.

Poor Nations Unimpressed by Rich Country Plans to Cut Goods Duties

Associated Press World Stream | By Naomi Koppel | August 12, 2003 Developing nations gave a cool reception to a plan from rich countries to cut global duties, claiming the move would hurt them much more than wealthy nations.

Japan Likely to Accept Across-the-Board Farm Tariff Cuts: Report

Agence France Presse | Aug. 12, 2003 Japan plans to accept in principle the idea of cutting import tariffs across the board in World Trade Organization farm talks on the condition that the reduction excludes rice and some other products, a report said Tuesday.

US, EU, Canada Team up in WTO Talks but Receive Cool Response

Agence France Presse | Aug. 12, 2003 The EU, Canada and the US said Tuesday they had teamed up in crafting a proposal aimed at reviving deadlocked WTO talks on opening up markets for industrial goods' trade.

Poor Stand to Lose if WTO Meeting Derailed, Trade Body Warns

Agence France Presse | Aug. 11, 2003 Calls by French anti-globalisation activist Jose Bove for widescale protests to derail next month's WTO conference in Mexico would harm the "interests of the poor and downtrodden", a WTO spokesman said on Monday, adding that the body could never condone violence.