World Trade Organization

Lula Attacks US Trade Stance

BBC News | July 14, 2003

WTO Chief Has Stern Words for Negotiators, Two Months Before Cancun

Agence France Presse | July 14, 2003 Less than two months before a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, the organisation's top official on Monday urged countries to begin negotiating in earnest to find compromises in ailing global trade negotiations.

Kohler Urges Developed Countries to End Trade Imbalances

Africa News | July 11, 2003 Developed economies must reduce trade-distorting subsidies and improve market access for developing countries, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Horst Kohler has said.

Drops on Parched Soil

The Economist | July 5, 2003

US and Europe on Brink of Trade War

The Guardian (London)| By Andrew Osborn in Brussels and Larry Elliott | July 12, 2003 The European Union and the United States were teetering on the brink of a transatlantic trade war last night after Brussels threatened a Dollars 2.2bn package of sanctions unless Washington scrapped steel tariffs ruled illegal by the World Trade Organisation yesterday.

WTO Rules U.S. Steel Tariffs Violate Global Trade Rules; US to Appeal

AFX | July 11, 2003

Buoyed by CAP Reform, EU Says Changes Needed in U.S. Farm Policy

Deutsche Presse-Agentur | July 11, 2003 Buoyed by last month's long-awaited accord on revamping European Union farm policy, E.U. trade chief Pascal Lamy said Friday he now expected similar concessions from the U.S. and other members of the World Trade Organisation.

U.S. Seeks Japan""s Leadership For Successful Cancun Meeting

Japan Economic Newswire | By Yoichi Kosukegawa | July 11, 2003 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged Japanese farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei on Friday to take the lead in breaking the impasse over farm trade liberalization to achieve a successful World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in September.

Negotiations In The WTO Are An Unknown, Says Brazilian Trade Minister

Folha de Sao Paulo | By CLOVIS ROSSI | July 10, 2003 Lisbon -- The outcome of trade negotiations in progress at the World Trade Organization (WTO) went from "completely blocked" to "an unknown," in the opinion of the Brazilian Foreign Relations [Trade] Minister Celso Amorim after a trip to Geneva, where the WTO headquarters are located.

US Says EU Must Show More Farm Trade Movement

Reuters | By Doug Palmer | July 9, 2003 The United States pressured the European Union on Wednesday to show more flexibility in farm trade talks even if it does not offer new proposals.