World Trade Organization

USTR Seeks Industry Input on Possible Challenge in Biotech Dispute

Inside US Trade | February 15, 2002 U.S. trade officials met yesterday with representatives of agriculture, food processing and biotechnology sectors in an effort to gauge support for a possible U.S. World Trade Organization challenge to the European Union's three-year hold on allowing new genetically modified organisms onto its market.

Parliament Reversing Doha Gains for India

The Deccan Herald | February 19, 2002 MUMBAI - The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999, which is likely to come up for discussion and passage in the budget session of Parliament, fails to secure the benefits of Doha Declaration and foregoes even those for which India fought so vehemently and successfully.

Suez In Talks With Enron Administrators On Korea,Spain, Mexico Assets

AFX - Asia | February 14, 2002

Veneman Says US to Pressure China on WTO Promises

Reuters | February 14, 2002 KANSAS CITY - The United States will keep up pressure on China to meet its obligations for imports and exports of agricultural goods following its accession to the World Trade Organization last year, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Ann Veneman said this week.

Supachai Says China Will Focus on Commitments, Not Take Lead in WTO

Inside US Trade | February 8, 2002 The incoming director general of the World Trade Organization on Feb. 5 predicted that China's focus in the trade body would be on living up to its accession commitments and avoiding disputes, but that the country could also serve as a bridge between developing and developed countries.

WTO Members Agree on Negotiating Procedures, Structure

Inside U.S. Trade | February 8, 2002

Developing Countries Could Earn Three Times the Aid They Receive if Subsidies Are Removed, WTO Says

Associated Press | February 7, 2002 | BY: TOM MALITI; Associated Press Writer NAIROBI, Kenya - Developing countries stand to earn at least three times more in exports than the international aid they currently receive if developed countries drop domestic agricultural subsidies, the World Trade Organization's top official said Thursday.

WTO Members Kick Off Negotiations With Decisions On Organization

WTO NEWS | February 2002 WTO member governments agreed, 1 February 2002, on how to organize negotiations launched at the Doha Ministerial Conference on 14 November 2001. The decisions were taken in the new Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), which consists of all WTO members and countries negotiating membership.

WTO Procedural Fight Boosts Developing Country Agenda

Inside US Trade | February 1, 2002

U.S. Accused Of ""Stalling"" Lumber Talks

London Free Press | by ALLAN SWIFT | February 1, 2002 International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew says a settlement in the cross-border lumber dispute will be impossible unless "hardline interests" stop believing they can overhaul Canada's forestry management policies. Pettigrew also accused the Americans yesterday of stalling on talks to settle the lumber fight.