Publication archives

Jul 11, 2000

Pay Dirt from the Human Genome

RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #702 / July 6, 2000
Jul 10, 2000

US Proposes Cuts in Support for Farmers

Agence France Presse GENEVA, June 28 (AFP) - A new United States proposal on liberalising global agriculture includes a formula on cutting domestic support measures, trade sources said on Wednesday. But the US remains firm on its wish to see export subsidies eliminated under the proposal unveiled in Paris by US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on Tuesday.
Jul 10, 2000

Business Wants G7 Leaders to Make New Trade Round Their Top Priority

International Chamber of Commerce News - 10 July 2000 Tokyo, 10 July 2000 - World business has taken governments of the leading industrial countries to task for becoming embroiled in high-profile trade disputes and said these were undermining the authority of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Jul 10, 2000

Freedom to Fail: How U.S. Farming Policies Have Helped Agribusiness and Pushed Family Farmers Toward Extinction

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Ben Lilliston
By Ben Lilliston and Niel Ritchie. This article was published in the Multinational Monitor in the July/August, 2000 issue. The French version is included below.
Jul 10, 2000

WTO: What's at Stake?

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IATP
Backgrounder on the WTO produced by IATP after the Seattle WTO Ministerial,
Jul 6, 2000

Developing Nations Dismayed in WTO Talks over Implementation Problems with Accords

GENEVA--Tensions have emerged in talks at the World Trade Organization on how to address the implementation concerns of developing country members, as delegates from several nations accuse their developed country counterparts of showing little willingness to tackle the issue.
Jul 5, 2000

U.S. Importers Lobby for Relief

The Washington Post / By John Burgess / Washington Post Staff Writer So will it be goose liver, truffles, hair clippers or tomato powder that feels the wrath of U.S. trade diplomacy in the next six months? Or fancy fizzy water, or chewing gum that has no cocoa? Or motorcycles with engines under 500 cubic centimeters?
Jul 5, 2000

WTO Report Notes Rights Violations

Seattle Post-Intelligencer / By KERY MURAKAMI / SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Mayor Paul Schell had said he wanted both protesters and delegates to be heard at the World Trade Organization conference last fall.