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International Trade Reporter / Volume 17 Number 16 / Page 626 ISSN 1523-2816 GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization have agreed on a schedule of year 2000 meetings for carrying out their recently begun negotiations on services trade as well as their mandated reviews under the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

European Voice / Volume 6 Number 16 / By Gareth Harding THE EU's request for a waiver which would allow its African, Caribbean and Pacific partners to keep the trade privileges they currently enjoy could face a bumpier ride through the World Trade Organisation than previously expected after a number of countries challenged the move.

Jakarta, April 19 (ANTARA) - Asian farmers` associations grouped in the Asian Farmers Group for Cooperation (AFGC) at their second meeting here will ask the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to let Asian countries continue to protect their agricultural products.

By The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- World Trade Organization experts have issued a preliminary ruling against U.S. copyright law that allows music to be played in public without the payment of royalties, an Irish music organization said Wednesday.

Press Release New Zealand Government 19/04/00 New Zealand would lodge its first submission with the World Trade Organisation disputes panel hearing the case against the United States tonight, Minister for Trade Negotiations Hon Jim Sutton said. Mr Sutton said lodging the submission was a major step along the road towards resolution of the dispute which began last July.

Agence France Presse / Kate Millar GENEVA, April 18 (AFP) - China again headed off a move Tuesday to censure it's human rights record by stifling a US-sponsored resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission.

The Beat / The Nation WASHINGTON -- There are no easy measures of success of failure for protest demonstrations. Concessions by entrenched powers are seldom choreographed to illustrate the precise impact of street-level challenges to the status quo.

Agence France Presse BEIJING, April 18 (AFP) - China on Tuesday thanked the countries that helped it defeat a US draft resolution to condemn its controversial human rights record, state media reported.