Trade

Last day at the 9th WTO Ministerial: Food security hangs in the balance

IATP's Shefali Sharma is reporting from the 9th WTO Ministerial in Bali, Indonesia. 2 p.m., Bali, Indonesia

Draft deal lays groundwork for future negotiations on exempting food security programs from WTO disputes

Update: The ministerial text was accepted on Saturday morning with minor changes to assuage Cuba's concerns. See a video report from Shefali Sharma regarding Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia's move to block consensus on the agreement on the morning of December 7.  IATP's Shefali Sharma is reporting from the 9th WTO Ministerial in Bali, Indonesia.

The WTO Bali Ministerial: Doha’s last gasp?

In the category of “praise more fit for a eulogy,” U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is reported to have said of the last minute negotiations to prepare a package for upcoming WTO Ministerial in Bali: "It's unclear whether they will succeed or not. We certainly hope they will succeed.

Calling on USTR to support global food security in Bali

People in the U.S. may still remember how the streets were shut down in Seattle exactly 14 years ago (1999) as trade diplomats from all around the world gathered for the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 3rd Ministerial meeting.

NAFTA and U.S. farmers—20 years later

A Spanish version of this commentary originally appeared in La Jornada.

NAFTA at 20: State of the North American Farmer

The struggle for transparency in the U.S.-EU trade deal

IATP is a member of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), a U.S.-European network of about 80 nongovernmental organizations, founded in 1999 on the premise that public policy will be improved by a frank discussion of policy documents disclosed to NGOs, just as they are to corporate lobby