Archive - ago 2, 2005

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WTO rules EU banana duty unfair to Latin America

1 August, 2005
Globe and Mail (Canada)
The World Trade Organization rejected European Union plans to triple its banana import tariff

Developing countries voice concern over the substance and process of WTO negotiations

1 August, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Aug05/3)
At the WTO's Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 28 July, severaldeveloping countries expressed many concerns about the state and substance of the WTO negotiations, as well as the process which theyfound to be not transparent or participatory.(M.Khor)

WTO's general council meeting concludes without outcome; 4 deputy DGs announced

1 August, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Aug05/4)
The WTO General Council meeting ended on 29 July without any of the anticipated results of additional agreements (or 'first approximations') on key aspects of the Doha work programme