Articles

G20: Not representing farmers interests

30 August, 2005
Focus on the Global South, India
Response to the G20 Ministerial Meeting in Pakistan (8-10 September 2005)

India not to budge on its stand at WTO

25 August, 2005
The Financial Express (India)
In a clear message to the US and other developed countries, India today categorically said it would not accept any outcome without movement on services at the WTO trade negotiations.

U.S., Saudi Arabia Reach Agreement On Services Provisions of WTO Deal

23 August, 2005
By Gary G. Yerkey
The United States and Saudi Arabia have reached agreement on the terms under which U.S. banks and other service providers will be allowed to operate in Saudi Arabia following its accession to the World Trade Organization.

India's Nath Pushes TRIPS and CBD

22 August, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Indian trade minister Kamal Nath last week urged his counterparts in Africa and South America to stand tough against the United States in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations by adopting an 'aggressive strategy' for agreement on biodiversity and traditional knowledge

No easy ride in the land of the FTA

19 August, 2005
By Tim Colebatch, Economics Editor, Canberra
IT WAS meant to be the big breakthrough for Australian exporters

U.S. gains in one-sided trade deal

19 August, 2005
By SCOTT MURDOCH in Canberra
THE much-vaunted free trade agreement with the United States has become one-sided, with no financial benefit to Australia.

WTO Rules Against US on ETI

14 August, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
A World Trade Organization compliance panel on Friday confirmed a European Union complaint against Washington's alleged failure to fully implement the trade body's recommendations on the now defunct Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act overseas tax program

Mexico Revises Telecom Regs

14 August, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
The Mexican Parliament on Friday passed new legislation to comply with World Trade Organization recommendations over implementation of its telecommunications services

Call for a South-North Consultation: RESISTANCE AND ALTERNATIVES TO DEBT DOMINATION September 28?30, 2005

11 August, 2005
Jubilee South
Call for a South-North Consultation: Resistance and alternatives to debt domination, September 28

Report: GATS Consultation by Indian Commerce Ministry

11 August, 2005
FocusWeb
Heres a short report of a GATS consultation organised by the Ministry of Commerce and UNCTAD. This was the third in the series of consultations towards HK

Pakistan proposal on market access for non-agricultural products

7 August, 2005
IATP
Pakistan Proposal for a Market Access Formula for Non-Agricultural Products presented at the mini-Ministerial in Dalian, China12-14 July 2005.

Bound to Applied Rates, Then Cut * US

7 August, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
The final formula for reducing industrial tariffs in the Doha Development Agenda negotiations must bring down high bound tariffs to existing applied rates

U.S. Remains Committed to FTAA, But Commerce Official Says Leave Farm Subsidy Issue to WTO

5 August, 2005
By David Haskel
The Bush administration remains committed to the stalled Free Trade Area of the Americas but the issue of U.S. farm subsidies and support policies should be dealt with at the World Trade Organization.

Anticipating Resumed DDA Negotiations

2 August, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Incoming World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy is preparing to go 'full steam ahead' into an intensive negotiating phase of the Doha Development Agenda by directing the chairs of the agriculture and industrial market access negotiations commence text-based negotiations without delay

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)

?Defensive' Agriculture

31 July, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Farm policy chiefs of the European Union and the defensive Group-of-10 coalition on Friday signaled their opposition to cap high farm tariffs as suggested in the 'middle ground' market access formula of the Group-of-20 countries

Ag program cuts should be a hot topic; Congress to decide how to slash $3 billion in USDA programs during the next five years

31 July, 2005
By Jerry Hagstrom Special to Agweek
Something that's been kept quiet is how Congress will decide by Sept.16 to cut $3 billion in Agriculture Department programs during the next five years including $173 million in the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

No More on Services ? USTR Portman

31 July, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
The United States said Friday it would find it 'difficult' to offer fresh concessions in the Doha services negotiations

WTO situation disappointing but not disastrous, says Supachai

31 July, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Aug05/1)
The Chair of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, at a meeting of the TNC on 28 July, summed up the situation in the negotiations on the Doha work programme as 'disappointing but not disastrous'.