Articles

Allgeier: Cotton Decision Should Be Part Of WTO Talks

3 March, 2005
Jerry Hagstrom
The WTO panel Thursday announced its decision to reject a U.S. appeal of an earlier decision that its domestic and export subsidies on cotton harmed farmers in Brazil and other countries.

Industry Efforts On Services Talks Face Sensenbrenner Opposition

3 March, 2005
Sheryll Poe
The U.S. is under pressure from developing countries to provide additional access for business personnel in the Doha round services negotiations, or run the risk that developing countries will not open their markets in the negotiations.

Elevating Services?

3 March, 2005
Washington Trade Daily,Trade Reports, International Group,Volume 14, Number 45
The EU, Switzerland, India and the United States made a strong pitch yesterday for stepping up the profile of services negotiations, maintaining that members will have to accelerate work in the coming days.

Latin American Countries Propose Flexible Formula For WTO NAMA Talks

2 March, 2005
Daniel Pruzin
Mateo said that if the approach put forward by the three Latin American countries is accepted, there may be no need for the separate NAMA sectoral initiative being pushed mainly by developed countries.

European Union Trade Law

1 March, 2005
FedEx Trade News
The European Union's high court has rued against a Belgian banana importer who sought to use a WTO ruling to challenge EU trade quotas.

Inequity in International Agricultural Trade:The Marginalization of Developing Countries and Their Small Farmers

28 February, 2005
Anuradha Mittal
This new report analyzes State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO).

NAMA's Two Tracks

26 February, 2005
Washington Trade Daily
Negotiators today start a week-long session on the Doha Development Agenda's nonagricultural market access and will address some 'straightforward' questions on 'two tracks' suggested by negotiation group Chairman Don Stephenson

Barbados Among Countries Submitting Paper To WTO

24 February, 2005
Barbados Advocate
A new round of extended negotiations at the WTO was launched as a result of the Doha ministerial declaration.

NFU Commissioned Study Shows Concentration On The Increase In Ag Markets

24 February, 2005
THE AGRIBUSINESS EXAMINER # 397
Concentration in agricultural markets continues to rise according to statistics released by National Farmers Union during its 103rd anniversary convention in Lexington, Kentucky.

Officials: WTO Negotiators Must Step Up Talks On Liberalizing Services

24 February, 2005
Jonathan Fowler
Failure to pick up the pace could undermine advances in other crucial areas of WTO talks, said Hamid Mamdouh, director of the WTO Trade in Services Division.

IMF Head Calls For Developing Countries Cut Protectionism

23 February, 2005
World Bank Press Review
'Developing countries must therefore also take steps to remove their own trade barriers' -RATO

Allgeier Says U.S. Committed To Timetable For Giving Revised WTO Services Talks Offer

23 February, 2005
Daniel Pruzin, International Trade Reporter, Volume 22 Number 8
Developing countries led by Brazil, China, India, and Mexico have complained that the Mode 4 offers put forward in the services negotiations to date are insufficient and must be improved.

IMF Head Calls For Developing Countries Cut Protectionism

23 February, 2005
World Bank Press Review
'it has to be cosidered in the context in debt sustainability, lasting povety reductiontion and sustainedined growth'- RATO

ActionAid turns tables with an African Commission for Britain

22 February, 2005
ActionAid
ActionAid is launching an African Commission for Britain, an alternative set of recommendations to those being discussed by presidents, prime ministers and high level opinion formers.

Agriculture Negotiations 7-11 February Focus on Preferences, Conversion to Ad Valorem Tariffs, Reduction of Domestic Support Levels

19 February, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Feb05/5)
Negotiations on agriculture took place at the WTO in the week of 7-11 February.

Development And GATS

17 February, 2005
Washington Trade Daily,Trade Reports, International Group, Volume 14, Number 35
Brazil - along with Colombia, the Dominican Republic and the Philippines - said each member has the right to define, in particular, the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to maintain.

In Trade Facilitation Negotiations, Developing Countries Question The Nature Of Commitments In Trade While Developed Countries Propose New Obligations

16 February, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Feb05/4)
Many of the developing countries stressed the importance of technical assistance and capacity building.

Financial Services Firms Lobby Developing Countries At WTO

15 February, 2005
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Feb05/2)
WTO members will be negotiating in the Special Session of the Council of Trade in Services in the week starting 21 February.

Develop Your Own Trade Policies, Kyerematen

13 February, 2005
www.ghanaweb.com
Mr Alan Kyerematen, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Monday called on countries to develop their own trade policies that would give them a better focus when negotiating on the international market.

Egat Union Unmoved By Landslide Victory

7 February, 2005
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Sunday reiterated that planned privatisations would continue by listing the shares of state enterprises on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.