Archive - Dic 7, 2009 - Article

Miembros de la red global Nuestro Mundo No Está en Venta (OWINFS) organizaron una reunión de prensa hoy en la que se destacaron los vínculos entre las políticas de libre comercio y las múltiples crises que enfrenta el mundo actualmente. Representantes de cuatro continentes mostraron cómo el modelo de liberalización de comercio que la OMC sigue promoviendo ha tenido efectos devastadores sobre comunidades en el mundo entero y cómo contribuyó a empeorar dramáticamente la explotación de mujeres, la falta de acceso a alimentos, desempleo y la crisis financiera.

FOR weeks before the 1999 World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting in Seattle, state and local authorities had known that peaceful protests were being planned around the Washington State Convention & Trade Center. But as I drove through downtown on the night of Nov. 29 and saw waves of people returning from a rally waving placards, I got a sinking feeling that the anti-trade sentiment was stronger than people had anticipated. Was it ever.

I've also just returned from a protest march against the WTO here in Geneva, attended by many people, including activists from many parts of the world.

Ministers of the G-10 met in Geneva today (Monday 30 November 2009) ahead of the 7th Session of the WTO Ministerial conference that will start this afternoon. They assessed the state of play of the DDA negotiations and their priorities in the negotiations on agriculture.

We, Ministers of the informal Group of Developing Countries met in Geneva on 30 November 2009 on the occasion of the 7th WTO Ministerial Conference, to coordinate positions and assess the ramifications of the rapidly changing international trading environment on our countries’ interests;

On the occasion of the VII WTO Ministerial Conference, the Ministers of the G-20 met in Geneva on 29 November 2009 to discuss the state of the play of the WTO Doha Round negotiations.

Bruselas, Bélgica, 1 de Julio 2009 – Mientras la Unión Europea anuncia la suspensión de su nueva ronda de negociaciones comerciales con los países centroamericanos, Amigos de la Tierra Internacional llama a detener todo el proceso de negociaciones de libre comercio que la UE impulsa en América Central, y recomienda un replanteo total por parte de la UE acerca del papel que está jugando en la región.