In this letter to Ambassador Mike Froman, United State Trade Representative (USTR) and Ambassador Michael Punke
Deputy USTR and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Civil society groups from US express dismay over over US opposition to G33 proposal and urged the US government to support the G33’s proposal to allow for greater public spending to ensure more stable food supplies and prices in developing countries
In this letter to Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, Director General, WTO, 162 organizations expressed concerns regarding intellectual property commitments being forced on Yemen as part of its WTO accession package that will be presented for formal adoption, to the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali, 3-6 December 2013.
En tant que membres de la société civile globale, nous demandons au directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce, Roberto Azevedo, et aux présidents des pays membres, de prendre très au sérieux la question de la sécurité alimentaire dans les pays en développement et de ne pas faire de la proposition du G33 sur les stocks publics de nourriture une mascarade, en demandant aux pays en développement d’accepter le texte actuel sur la clause de paix.
Over 280 civil society organizations representing a broad range of civil society groups and global union federations representing hundreds of millions of workers across the world urged Roberto Azevedo, the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and WTO member states, to take the issue of food security in developing countries as a matter of serious and immediate concern not to render the G-33 proposal on public food stockholding a travesty by asking developing countries to agree to the current text on the peace clause.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) together with 163 other trade union and civil society organisations are raising concerns over a proposed expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA II) being negotiated at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a joint letter to the WTO members, they argued that the proposed expansion, would lead to erosion of manufacturing potential in developing countries and called for a comprehensive impact assessment of ITA I before taking a decision on ITA II.
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) together with 163 other trade union and civil society organisations are raising concerns over a proposed expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA II) being negotiated at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a joint letter to the WTO members, they argued that the proposed expansion, would lead to erosion of manufacturing potential in developing countries and called for a comprehensive impact assessment of ITA I before taking a decision on ITA II.
Après de nombreuses conférences ministérielles ratées et presque douze ans de négociations, le cycle de Doha d’expansion de l’OMC est au point mort. Les pays développés ont poussé des accords parallèles pour négocier des questions cruciales pour les pays en développement,censées corriger les déséquilibres actuels de l’OMC et qui constituaient la base du mandat de développement de Doha.
Pire : les pays développés semblent réemballer les mêmes demandes de libéralisation et d’accès au marché de leurs intérêts des entreprises transnationalesafin de tisser un nouveau « fil conducteur commercial » pour conclure des accords lors de la 9ème ministérielle à Bali.
Dans cette déclaration, avec des demandes spécifiques le réseau Notre monde n’est pas à vendre (OWINFS) affirme qu’en plus d’une transformation à long terme de l’architecture globale commerciale et économique, des changements immédiats doivent être apportés à l’OMC afin de donner aux pays plus de marge de manœuvre pour poursuivre un agenda positif pour le développement et la création d’emplois, la sécurité alimentaire, le développement durable, l’accès à des soins de santé et des médicaments abordables et la stabilité financière globale.
After many failed Ministerial meetings and nearly twelve years of negotiations, the Doha Round of WTO expansion is at a crossroads. Developed countries have pushed aside agreements to negotiate on key developing country issues intended to correct the imbalances within the existing WTO, which formed the basis of the development mandate of Doha.
Even worse, developed countries appear to be re-packaging the same liberalization and market access demands of their corporate interests to create a “new trade narrative” towards gaining agreements at the upcoming 9th Ministerial in Bali.
In this statement with specific demands Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS) network asserts that in addition to a long-term transformation of the global trade and economic architecture, immediate changes must be made to WTO in order to provide countries more policy space to pursue a positive agenda for development and job-creation, food security, sustainable development, access to affordable healthcare and medicines, and global financial stability.
