International

IATP comments on final WTO Hong Kong declaration

Development left behind in WTO agreement in Hong Kong: Deal disguises failure to promote development, help farmers and workers. A watered-down agreement announced late last night by the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the Hong Kong ministerial reflects the struggles of a deeply flawed Doha Round that is far off-track, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Green Rooms Begin with Weak Texts

Green Rooms Begin with Weak Texts Hong Kong – The U.S.-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy offered this initial comment on the World Trade Organization negotiating texts on agriculture and services distributed late on December 16th.

Debunking the Development Package

The Hong Kong development package is a guise for further impoverishment of developing economies, those hardest hit by liberalization. A point-by-point rebutal from IATP.

New Briefing Report on Agriculture and the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial

When the World Trade Organization meets next month in Hong Kong, agriculture negotiations will take center stage. Negotiators are far apart with only a few weeks to find common ground. A new briefing report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) outlines the key agriculture issues facing WTO negotiators.

U.S. Agriculture Proposal Falls Short at the WTO

A proposal for new agriculture trade rules made today by the U.S. Trade Representative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) includes nothing to benefit developing countries. The proposal contains provisions and escape hatches that would continue a damaging farm policy that hurts family farmers in the U.S.

The WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

Prepared for the Decision Making in the Global Market program at Consumers International.

Will the Doha Round Help End Global Poverty

As civil society organizations from around the globe unite to call for action against poverty, government trade officials are immersed in negotiations to establish the next "round" of multilateral trade talks. These trade rules must support poverty eradication.

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO

United States Dumping on World Agricultural Markets

Fact sheet based on the report "WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Decade of Dumping," a Feb. 2005 update of the 2001 paper "United States Dumping on Agricultural Markets." This fact sheet is excerpted from IATP's report Sailing Close to the Wind: Navigating the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial.  

WTO Agreement on Agriculture: A Decade of Dumping

The February 2005 update to "United States Dumping on World Agricultural Markets" documenting continued dumping of commodities by U.S. agribusiness on global markets.