Water

WTO Disciplines and Biofuels: Opportunities and Constraints in the Creation of a Global Marketplace

This paper sets forth the range of WTO issues that could usefully be clarified in a debate on how international trade rules apply to the biofuels sector.

Can Aid Fix Trade: Assessing the WTO's Aid for Trade Agenda

The debate about Aid for Trade is important because it fi rmly places questions about aid�how much, to whom, and for what

Concentration Distorts Global Food Markets, New Paper

The growing market power of international food companies is adversely affecting the lives of farmers and consumers worldwide, according to a new paper by a Senior Advisor with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Concentrated Market Power and Agricultural Trade is by Sophia Murphy and published by the EcoFair Trade Dialogue.

The WTO Cotton Crisis and the Crisis in Commodities

WTO Talks Breakdown - Opportunity for a New Approach

IATP Press Release following the collapse of the Doha Round of the WTO.

Five danger signs: The GATS assault on sovereignty and democracy

Five danger signs of GATS' assault on sovereignty and democracy.

NAMA-11 Ministerial Communique, June 2006

NAMA-11 Ministerial Communique

Turning Pollution into Money: Environmental Services and GATS

Several analyses on GATS and water have been published; the focus here is on other environmental services, in particular solid and hazardous waste management. WTO members negotiating environmental services deregulation should be cautious, not least because few countries have regulatory mechanisms in place to protect the public interest.

Draft WTO Texts Show Broad Differences Among WTO Members

The draft texts released today by the WTO on new trade rules for agriculture and industrial products reflect the broad divergences that remain between WTO Members over the Doha Round, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Comments by the NAMA 11 Group of Developing Countries, June 2006

Comments by the NAMA 11 Group of Developing Countries on the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations.