Water

Don""t Swallow Their Water Grab

Clauses put forth at the last minute in Qatar could jeopardize the world's clean, safe water Toronto Globe & Mail | November 30, 2001 | by Maude Barlow

Bush Gives Tight-Fisted Support to Bigger Farm Subsidies

By ELIZABETH BECKER | New York Times WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - President Bush jumped into the debate over American farm policy today, saying he supported generous federal subsidies for farmers as long as those payments stayed within the budget.

WTO Woes: Free-traders agree to a new `round"" of talks in Qatar but not much else.

By: David Moberg | In These Times

8 Months Prison Recommended for Jose Bove Over Destruction of GM Rice Plants

By: Tom Hargrove | PlanetRice.net November 26, 2001 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE--The state prosecutor requested on Nov. 23 that militant farmer Jose Bove be sentenced to 8 months in prison for ripping up a genetically modified rice field at a test laboratory.

The Environmental Implications Of The Doha Text

By: Maude Barlow, the National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians November 26, 2001

Agriculture Progress Key for WTO New Round

United Press International | November 27, 2001 | By SONIA KOLESNIKOV, UPI Business Correspondent SINGAPORE - Progress in negotiations on agriculture issues will have to be made before the next World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting, in two years time, if the overall negotiations are to move forward, trade ministers for Singapore and New Zealand said Tuesday.

Russia Nearer to Joining WTO

Washington Times | November 27, 2001 | Carter Dougherty; THE WASHINGTON TIMES Russia faces its best chance in a decade to join the world's most important club for international trade after years of fruitless negotiations, according to trade officials and business groups.