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Farm Subsidies Remain WTO Stumbling Block

Wall Street Journal | November 14, 2001 | By Helene Cooper and Geoff Winestock DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at the World Trade Organization meeting here battled late into last night to come up with a deal to launch a new round of trade talks, with French farmers standing in the way.

No Deal Yet for Global Trade Talks

By Paul Blustein | Washington Post | November 14, 2001 Farm Subsidies, Textile Tariffs Are Key Points of Disagreement on Agenda DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at a World Trade Organization meeting continued working through the night in hopes of reaching an agreement on a new round of global trade talks, with France and India threatening to block any deal.

Canada Is a World-Class Trade Bully

Murray Dobbin | National Post Editorial 'Why do they hate us so much?" This question, asked by millions of Americans in the aftermath of the assault on New York and Washington,

Trade Lberalisation Treatens Public Health Systems

By Alex Vass | BMJ Save the Children Increasing foreign investment in the health sector is a "poisoned chalice" for many countries and risks weakening their public health systems, an international children's aid charity has said.

Thai Farmers, Aids Activists March On Us Embassy

By Nicola Bullard, Focus on the Global South BANGKOK, 9 November - In one of the first protests on the international day of action against the WTO, more than 1,500 farmers, jasmine rice producers, trade unionists and HIV/AIDS activists marched from Bangkok's World Trade Centre to the US Embassy.

NO NEW ROUND Draft Text of Final Declaration Released in Doha

IATP has received a copy of the Draft Declaration for the Doha Ministerial. The most important news is NO NEW ROUND. Click the URL to read the Draft Ministerial Declaration.:

South Korean Farmers Stage Violent Anti-Import, Anti-WTO Protest

Agence France Presse | November 13, 2001 SEOUL - Thousands of South Korean farmers, enraged with falling rice prices, staged violent protests here Tuesday against imports and US-led globalization as symbolized by the WTO.

WTO Agreement Appears Near -- Agenda for New Global Talks at Stake

Washington Post | November 13, 2001 | By Paul Blustein, Washington Post Staff Writer DOHA, Qatar -- Officials attending a World Trade Organization meeting here, negotiating feverishly into the early morning, appeared to be nearing an agreement to launch a new round of global trade talks.

WTO Nears Broad Generic-Drug Accord; U.S. May Renegotiate Antidumping Rules

Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2001 | By GEOFF WINESTOCK and HELENE COOPER, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Ag Export Credits Become Bargaining Tool at Trade Talks

Star Tribune (Mpls-St. Paul) | November 13, 2001 The United States is willing to eliminate export credits for its farmers, leaving the European Union (EU) isolated in its insistence on continuing such subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Monday during world trade talks in Doha, Qatar.