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WTO Moving Toward Anti-Dumping - a Move Fiercely Opposed by Many in US Congress

Reuters | November 12, 2001 DOHA - World Trade Organisation members are edging towards formal negotiations on anti-dumping rules, a move fiercely opposed by many in the U.S. Congress, a senior Japanese official said on Monday.

Third Day of WTO Meeting Shows Advance on Agriculture, Lags on Other Problems

Inside U.S. Trade | November 12, 2001

US Says Farm Export Credits "On the Table" at WTO

Wall Street Journal | Dow Jones Newswires | November 12, 2001 DOHA, Qatar (AP)--The U.S. is willing to put the payments it makes to U.S. farmers "on the table" at any new global trade talks, leaving the European Union isolated in its insistence on keeping farm subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Monday.

EU Isolated on Agriculture as Japan Signals Support for Draft

Inside US Trade | November 12, 2001 DOHA--The European Union is increasingly isolated in its demand that an existing draft declaration on future negotiations in the World Trade Organization be changed with respect to agriculture.

World Trade Body Must Be Transformed To Benefit All The People

From Hira P. Jhamtani, Board Member, Institute for Global Justice, Jakarta | THE JAKARTA POST The fourth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) began Friday in Doha, Qatar, with civil society calling for democratization and a review of the multilateral trading body.

Global Civil Society Broadens and Strengthens Mobilisation against WTO

Information note to the press | November 12, 2001 Qatar - Global civil society broadens and strengthens mobilisation against WTO Success of decentralised mobilisations on WTO in over 40 countries shows deepening and strengthening of the global civil society movement since Seattle.

US Needs New Thinking on Global Trade

Boston Globe | November 12, 2001 | By Robert Kuttner

Domestic Demands Limit U.S., EU Bargaining at Trade Talks as Old Issues Foment Discord

WALL STREET JOURNAL | By HELENE COOPER and GEOFF WINESTOCK | November 12, 2001 DOHA, Qatar -- During a closed-door meeting here Friday, a U.S. trade official made an offer that he said Pakistan shouldn't refuse.