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For Trade Protesters, ""Slower, Sadder Songs""

By LESLIE WAYNE The New York Times NEXT month, international financial and trade officials will gather in two important meetings -- one in Doha, Qatar, and the other in Ottawa -- to resume a series of talks that were scheduled before, but questioned after, the attacks on Sept. 11.

Second Draft WTO Declaration Confirms Start Of Antidumping Talks

Japan Economic Newswire

Delegates Begin Battle Over WTO Generic Drug Talks

Agence France Presse Delegates preparing this weekend for an upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Doha failed to muster a coherent position on the controversial issue of providing drug access to countries suffering public health catastrophes.

Drug Patent Dispute Poses Trade Threat; Generics Fight Could Derail WTO Accord

The Washington Post | October 26, 2001 | BY Paul Blustein, Washington Post Staff Writer Amid its own efforts to obtain cheap supplies of Cipro to fight the anthrax threat, the Bush administration is battling to keep Brazil and other developing countries from securing broad rights to override patents and lower the prices of drugs for treating AIDS and other illnesses.

US Plans Scaled Back Delegation after Meeting Fixed for Doha

Inside US Trade | October 26, 2001

WTO Members Compromise on Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries

Inside US Trade | October 26, 2001 World Trade Organization members reached a compromise this week on how to handle the special and differential treatment of developing countries in the declaration that will lay out the future WTO work program at the next ministerial, according to trade officials. The issue had pitted developing and industrialized countries against each other.

Canadian Farm Group Chief Wants WTO to Seek ""Green Box"" Subsidy Limits

International Trade Daily | October 25, 2001 | By Daniel Pruzin GENEVA--The head of a Canadian farmers group said Oct. 23 that his association will be pushing for limits on the use of so-called "green box" subsidies as one of its priority goals for the World Trade Organization's negotiations on agricultural trade.

Paper Reveals Collusion Between UK Government and London Financial Service Lobby

Research Paper Reveals Collusion Between UK Government and London Financial Services Lobby

WTO Must Care about Food Safety

Association of European Consumers | By Bengt Ingerstam, president AEC | AEC Newsletter No 6, 2001