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Launch of WTO Services Talks Next Year Could Be Threatened, Industry Sources Say

International Trade Reporter / Volume 17 Number 44 The United States and other member countries of the World Trade Organization expect to begin talks early next year on developing new rules to govern global trade in services, but U.S. industry sources said Nov. 1 that the plan is now being opposed by India and Hong Kong--two highly influential members of the organization.

U.S., EU May Wait Until 2001 to Agree to Launch New WTO Trade Talks, Lamy Says

International Trade Reporter / Volume 17 Number 44 European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy Nov. 2 downplayed suggestions that the United States and the European Union were close to agreeing on an agenda for a new round of global trade talks, saying that the two sides may have to wait until late next year to "come together" on the issue.

NGOs Invited to Meet With US Government on Biosafety Protocol

U.S. Government Meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations to discuss the First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP)

WTO, UNEP Call for Improved Cooperation, Establishment of ""Early Warning Mechanism""

GENEVA--The heads of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Environment Program have issued a joint call for improved cooperation between the two bodies, including the establishment of an "early warning mechanism" to head off disputes involving conflicting obligations under multilateral trade and environment agreements.

Ottawa Imposes Anti-Dumping Tariff on US Corn Imports

Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Nov 7 -- Canada announced Tuesday it was imposing a provisional anti-dumping tariff of 1.58 US dollars per bushel on imports of US corn used for animal feed.

Italy Challenges "Substantial Equivalence"

From Nature Biotechnology November 2000 Volume 18 Number 11 pp 1137 - 1138 Italian GMO ban could spread By Anna Meldolesi

China WTO Membership Closer After Talks Breakthrough

By Moyette Gibbons Geneva, Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- China has moved closer to joiningthe World Trade Organization after a ``breakthrough'' in talks on severaldisputed issues, a WTO spokesman said.

Progress in China Talks, to Meet Again in December

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APEC to Discuss Globalization

By DIRK BEVERIDGE, AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) -- Leaders from Asia and the Pacific rim have plenty of worries at a trade summit this week -- high oil prices, political and currency troubles, and opposition to globalization. But unlike recent meetings, there aren't likely to be crowds of activists tearing up the streets over the issues being debated.

Globalization Requires Elimination of Trade Barriers, Says Yeutter

By MICHAEL HOWIE / Feedstuffs Staff Editor PALM SPRINGS, CAL. -- Trade impediments make "no economic sense" in the world we live in today, and "we ought to get them behind us," said Clayton Yeutter in a presentation to the National Renderers Assn. and World Renderers Congress two weeks ago.