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Plan to Open EU Markets to ""Everything but Arms"" from Poorest Countries

This is a communication from the Trade Directorate-General of the European Commission The European Commission has proposed opening its markets to all goods except arms from the world's poorest countries. Its proposal to the Council of Ministers would grant duty-free, quota-free access for products from the 48 Least Developed Countries.

Trade Treaty Dilutes Our Sovereignty

New Zealand Herald | September 20, 2000 | By JANE KELSEY * Imagine the Government has announced a law that would prohibit any future government from ever reintroducing tariffs on anything, while it concedes that more factories will close and workers, mainly Maori and Pacific Island women, will lose their jobs as a result.

Contaminent Found in Taco Bell Shells

FOOD SAFETY COALITION DEMANDS RECALL BY TACO BELL, PHILIP MORRIS Genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption may be in other products, too

IMF Outlook Report to Open Money Meetings in Prague

Agence France Presse PRAGUE, Sept 19 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund is set to unveil its closely watched economic outlook report here early Tuesday, launching the first annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in a former bastion of Communism.

Poverty Soars in Transition Countries in Europe, Central Asia: World Bank

Agence France Presse PRAGUE, Sept 19 (AFP) - Poverty has soared in the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia, while inequalities have also increased in some former Soviet states, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday.

WTO: EU Wants Disciplines for All Forms of Export Subsidization

from the EU web site

Will the WTO "Choke" on Asbestos?

CIEL, WWF-International | September 19, 2000 HEALTHY RESULT, TOXIC LOGIC

Farmers Hit with Drought, Low Prices

By KEVIN O'HANLON, Associated Press Writer GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Husker Harvest Days is supposed to be a celebration of Nebraska's farm industry, but most farmers attending the event this year have little to smile about because of drought and low commodity prices.

Anti-Globalization: Czech Republic Mixes Mind with Muscle

Agence France Presse / Jan Tucek PRAGUE, Sept 18 (AFP) - Czech President Vaclav Havel has adopted a velvet glove approach to defuse any new, explosive anti-globalization protests when IMF and World Bank officials gather here for their annual meeting next week.

World Bank, IMF Policymakers Meet Amid Good Times, Bitter Protests

Agence France Presse / Nathaniel Harrison WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (AFP) - Sober-suited World Bank and IMF policymakers open an annual round of discussions next week in Prague, where their projections of flourishing global growth will be bitterly dismissed by protesters who insist the two institutions do more harm than good.