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EC Adopts Communication on Precautionary Principle

IFT Daily News | February 7, 2000

Clinton Proposes Corps to Monitor Trade Deals

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) -- President Bill Clinton proposed on Saturday increasing the number of government personnel for monitoring foreign compliance with U.S. trade agreements, particularly China and Japan.

Sweeney Letter on China Vote

Inside US Trade January 28, 2000 Dear Representative:

Clinton Is Beating the Drum for Imports as Trade Fights Loom

The Wall Street Journal By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- GOP Rep. David Dreier of California, a free-trade true believer, remembers the moment well: In the galley of Air Force One, somewhere over South America, he urged President Clinton to say something nice about imports for a change.

Biotechnology: Both Sides Claim Victory in Trade Pact

Science Magazine | February 4, 2000 | Laura Helmuth

Japan to Set Up Team to Prevent Protests at Summit

TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) -- Fearing demonstrators will wreck the Group of Eight summit in July, Japan said on Friday it would set up a special task force to try to prevent a repeat of the protests that disrupted December's world trade talks in Seattle.

Arrogance and Bad Advocacy Rule in Davos and Beyond

Financial Mail (South Africa) Ethel Hazelhurst, Davos WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Developing nations caught in crossfire of globalisation war

Where was the color in Seattle? Looking for reasons why the Great Battle was so white

From: ColorLines February, 2000

The World""s View of Multinationals

The Economist

EU Sets Guidelines for Cautionary Food Trade Bans

Reuters | February 2, 2000 | By David Evans BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled guidelines on how it believes public health can be protected with cautionary trade bans when faced with insufficient or conflicting science.