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Miami Police Suit Up As Antiglobalisation Protesters Arrive For Americas Trade Summit

Agence France Presse | By CARLOS HAMANN | November 18, 2003 Miami police are suiting up to square off against tens of thousands of antiglobalisation protesters here Tuesday, ahead of a key summit of Americas trade ministers who are vying to establish the world's largest free trade area by 2005.

WTO Negotiators Acknowledge They May Miss Another Deadline

Associated Press | By NAOMI KOPPEL | November 18, 2003 Members of the World Trade Organization conceded Tuesday that they may fail to put their stalled trade negotiations back on track when they meet next month.

U.S. Seeks Separate Free Trade Pacts

Associated Press | By Traci Carl | Nov. 18, 2003 MIAMI - The United States, struggling to negotiate a free-trade area that would stretch from Canada to Chile, announced Tuesday it would seek separate agreements with Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

Honduran Maquila Worker Stands By Her Denunciation of Working Conditions

National Labor Committee | November 18, 2003

Miami Looks to Trade Group to Revive Bank Industry

New York Times | By Simon Romero | Nov. 17, 2003

Governor Says Trade Talks Illustrate Miami""s ""Privileged Role""

Miami Herald | By Christina Hoag | Nov. 17, 2003 Gov. Jeb Bush kicked off the Americas Business Forum this morning, saying that this week's free trade talks are a continuation of Miami's ''privileged role'' in the development of tariff-free commerce in the Western Hemisphere.

FTAA Meeting Called Miami""s Biggest Event

Miami Herald | By Nancy San Martin | Nov. 17, 2003 Of all the mega events South Florida has hosted -- from the World Series to the Super Bowl to a variety of prominent conventions -- this week's Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting in downtown Miami is the most important, an organizer of the event said today.

Dispute Settlement Body Establishes Three Panels

WTO NEWS | November 7, 2003 DS136 & DS162: United States - Anti-dumping Act of 1916 The US said that the US Administration would continue to work with Congress to achieve further progress in resolving this dispute. The EC complained about the lack of progress and added that EC companies were currently facing substantial litigation costs.

Snow Says Bush Still Mulling Steel Decision

Agence France Presse | Nov. 17, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary John Snow said that Washington's steel tariffs ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization "served a useful purpose," but gave no hint on the administration's response to the decision.

Activists Begin Free-Trade Protests

Associated Press | By John Pain | Nov. 16, 2003 MIAMI - Hundreds of anti-globalization activists kicked off demonstrations Sunday as representatives of 34 Western Hemisphere nations started talks on creating the world's largest free trade bloc.