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WTO Loses; Farmers Win

Capital Times (Madison, WI) | September 16, 2003 Any time the World Trade Organization is prevented from furthering the agenda of the global corporations that seek to dominate the economic, social and political life of the planet, it is cause for celebration. So pop the champagne corks, because the news from Cancun is very good, indeed.

Global talks On Trade Raked As ""One-Sided""

Des Moines Register | By PHILIP BRASHER and JERRY PERKINS | September 16, 2003 The collapse of global trade talks Sunday in Mexico was regrettable, but it was unfair of poor countries to insist on deep cuts in U.S. and European Union farm subsidies without opening their markets to imported food, Iowa lawmakers and farmers said Monday.

Falling Int""l Prices Hit Coffee Growers In Developing Nations""

In The Financial Express | By Ashok B Sharma | Sept 15, 2003 The current nature of global trade has affected coffee exporters of developing countries. Global prices of unprocessed coffee have fallen by 70 per cent since 1997 causing a loss in foreign exchange earnings of developing countries by $ 8 billion, estimates a study conducted by the Oxfam International.

Can G-21 Succeed In Cancun Negotiations ?

In The Financial Express | bY Ashok B Sharma | Sept 15, 2003 The negotiations till the fourth day of the fifth WTO ministerial meet in Cancun have proved that the developed countries are not ready to reduce their subsidies and support or give market access to the products of the Third World.