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Talks Collapse At WTO Meeting; Poor Nations Bind Together To Challenge Wealthy Nations

Associated Press | By NAOMI KOPPEL | September 15, 2003 Poor nations united and claimed a new voice in global trade talks, even as their refusal to be pressured by rich nations contributed to the collapse of a crucial World Trade Organization meeting.

A Trade Shipwreck in Cancun

Business Week Online | By Paul Magnusson | September 15, 2003

WTO Talks Fail As Poor Nations Balk

Chicago Tribune | By Andrew Martin and Hugh Dellios | September 15, 2003 After four days in which developing nations made unprecedented demands to be heard, world trade talks imploded Sunday amid allegations that wealthy nations were trying to force their agendas for agriculture and investment upon the rest of the world.

WTO: Great Expectations

Grand Forks Herald | September 15, 2003 Monday European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said Sept. 12 that he expects the United States to agree to reform its 2002 farm bill to follow the lines of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy reform as part of the Doha trade round.

Trade Impasse

Jim Leher News Hour | September 15, 2003 The World Trade Organization conference in Cancun collapsed when delegates from developing nations walked out. Ray Suarez follows up on the weekend's events with Josette Shiner, a deputy U.S. trade representative, and Richard Bernal, the lead negotiator for the Caribbean countries at the meetings.

Derbez Defends Decision To End Ministerial Mid-Day

Inside US Trade | September 15, 2003 CANCUN -- Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez, the chairman of the World Trade Organization's fifth ministerial, defended his decision to bring the conference to a close when he did following criticism from WTO members that he had done so prematurely.

Brazil Says Americas Accord Threatened by WTO Failure

Bloomberg | September 15, 2003 Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar, oranges and coffee, said the collapse of world Trade Organization talks threatens efforts to create a free-trade agreement spanning the Americas.

WTO Draft Proposal Benefits U.S., Europe, Critics Charge

The Dallas Morning News | By Ricardo Sandoval and Alfredo Corchado | September 14, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico _ Polarized trading blocs wasted little time Saturday in branding a proposed declaration from the World Trade Organization as a gift to the United States and Europe that does nothing for struggling farmers in developing nations.

Incomplete World Trade Organization Agreement Draws Chorus Of Boos

Copley News Service | By Diane Lindquist and S. Lynne Walker | September 14, 2003 U.S. congressmen on Saturday blasted the first draft of a World Trade Organization agreement they had hoped would spur more sales of American food products abroad "There is a long way to go to satisfy U.S. farmers," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

Brazil, India Say WTO Draft Document One-Sided, Favours EU, US

BBC Monitoring International Reports | September 14, 2003 Cancun, Mexico, 14 September: India, along with Brazil, on Sunday (14 September) spearheaded the developing countries' battle at the WTO, attacking the draft document that was seen by them as one-sided in favour of the EU and US and ignoring their interests.