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Villagers Caught in GM Food Battle

Reuters | Sept. 12, 2003 VALLE VERDE, Mexico (Reuters) -- Mexican villagers were caught in the cross-fire of the global battle over biotech food on Friday when rival pressure groups at world trade talks scuffled with each other over how best to feed the poor.

WTO Closes Doors to Workers, Environmentalists and Farmers

Teamster Press Release | Sept. 12, 2003 (Cancun, Mexico) - Non-governmental organizations including the Teamsters, the Sierra Club and the American Federation of Teachers were thrown out of Friday's World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting between U.S. trade representatives, a U.S. Congressional delegation and U.S. corporations including Wal-Mart as well as the National Retail Association.

The Peasants Beyond the Walls

New Statesman September 15, 2003

Mobilsation and Death of a Korean Farmer

Via Campesina | Sept. 11, 2003

Poorer Nations Plead Farmers"" Case at Trade Talks

New York Times | By Elizabeth Becker and Ginger Thompson | Sept. 10, 2003 The world trade talks began here today with the developing nations mounting a quiet revolt in the name of their farmers.

Cancun Day 1, and EU is Already Accused of Backtracking

Independent (London) | Philip Thornton in Cancun | Sept. 11, 2003 The British Government was embarrassed at the high-profile world trade talks by the disclosure that the European Commission was backtracking on plans to cut its massive farm subsidies.

WTO Meeting Finds Protests Inside and Out

Los Angeles Times | By Chris Kraul | Sept. 11, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico - As thousands of anti-globalization protesters marched in sweltering heat, delegates at the opening of global trade talks were urged to spread the benefits of trade to poor countries or watch people in the developing world lose hope of attaining a better life.

"End Cotton Subsidies" Demands Africa

BBC News | Sept. 11, 2003 Several African nations have joined forces to put the issue of cotton onto the agenda of the World Trade Organisation meeting in Cancun. Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali are demanding wealthier countries end subsidies to farmers which they say results in them losing $250m a year in exports.

WTO States in Tough Talks at Cancun Summit

Reuters | Sept. 11, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Ministers got down to hard bargaining on Thursday aimed at reigniting World Trade Organization free trade talks stalled by a stand-off between rich and poor nations over farm subsidies.

Trade Ministers Grope for Consensus, Activists Mourn Death of Militant

Agence France Presse | Sept. 11, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) - WTO ministers groped for consensus on key issues holding up a new global trade accord as activists mourned the suicide of a South Korean anti-WTO protester.