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World Trade Organization Watchers See More of the Same

Houston Chronicle | By Jenalia Moreno | Sept. 9, 2003 Protesters and free-traders will converge in the resort city of Cancun, Mexico, Wednesday through Sunday, but it seems unlikely they'll come away with much more than a sunburn, international trade experts believe.

Biological Globalisation Needs to be Checked

NRC Handelsblad | By Wouter van der Weijden | September 7, 2003

Protesters Disagree on Shutting Down WTO

Seattle Post-Intelligencer | By Traci Carl | Sept. 7, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico -- As World Trade Organization ministers from around the world check into high-rise beach hotels this week, protesters meet in ramshackle offices and tent communities, fighting over how they will wage war against free trade.

Developing Nations have Little Hope for Trade Forum

Arizona Republic | By Tessie Borden | Sept. 7, 2003 MEXICO CITY - This week's World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun will pit developing vs. developed countries in the fight over opening a place for small farmers in the world market. Few believe the meeting of trade ministers will yield a real compromise.

A Declaration For A New Direction For American Agriculture And Agricultural Trade

IATP | September 4, 2003 We stand together at the dawn of the 21st century. We stand together as farmers, workers, religious and development organizations, environmentalists and concerned citizens calling for a comprehensive re-examination of the impact of global trade policy on food security, farmers' livelihoods, and local, sustainable food production.

Brazil Seeks To Unite Developing Countries In Anti-Subsidy Fight At WTO

Agence France Presse | By CLAIRE DE OLIVIEIRA | September 4, 2003 BRASILIA -- The government of Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva is appealing for greater solidarity among developing countries attending a WTO conference next week in their fight to tear down trade barriers in the developed world.

WTO May Fail Poorer Nations

http://www.news24.com September 3, 2003 Kuala Lumpur - Expressing pessimism about the next round of global trade talks, South African President Thabo Mbeki suggested on Wednesday that poorer nations link up with anti-globalisation protest groups to win a better deal on international trade.

US Says Not Averse To Unbundling Of Singapore Trade Issues

Asia Pulse | September 3, 2003 NEW DELHI -- The US on Tuesday indicated that it was not averse to unbundling of new trade issues in the face of developing countries' resistance to bringing investment and competition policy into the work programme of WTO.

Activists Fight WTO In Mexico, Hope To Reverse Globalization

Agence France Presse | BY DAVID WILLIAMS | September 3, 2003 Anti-globalization forces are looking to a WTO trade conference in Mexico as a potential milestone in a movement that burst onto the world stage in Seattle in 1999.

Japan Will Fight Proposal To Cut Tariffs, Expand Quotas At WTO Talks

Associated Press Worldstream | BY NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON | September 2, 2003 Japan will oppose a proposal to cut tariffs and expand import quotas at global trade talks next week, Japan's agriculture minister said Tuesday.