The Vancouver Sun | By Ben Bradshaw | July 21, 2003
A troubling detail accompanying the release of the UN Human Development Report for 2003 makes it clear why farm subsidies are hard to defend: Every European cow gets a $3-a-day subsidy whereas 40 per cent of Africans live on less than $1 a day.
The Guardian | By Charlotte Denny | July 21, 2003
The European Union will today raise the stakes in vital global trade talks when it adopts a hardline negotiating stance for September's World Trade Organisation meeting in Cancun, Mexico.
The Toronto Star | By Luke Eric Peterson | July 22, 2003
Exactly when is a victory a "victory" in the campaign against unfettered economic globalization?
As protesters gather next week in Montreal at a meeting of world trade ministers, they can be forgiven for feeling more than a vague sense of deja vu.
Deutsche Presse Agentur | July 22, 2003
European Union policymakers are unrepentant: the bloc's recently-approved rules on the strict labelling of genetically modified (GM) food and crops will go into effect next year, they say, regardless of what America thinks.
Agence France Presse | July 22, 2003
Russia is in the final stages of negotiations to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO), Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov said Tuesday.
Agence France Presse | July 22, 2003
European Agriculture ministers on Tuesday officially adopted new rules on the labelling of genetically modified (GM) food products, European Union sources said.
The decision opens the way for the EU to lift its ban on GM products, which has been in place since 1999.
The Guardian | By Charlotte Denny | July 15, 2003
Backbench MPs warned Patricia Hewitt that deadlocked global trade talks could end in a repeat of the disastrous Seattle meeting unless Europe drops demands for negotiations on new issues such as investment.
Agence France Presse | July 18, 2003
The World Trade Organisation on Friday published an initial draft of key decisions that ministers will need to make at an upcoming meeting in Mexico to revive stalled global trade talks.
Associated Press | July 11, 2003
WASHINGTON - America's trade deficit, on track to set an all-time high this year, edged up slightly to $41.84 billion in May as imports of foreign cars, televisions and business equipment all showed big gains.
Agence France Presse | July 14, 2003
Less than two months before a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting, the organisation's top official on Monday urged countries to begin negotiating in earnest to find compromises in ailing global trade negotiations.
