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Can-do at Cancun is Actually Can""t

The Guardian (London) | By Duncan Green | June 23, 2003 The world's trade bureaucrats seem gripped by acute historical amnesia as they prepare for September's global trade summit in Cancun, Mexico.

Hundreds in Sacramento Protest Bioengineered Food

Los Angeles Times | By Kathleen Flynn and Joel Rubin | June 23, 2003 SACRAMENTO -- Hundreds of protesters knotted this city's downtown core Sunday on the eve of an international agricultural conference that has become the latest showdown over genetically modified crops and U.S. corporate farming.

First Day Of Conference, Second Day Of Protests

Associated Press | By KIM BACA | June 23, 2003 Agriculture ministers from around the world gathered Monday for the first day of a conference on genetically engineered farming as police braced for a second day of protests.

How Do You Say Ticktock In Spanish?

Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | June 22, 2003 With just five months left before Miami is scheduled to host the region's trade ministers for a summit, organizers are still scrambling for the bulk of the $12 million needed for the event.

UK Hypocrisy At The WTO Will Hurt Poor Countries

CAFOD and South Centre | June 20, 2003 The Catholic aid agency CAFOD and the South Centre, a Geneva-based think tank for developing countries, say in a new report published today that the British government's policy on investment at the World Trade Organisation risks harming the Third World.

Talks Collapse on U.S. Efforts to Open Europe to Biotech Food

New York Times | By David Leonhardt | June 20, 2003 Washington--Talks between the United States and the European Union over opening up Europe to genetically modified foods broke down in Geneva today, the Bush administration announced, heightening trans-Atlantic tensions.

Joint Statement Between The United States and Brazil on FTAA

USTR | June 20, 2003 The United States and Brazil resolve to create a closer and qualitatively stronger relationship between our two countries. It is time to chart a newly purposeful direction in our relationship, guided by a shared vision of freedom, democracy, peace, prosperity, and well-being for our peoples, in order to promote hemispheric and global cooperation.

Hong Kong and China to Sign Pact Easing Trade

New York Times | By Keith Bradsher | June 17, 2003 HONG KONG, June 16 - Top officials from mainland China and Hong Kong will sign a free trade agreement on June 30 that will eliminate all tariffs on many goods and remove restrictions on trade in many services, Hong Kong's leader announced this evening.

Mobilization Against the WTO Mini-Ministerial in Montreal

resisteomc@resist.ca | June 17, 2003

WTO Chief Sets Up Advisory Bodies With Business, NGOs to Boost Dialogue

WTO Reporter | By Daniel Pruzin | June 17, 2003 GENEVA--World Trade Organization Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has set up two new informal advisory bodies with business and non- governmental organizations (NGOs) to facilitate dialogue on issues of common interest.