World Trade Organization

USTR Official Sees Changes to WTO Dispute Settlement

Inside US Trade | May 25, 2001 A senior U.S. trade official signaled on May 21 that the U.S. would seek changes to the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement system in a new round of global trade talks, and hinted that one possible approach to improving the system would be to establish an alternative framework for multilateral dispute settlement outside of the WTO.

Zoellick Signals Support for Narrow WTO Negotiating Agenda

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 21

Good Foundation Vital for China""s WTO Entry, Not Timing: Supachai

Agence France Presse BEIJING, May 24 - The timing of China's entry to the WTO is less important than ensuring that the foundations for its adherence are well-laid, the next World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general said Friday.

Costa Rica Pressured To Improve Labor Rights By ICFTU

Brussels -- Intimidation in the private sector to stop workers organising, growing wage inequalities and concern over child labour in the agricultural sector. These findings are part of a new report released by the Brussels-based International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

WTO Briefings For Non-Governmental Organizations

The WTO Secretariat is organizing briefings for NGOs on the outcome of meetings of interest to them. The schedule below gives an overview of the briefings that will be held in May and June 2001.

Farm Groups, Firms Seek to Include Trade Laws in Negotiations

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 More than twenty agriculture groups and agribusiness firms have called on President Bush to leave U.S. trade remedy laws on the table for upcoming multilateral and regional negotiations in an effort to counteract a Senate message earlier this month that U.S. trade laws should not be bargaining chits in trade deals.

U.S. Slams WTO Lamb Ruling over Appellate Body Mandate

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 The U.S. this week denounced the World Trade Organization Appellate Body for exceeding its mandate in a ruling against a U.S. safeguard on lamb meat imports that the U.S. said created new obligations for invoking section 201. The Appellate Body said that WTO members must prove that unforeseen developments necessitate the imposition of a safeguard.

EU Business Leader Calls for Limited WTO Round

Inside US Trade

Moore Hails Spirit of Co-operation Among Ministers

WTO Press Release May 18, 2001

The European Union View on Agriculture

United Press International | By ANNA K. HUTCHINSON, Special to UPI Franz Fishler, Austrian-born EU agriculture commissioner, is on a five-day visit to the United States to further negotiations between the EU and United States on agriculture as part of the current round of talks in respect of a further World Trade Organization (WTO) trade liberalization round.