World Trade Organization

Doha Ministerial To Be Asked To Address TRIPS And Health Care

Geneva, 2 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) - - The 4th Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization, to be held this November at Doha (Qatar) is to be asked to address the issue of "TRIPs and Health Care".

WTO Lamb Decision Puts Pressure on Bush - Farmers

Wellington, May 2 / NZPA

Only WTO Accredited Persons Allowed to Enter Qatar at Ministerial

from BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest / Vol. 5, Number 16 / 1 May, 2001 Chair of the Qatari group responsible for organising the WTO's Third Ministerial Conference Sheik Hamad bin Faisal Al Thani told reporters on 1 May that Qatar will provide only 4,400 entry visas to persons accredited by the WTO to attend the Nov. 9-13 meeting in Doha, Qatar.

WTO Chair Sends Issues Checklist As Preparation for Doha Ministerial

GENEVA--The chairman of the World Trade Organization's ruling General Council has sent members a checklist of issues to serve as the basis for preparatory talks on the WTO ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar, next fall.

Congress Faces WTO Cap on Farm Aid

Ed Maixner / Farm Progress Washington Bureau Economists told a conference of agricultural news writers Monday that Congress may find its farm assistance spending curbed by the 1995 World Trade Organization agreements when it tries to write a new farm bill.

Trade-Protection Measures Reach Record Levels Despite Liberal Rules

By GRAINNE HEHIR / Dow Jones Newswires BRUSSELS -- Free-trade creed aside, countries are blocking imports through legal measures, according to a new report. "Global use of trade protection measures such as anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguards remains on a clear upward trend," London-based law firm Rowe & Maw states in its 2000 Global Trade Protection report.

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EU, U.S. Agree to End Banana Dispute

Reuters | By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States have agreed to end a long-running dispute over bananas which will lead to the lifting of $191 million of U.S. sanctions on European goods in July, the EU said on Wednesday.

Qatar Says Open To Peaceful Demonstrators At WTOO Meet

GENEVA, April 5 (AFP) - Qatar will allow peaceful demonstrations to take place during a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting in November, officials stressed, quashing fears that authorities would crack down on protests across the board.

Qatar Says Hopes for Peace at WTO Ministers Meet

Reuters / By Robert Evans GENEVA, April 5 (Reuters) - A senior Qatari official said on Thursday his country wanted to offer "an island of peace" for a key meeting of ministers from the 140 members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in November.