World Trade Organization

Withstanding Pressures For New Round, A Major Challenge For South

By Martin Khor Third World Network March 15 March Withstanding pressures for a New Round of trade negotiations with new issues is one of the major challenges and priorities for developing countries at the World Trade Organisation, according to several Ambassadors from the South.

Agricultural Product Liability and GMOS

EU farmers liable for GM damage

Zoellick Says July too Early for U.S. Decision on WTO Round

Inside US Trade | March 16, 2001 In a meeting last week with European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick signaled that the U.S. would not be ready by July to decide whether there is sufficient agreement among trading partners to go forward with a new trade round in the World Trade Organization, informed sources said.

Zoellick, Lamy Review Possible Topics for New Round in WTO

Inside US Trade | March 16, 2001

U.S. Cuts Back Agriculture Demands for China WTO Entry

March 16, 2001 / Inside US Trade / Vol. 19, No. 11 The U.S. has floated a new proposal aimed at breaking the impasse in negotiations on China's accession to the World Trade Organization by allowing China greater leeway on limits to domestic subsidies to farmers, according to informed sources.

WTO Upholds France""s Ban on Asbestos

REUTERS | March 13, 2001 GENEVA - The World Trade Organization (WTO) appellate body ruled yesterday that France was justified in banning imports of goods containing white asbestos, rejecting a Canadian bid to have an earlier finding overturned.

WTO Members To Begin Informal Talks For Qatar Ministerial

WTO MEMBERS TO BEGIN INFORMAL TALKS FOR QATAR MINISTERIAL _______________________________________________ Date: March 9, 2001 - Inside US Trade -

Response from NGOs on Water Classification in GATS

RESPONSE ON WATER CLASSIFICATION IN "COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATES GATS 2000: Environmental Services" S/CSS/W/38 March 6, 2001 Submitted by Alliance for Democracy Center for International Environmental Law, Friends of the Earth, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Public Citizen Submitted to Mr.

A Voice for the WTO""s Have-Nots

BusinessWeek Online / Interview by Mark L. Clifford in Hong Kong

Rice Growers Cool to U.S. WTO Challenge against EU to Help One Firm

Inside US Trade / Vol. 19, No. 9