World Trade Organization

Charges to Be Dismissed in WTO Arrests

Seattle Times / by Jim Brunner, Seattle Times staff reporter Seattle City Attorney Mark Sidran said yesterday his office would move to dismiss charges in 77 of 100 remaining cases from arrests made during last November's World Trade Organization anniversary protests.

WTO Members Look to Next Phase as Officials Wade Through Ag Plans

Inside US Trade / February 9, 2001 / Vol. 19, No. 6 In advance of a March stocktaking on agriculture negotiations, World Trade Organization members met informally this week to discuss the next phase of talks which is likely to involve more in-depth analysis of the key issues that have been discussed preliminarily through review of proposals tabled by various countries.

Trade: Agriculture Highlights Conflicting Interests at WTO

By Gustavo Capdevila GENEVA, Feb 8 (IPS) - The first negotiations of the year on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agriculture Agreement provides a profile of the array of interests that inspire each bloc of countries when it comes to liberalisation of a sector that trades nearly 600 trillion dollars annually.

Anti-Globalists Turn to Hacking

Associated Press / By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) - The technicians at the World Trade Organization got a bit suspicious when "journalists" in an online press conference went by screen names like "NO-TO-WTO."

Sweden Wants Green, Labour Issues on WTO Agenda

STOCKHOLM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sweden said on Wednesday it would use its European Union presidency to promote a broad world trade liberalisation agenda including environmental issues and workers' rights.

Seattle Protesters Make Me Sick, Says Trade Chief

The Independent-UK / By Andrea Hopkins in Canberra The head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Mike Moore, lambasted antiglobalisation protesters yesterday, saying that they made him want to be sick.

EU""s Mad Cow Plan Must Not Become Protectionism-WTO

Reuters CANBERRA - WTO chief Mike Moore said on Tuesday governments were discussing ways of ensuring an EU plan for isolating mad cow disease did not become a new form of protectionism.

WTO Chief Slams Anti-Global Trade Protesters

Reuters / By Andrea Hopkins CANBERRA, Feb 5 (Reuters) - World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Mike Moore lashed out at anti-free trade protesters on Monday, saying that a new global trade round was a moral imperative in the face of an impending U.S. slowdown.

Over Protest From NGOs, Qatar Chosen To Host 4th Ministerial

Inside US Trade February 2, 2000

Building Confidence in the WTO Secretariat

New Delhi 26 Jan By Bhagirath Lal Das*