Each day the World Trade Organization produces a wealth of information generated by its Members. At the end of 1996 the WTO inaugurated the Document Dissemination Facility (DDF) with the aim of facilitating the distribution of documents via the Internet.
DOHA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Qatar said on Monday it will allow peaceful demonstrations during the next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) which the Gulf Arab state is hosting in November.
The Japan Times
DAVOS, Switzerland (Kyodo) Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said Saturday that Japan should make concessions in the agricultural sector in order to successfully launch a new round of trade talks under the World Trade Organization.
By Robert Evans
GENEVA, Jan 25 (Reuters) - European Commission President Romano Prodi said on Thursday he and World Trade Organisation (WTO) chief Mike Moore were agreed that it was important for the global economy to push for a new trade round.
By Robert Evans
GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Gulf state of Qatar was on Tuesday appointed host of the next ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in November, which could see the launch of a new global trade round.
No. 14 / Monday January 22, 2001 / Page A-2 / ISSN 1523-567X / Regulation, Law & Economics
GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization are set to accept Qatar's offer to host the WTO's fourth ministerial meeting in its capital Doha later this year.
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH NEWS RELEASE / HRWpress@hrw.org (Human Rights Watch)
(New York, January 20, 2001) -- The upcoming meeting of the World Trade Organization should not be held in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar, Human Rights Watch said today.
Fresno Bee
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) bureaucracy has come up with a really bad idea: seeking private donations to help finance an admittedly worthy project, helping poor countries develop the expertise and obtain the finances to defend their rights before a body many believe is run by and for the world's rich countries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With less than 48 hours left in the Clinton administration, the U.S. Trade Representative's office Thursday said it had initiated a study of the possible environmental impact of potential new trade agreements covering services and agriculture.
