World Trade Organization

Surge in Free-Trade Pacts May Be Seen as Threat to WTO

Seattle Post-Intelligencer / BLOOMBERG NEWS GENEVA -- World Trade Organization Director General Mike Moore warned yesterday that a recent surge in free-trade pacts between countries may be seen as an alternative to the global trading system.

Farmers Fear WTO Will Be a ""Disaster""

The Daily Star In the third of a four-part series, Louisa Follis looks at what joining the WTO might mean for Lebanese agriculture With 195,000 agricultural producers in the country, about 25 percent of the population consists of farmers and their families, directly dependent on the sector. A further 15 percent of people in Lebanon are indirectly dependent on agriculture.

US Cheered by Strong WTO Message on E-Commerce

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday hailed fellow World Trade Organization members for supporting a strong set of principles to govern trade over the Internet. "The WTO has taken a positive step forward in the promotion of e-commerce," U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said in a statement.

Report: Human Rights Can Be Good for Business

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Globalization has created undeniable wealth and millions of jobs but the current system leaves little room for human rights and other social values, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

Australia, NZ Win Key WTO Lamb Battle

ninemsn The World Trade Organisation (WTO) had ruled in favour of New Zealand's case against tariffs on lamb imports into the United States, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. New Zealand and Australia have both been fighting the tariffs that the United States slapped on lamb imports last year to protect its own domestic market.

Police Clash with Protests Outside WTO Meeting

Agence France Presse PARIS, Dec 6 (AFP) - French anti-globalisation campaigner Jose Bove and members of his farmers' union clashed with police Wednesday as they tried to enter a building in Paris where a conference of the World Trade Organisation was taking place.

3 Charged in WTO Protests

The Seattle Times / by Janet Horne Henderson, Seattle Times assistant metro editor Felony charges were filed yesterday against three protesters accused of assaulting police officers during last Thursday's demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the World Trade Organization conference.

Another Party in Seattle

The Toledo Blade City officials in Seattle hardly expected the violence that occurred last year when 50,000 protesters demonstrated against the meeting of the World Trade Organization, sent its delegates reeling out of town, and gave Seattle, long considered a place of laid-back, countercultural charm a huge civic shiner.

GATS: A Monster In The Making

Welcome to Western Australian CITIZENS' VOICE AGAINST GLOBAL CORPORATE CONTROL Newsletter- NOVEMBER 2000 http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/CV8.html#gats GATS: A monster in the making

An Orderly Anniversary for a Great Global Trade Protest

New York Times / By TIMOTHY EGAN SEATTLE, Nov. 30 - For the people in sea turtle costumes, for the masked anarchists, for the protesters on stilts who took a rubber bullet with pride, the Battle of Seattle one year ago today has become the Alamo in their fight against corporate globalization.