World Trade Organization

Responsible Regionalism

The Economist Progress towards free global trade must not be side-tracked by bilateral or regional trade agreements

Seattle One Year On: Activists Celebrate, Hopes Fade for New WTO Talks

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (AFP) - Activists on Thursday marked the first anniversary of huge protests in Seattle, Washington, which shocked a WTO ministerial conference and galvanized a worldwide movement against economic globalization.

WTO After Seattle

The Seattle Times / Editorial WHAT has it mattered to America that thousands came to Seattle a year ago to protest the World Trade Organization?

A Year Later, Seattle Still Feeling Effects from WTO Protests

By LUIS CABRERA / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer SEATTLE -- This will not be another Seattle. Mayors from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. to Los Angeles have made that vow as they braced for the same virulent outpourings of protest that thrust Seattle onto the world stage in a cloud of tear gas during last year's World Trade Organization meeting.

Trade: The Farm Subsidy Controversy

By William Dhlamini JOHANNESBURG Nov 24 (IPS) - In a new round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) global trade talks, the European Union is likely to agree on a phase-out of its farm subsidies only if it wins concessions in other areas, says UK trade minister Richard Caborn. The UK trade minister is in SA to attend the third UK-SA partnership week.

WTO Falling Victim to Its Own Success

The Japan Times / EDITORIAL / By BRAD GLOSSERMAN, Staff writer

Indian Farmers on the War Path

New Delhi 19 November 2000 The Real Green Revolution has begun: Indian Farmers on the War Path

United States Presents Agricultural Market Access Proposal at the WTO

For Immediate Release Contact: USTR, Brendan Daly November 17, 2000 (202) 395-3230 USDA, Andy Solomon (202)720-4623

Farm Bureau Regrets EU Targeting of U.S. Agricultural Products

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2000 -- American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman has expressed regret that European officials today released a list of American exports to Europe that are targeted for possible retaliation in the Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC) trade dispute.

WTO Announces On-line Discussions

The WTO is pleased to announce a new on-line discussion area called "WTO Forum" on its website. We will be having regular discussions in which we encourage you to enter and give your views. You will have the opportunity to participate in discussions on WTO topics which are initiated by the WTO, or to start your own discussions on WTO topics of your own choosing.