World Trade Organization

Don""t Let the WTO Get Hold of Our Water!

By Ruth Caplan Although activists and developing countries stopped the Millennium Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, negotiations on services and agriculture are going on right now.

Kashmir to Kanyakumari: Bullock Cart Rally Plan Against Farm Imports

DECCAN HERALD BANGALORE, Nov 4 (DHNS) -- The restructured National Farmers Coordination Committee has decided to take out a bullock cart rally from Kashmir to Kanyakumari starting from January second week as a protest against the import of agricultural produce.

Next U.S. President to Inherit Trade Policy Problems

Reuters / Adam Entous and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next U.S. president will face a daunting number of trade policy problems -- from ensuring that China meets its market-opening obligations to heading off a trade war with Europe.

Food-Processing Policy: Processing American Farm Produce

From: Hindu Business Line, New Delhi/Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad / By Devinder Sharma As if the damage from the national agricultural policy is not enough, the government now plans to come out with another national policy -- for the food processing industry. And the next in the trilogy would obviously be a national policy for the biotechnology industry.

Patching Up Morale at the World Trade Organization

New York Times / By ELIZABETH OLSON GENEVA, Oct. 30 - Nearly a year after violent demonstrations in Seattle disrupted the World Trade Organization's meeting of ministers and shredded its image, the group's leader, Mike Moore, is still trying to pick up the pieces.

Trade Liberalisation Still Forging Ahead

The People's Caravan 2000 - Land and Food Without Poisons! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 October 2000 PRESS RELEASE Trade Liberalisation Still Forging Ahead with Dangerous Consequences for Developing Countries

WTO Panel Rules against U.S. Duty Hikes on Lamb Imports

United Press International | By JOHN ZAROCOSTAS GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 24 -- The World Trade Organization, acting on charges made by Australia and New Zealand, ruled Tuesday that U.S. tariffs on lamb imports violate global trade rules.

EU Joins Swiss Call to Clarify Link Between WTO Rules, Environmental Accords

GENEVA--The European Union Oct. 19 joined Switzerland in calling on members of the World Trade Organization to reach a consensus on resolving possible conflicts between WTO rules and global environment agreements.

Canada Says WTO the Only Way on Food Talks

Reuters | by Patrick White QUEBEC CITY - Canada said yesterday that problems affecting agriculture could only be settled through the World Trade Organisation and that those negotiations could only succeed if developing countries were involved.

NGOs Start Campaign Against US Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Geneva, 4 Oct (Chakravarthi Raghavan) -- The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signed into law by the US President, provides illusory benefits to African countries who in exchange are to provide real concessions to the United States and its firms, African civil society groups have said in launching a campaign to alert their governments and public against taking measures required of them