World Trade Organization

Wake Up to Trade Reality: Moore

Staff Reporter Patric Lane Opponents of free trade need to wake up and take a reality check, according to World Trade Organisation boss Mike Moore. Mr Moore, a former New Zealand Prime Minister, is in New Zealand on an official visit to update the Government and other political leaders on progress in Geneva.

EU Denounces US Trade Barriers

Agence France Presse | August 1, 2000 BRUSSELS - Companies in Europe continue to face tariff and regulatory barriers when they export to the United States, the Commission of the European Union objected on Tuesday in a report attacking US tactics in a so-called banana war.

Anti-Globalisation Activists Demand New WTO Agreements; Advise WTO to Save Patients, Not Patents

THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL / Shahina Maqbool ISLAMABAD: Anti-globalisation activists on Saturday organised a demonstration against the "secret" visit of the Director General World Trade Organization (WTO) Mike Moore to Pakistan and called for a review of the international trade agreements in accordance with the needs of the developing countries.

Global Labour Standards Pledge

By Edward Alden in Washington With the prospects for future trade negotiations still clouded by the Seattle protests, governments and multinational businesses are launching a series of initiatives to try to counter the charge that trade liberalisation has threatened environmental and labour standards.

Chicken dumping, chicken dumpling

"Philippine Daily Inquirer" By Bernardo V. Lopez

New Zealand Denies Fair Trade Organization Access to Agreements

GATT Watchdog, PO Box 1905, Christchurch Fair Trade Group Seeks Singapore Free Trade Agreement Draft From Singapore Government, Condemns NZ Government Secrecy

Indonesia to File WTO Complaint Over European Anti-Dumping Measures

Agence France Presse JAKARTA, July 25 (AFP) - Indonesian authorities plan to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against anti-dumping measures on Indonesian polyester imposed by the European Commission, a report said Tuesday.

Impact of WTO on LDCs and Net Food-Importing Countries

UNCTAD is organizing an Expert Meeting on the Impact of the Reform Process in Agriculture on LDCs and Net Food-Importing Countries, and Ways to Address their Concerns in Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Geneva, 24 - 26 July 2000. The web site includes the background documents and other information.

Dispute Panel Faults United States for Preemptive Action in Banana Case

WASHINGTON--A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has faulted the United States for changing customs bonding requirements on certain European goods before receiving WTO authorization to retaliate against the European Union's WTO-illegal banana import regime, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced July 17.

India""s Commerce Minister Scores Effects of WTO TRIPS Accord

NEW DELHI--India's Commerce Minister Murasoli Maran has called for redesigning and expanding the mandate of the World Health Organization to eliminate inequities he says are the result of the World Trade Organization's intellectual property rights regime.