World Trade Organization

Developing Nations Dismayed in WTO Talks over Implementation Problems with Accords

GENEVA--Tensions have emerged in talks at the World Trade Organization on how to address the implementation concerns of developing country members, as delegates from several nations accuse their developed country counterparts of showing little willingness to tackle the issue.

WTO Report Notes Rights Violations

Seattle Post-Intelligencer / By KERY MURAKAMI / SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Mayor Paul Schell had said he wanted both protesters and delegates to be heard at the World Trade Organization conference last fall.

Nations Try to Develop Poverty Plan

Associated Press / Naomi Koppel GENEVA (AP) -- Rich and poor nations, replowing the same territory they did at last year's, riot-torn Seattle trade conference, tried Tuesday to hammer out a United Nations plan to tackle global poverty.

OECD Ministers ""Determined"" to Launch New Trade Round

Agence France Presse / Sue Kendall PARIS, June 27 (AFP) - Ministers of 29 major industrial countries said here Tuesday they are "determined" to work for the launch "as soon as possible" of a new round of global trade talks that fully include the world's poorest nations.

Trading away the public interest: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is holding hearings across the country this week into the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The hearings are in Calgary June 26, Regina the 27th, Winnipeg the 28 and Toronto the 29th. Notice of the hearings was sent out June 7. The column below addresses some of the issues involved.

Rich World""s Trade Ministers Discuss New Trade Round

Agence France Presse PARIS, June 25 (AFP) - Trade ministers from almost 30 industrial countries will discuss prospects for further world trade liberalisation here this week, their first meeting since failing to launch a new trade round in November.

Thousands Attend Geneva Anti-Globalisation Protest

Agence France Presse GENEVA, June 25 (AFP) - As many as 6,000 people took to the streets here Sunday in a demonstration organised by anti-globalisation groups on the eve of the United Nations special world summit on social development.

Rep. Cardin Revives Dole Plan to Create Panel to Review WTO Rulings Against U.S.

WASHINGTON--Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) June 21 introduced legislation that would establish a commission to review dispute settlement decisions taken by the World Trade Organization against the United States.

WTO Members Approve Work Program For Addressing Implementation Issues

GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization have agreed on a work program for addressing the contentious issue of how to deal with the difficulties faced by its poorer members in implementing existing WTO agreements.