World Trade Organization

Limited Progress In Attempt To Revive Doha Talks

The final countdown starts today for efforts to revive the Doha global trade round, after two days of talks in which World Trade Organisation members have made only limited progress in resolving their most stubborn differences.

WTO Treaty Talks Close To Collapse

Key mediators warned yesterday that failure to agree on a draft of a global trade treaty at next week's gathering of the World Trade Organisation could doom the talks indefinitely.

Farm Subsidies and Africa: Cotton's Not King

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota It is increasingly asserted that American and European agricultural subsidies inhibit prosperity in the developing world, particularly in Africa. Critics argue that rich nations have aggressively dismantled trade barriers on industrial goods, yet shamelessly refused to do so for agriculture, where many African nations would have a comparative advantage.

Developing Countries Demand Changes As Obstacles Mount In Trade Talks

Developing countries have called for "important changes" to the World Trade Organisation's attempt to relaunch deadlocked global trade talks by an end-July deadline, it emerged Thursday.

Japan To Hang Tough On Tariffs At WTO

Worried that too few of its farm products may be exempted from massive tariff cuts, Japan plans to keep up the pressure on other World Trade Organization members as they try to hammer out a multilateral trade agreement.