World Trade Organization

Why No One Wins in the Global Food Fight

Washington Post | By Brian Halweil | September 21, 2003 Free trade in food is simple. At least on paper. If Mexico produces corn for $3 a bushel, and the United States can do it for $2, then Mexicans get out of the corn-growing business and eat American corn.

Citrus, Sugar Industries Cast Eye Toward Miami

The Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | September 19, 2003 At first glance, the collapse of global trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, would seem like good news for Florida's citrus and sugar interests -- key state industries that face major regional competition.

Farm Subsidies: To be or not to be?

National Family Farm Coalition | By George Naylor | September 19, 2003 When I met fellow farmers from around the world at the WTO trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, last week, I found that low commodity prices were destroying their rural communities, just like mine.

Cancun Demise Over Singapore Issues Allows U.S. To Avoid Blame

Inside US Trade | September 19, 2003 The decision by the chairman of the fifth ministerial of the World Trade Organization to end negotiations in Cancun on the subject of the Singapore issues has the effect of allowing the U.S. and other developed countries to avoid being blamed for the collapse of talks, according to informed government and private-sector sources.

WTO Loses; Farmers Win

Capital Times (Madison, WI) | September 16, 2003 Any time the World Trade Organization is prevented from furthering the agenda of the global corporations that seek to dominate the economic, social and political life of the planet, it is cause for celebration. So pop the champagne corks, because the news from Cancun is very good, indeed.

After Cancun, Rich Man""s ""Debacle"" Is the Poor Man""s ""Moral Victory""

Washington Post.com | By Jefferson Morley | September 17, 2003 In the United States, the failure of the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to reach a new agreement was seen as a "debacle" that cast a shadow on the future of free trade. The online media in the world's poorer countries had a very different view.

Global talks On Trade Raked As ""One-Sided""

Des Moines Register | By PHILIP BRASHER and JERRY PERKINS | September 16, 2003 The collapse of global trade talks Sunday in Mexico was regrettable, but it was unfair of poor countries to insist on deep cuts in U.S. and European Union farm subsidies without opening their markets to imported food, Iowa lawmakers and farmers said Monday.

WTO Talks Collapse: Global Trade Agenda Unsettled;

Saint Paul Pioneer Press | By JANE BUSSEY | September 16, 2003 w CANCUN, Mexico -- Failed world trade talks in Mexico dashed the free-trade community's hopes for an early victory on global trade.

Can G-21 Succeed In Cancun Negotiations ?

In The Financial Express | bY Ashok B Sharma | Sept 15, 2003 The negotiations till the fourth day of the fifth WTO ministerial meet in Cancun have proved that the developed countries are not ready to reduce their subsidies and support or give market access to the products of the Third World.

Lamy Blames WTO""s ""Medieval"" Structure For Failure Of Cancun Talks

AFX European Focus | September 15, 2003 EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy blamed the World Trade Organisation's "medieval" structure for the collapse of ministerial talks in Cancun, Mexico, on trade liberalisation. "Despite the commitment of many able people, the WTO remains a medieval organisation," Lamy said in speech notes.