World Trade Organization

WTO Draft Proposal Benefits U.S., Europe, Critics Charge

The Dallas Morning News | By Ricardo Sandoval and Alfredo Corchado | September 14, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico _ Polarized trading blocs wasted little time Saturday in branding a proposed declaration from the World Trade Organization as a gift to the United States and Europe that does nothing for struggling farmers in developing nations.

Incomplete World Trade Organization Agreement Draws Chorus Of Boos

Copley News Service | By Diane Lindquist and S. Lynne Walker | September 14, 2003 U.S. congressmen on Saturday blasted the first draft of a World Trade Organization agreement they had hoped would spur more sales of American food products abroad "There is a long way to go to satisfy U.S. farmers," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

Brazil, India Say WTO Draft Document One-Sided, Favours EU, US

BBC Monitoring International Reports | September 14, 2003 Cancun, Mexico, 14 September: India, along with Brazil, on Sunday (14 September) spearheaded the developing countries' battle at the WTO, attacking the draft document that was seen by them as one-sided in favour of the EU and US and ignoring their interests.

Small-Scale Farmers Decry WTO Policies

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | By SUSAN FERRISS | September 14, 2003 Cancun, Mexico --- Representatives of developing countries lashed out Saturday at the United States and the European Union, declaring that a draft World Trade Organization declaration fails to change trade policies that harm millions of farmers around the world.

WTO Pulls All-Nighter in Search of Deal

Associated Press Online | By NAOMI KOPPEL | September 14, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico - Ministers from the 146 members of the World Trade Organization negotiated into early morning Sunday as they tried to find glimmers of agreement on a free-trade declaration.

Poor Rattle Doors of the WTO Club

The Observer | By Nick Mathiason | September 14, 2003 A growing band of militant Third World states threatens US-EU control of the world trade system.

Farming Worlds Collide At Trade Summit

Chicago Tribune | By Hugh Dellios and Andy Martin | September 14, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico -- Hilario Kauich Canul plants corn each year on land his family has farmed near the Caribbean coast since Mayan times. But now he doesn't understand why the local cooperative won't buy his product anymore.

WTO Subsidies Draft Angers Poorer Nations

Houston Chronicle | By DUDLEY ALTHAUS | September 13, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico -- Protesters wilted in the tropical swelter Saturday but tempers flared inside meeting halls at this Mexican beach resort, where delegates from 148 countries are trying to iron out proposals for a global opening of agricultural and other markets.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick Press Conference September 14, 2003

USTR PRESS RELEASES | SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 CONTACT: RICHARD MILLS/ RICARDO REYES 998-883-3583 (Cancun) * * T r a n s c r i p t * * U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick Evening Press Conference World Trade Organization Fifth Ministerial Meeting Cancun, Mexico September 14, 2003

Cancun Trade Talks Collapse; Poor Blame Rich

Reuters | By Patrick Lannin and Richard Waddington | Sept. 14, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Trade talks critical to the health of the world economy collapsed in Mexico on Sunday after poor states refused to bow to a demand from some rich countries for new rules on foreign investment.