World Trade Organization

China Lodges First WTO Complaint

AP Worldstream | March 15, 2002 Three months after joining the World Trade Organization, China said Friday it has asked the body to arrange talks over a U.S. decision to impose tarrifs on steel imports.

Trade Gains Are What The Poor Need

The International Herald Tribune | By Mike Moore | March 14, 2002 In a precarious world, development is a key security issue. The UN Conference on Financing for Development, to be held in Monterrey, Mexico next week, is the most important opportunity for addressing global inequities in years.

WTO governments pledge 30m Swiss francs for developing countries

WTO governments pledge 30m Swiss francs to help developing countries in new trade round WTO member governments promised, on 11 March 2002, to double the targeted 15 million Swiss francs to help developing countries participate in the Doha Development Agenda.

Ag Groups Fear Retaliation Against Steel Imports Decision

National Journal's Congress Daily Thursday, March 7, 2002 Ag Groups Fear Retaliation Against Steel Imports Decision

Canada Launches WTO Challenge to U.S.

Wall Street Journal | March 7, 2002

Poverty Tops Lawmakers"" Concerns in Post WTO China

Reuters | March 6, 2002 | by Tamora Vidaillet BEIJING - From north to south and east to west, delegates at China's annual session of parliament are echoing themes that resonate across the vast country - how to end poverty and corruption and what hardships membership of the world trade bloc will bring.

China to Ratifiy Biosafety Protocol

China Daily | by ZHANG YONG | March 5, 2002 China is to ratify an international convention on biosafety to further regulate the country's development and implementation of modern biotechnologies, according to the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

Water Incorporated; The Commodification Of The World""s Water.

Earth Island Journal | Maude Barlow | March 22, 2002 We would like to believe that there is an infinite supply of fresh water on the planet, but that assumption is tragically false. Available fresh water amounts to less than half of one percent of all the water on Earth. The rest is seawater or polar ice. Fresh water is renewable only by rainfall.

EU Tables Proposals on Access to Medicines for Developing Countries with No Drug Production

European Commission | Press Release | March 5, 2002

From Protest to Politics: A Report from Porto Alegre

The Nation | By Marc Cooper | March 11, 2002