World Trade Organization

Farm Spending May Push WTO Limits

AgJournal | March 4, 2002

The Poor, Alas, Are Still With Us

New Statesman | By Barbara Gunnell | March 4, 2002

China Overhauls Laws, Regulations to Meet WTO Rules

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY | March 4, 2002

Brazil Brings EU and U.S. Before WTO over Farm Subsidies

Agencia Efe | February 26, 2002 Brasilia - Brazil announced Tuesday that it would file complaints against the European Union and the United States before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for unfairly subsidizing their farmers. Agriculture Minister Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes announced the decision at a news conference on the prospects for the upcoming harvest.

Third World Finance Dries Up

The Observer | By Nick Mathiason | February 24, 2002 Investment in the infrastructure of developing countries has collapsed in the past seven years, threatening the lives of millions of people in the world's poorest countries, writes Nick Mathiason.

USTR Seeks Industry Input on Possible Challenge in Biotech Dispute

Inside US Trade | February 15, 2002 U.S. trade officials met yesterday with representatives of agriculture, food processing and biotechnology sectors in an effort to gauge support for a possible U.S. World Trade Organization challenge to the European Union's three-year hold on allowing new genetically modified organisms onto its market.

Parliament Reversing Doha Gains for India

The Deccan Herald | February 19, 2002 MUMBAI - The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999, which is likely to come up for discussion and passage in the budget session of Parliament, fails to secure the benefits of Doha Declaration and foregoes even those for which India fought so vehemently and successfully.

Suez In Talks With Enron Administrators On Korea,Spain, Mexico Assets

AFX - Asia | February 14, 2002

Veneman Says US to Pressure China on WTO Promises

Reuters | February 14, 2002 KANSAS CITY - The United States will keep up pressure on China to meet its obligations for imports and exports of agricultural goods following its accession to the World Trade Organization last year, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Ann Veneman said this week.

Supachai Says China Will Focus on Commitments, Not Take Lead in WTO

Inside US Trade | February 8, 2002 The incoming director general of the World Trade Organization on Feb. 5 predicted that China's focus in the trade body would be on living up to its accession commitments and avoiding disputes, but that the country could also serve as a bridge between developing and developed countries.