World Trade Organization

Doha: Saving WTO, Killing Democracy

ZNet Commentary | December 04, 2001 | By Vandana Shiva Doha was described by Robert Zoellick, the U.S. Trade Representative, as having "removed the stain of Seattle". Seattle stands as a historical watershed, through which citizens mobilised democratically to respond to free-trade treaties and agendas of corporate globalisation.

EU""s Lamy - Doha a Good Start to Focus WTO on Development as Well as Trade

AFX.COM | December 4, 2001 BEIJING - EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said last month's meeting of WTO ministers in Doha has made an "excellent start" on turning the WTO into a forum focused not only on trade liberalisation, but also on balancing liberalisation with regulation, and on development.

A Trade Deal Built on Sand

American Prospect Online | December 4, 2001 | by Jeff Faux

Next WTO Chief Calls for Sympathy for Poor Nations

Reuters | December 3, 2001 BANGKOK - The next head of the World Trade Organisation urged international agencies and rich countries last week to be more sympathetic to developing nations to speed up the opening of emerging markets.

To the Poor, the Crumbs

Other Words | Porto Alegre 2002 Site Update Newsletter | December 3, 2001 | No.18 At Doha, in order to approve a broad sheaf of measures that favour the already favoured, the US and WTO had to break down the resistance of certain countries of the South. This was done by way of illusory concessions, in an episode where Brazil's position remains far from clear.

Don""t Swallow Their Water Grab

Clauses put forth at the last minute in Qatar could jeopardize the world's clean, safe water Toronto Globe & Mail | November 30, 2001 | by Maude Barlow

WTO Pact Seen Boosting Bush Trade Bill Prospects

Reuters | November 30, 2001 CARACAS, VENEZUELA - This month's successful launch of new world trade talks has improved President George W. Bush's chances of obtaining congressional approval for "fast track" trade negotiating authority, an international business chief said yesterday.

Officials: Quick Start, Negotiating Authority Key to WTO Talks

National Journal's CongressDaily | November 30, 2001 | By William New The 144 countries of the World Trade Organization must "immediately" start substantive negotiations in the new round of trade talks launched earlier this month in Doha, Qatar, a U.S. trade representative said Thursday, National Journal's Technology Daily reported.

WTO Woes: Free-traders agree to a new `round"" of talks in Qatar but not much else.

By: David Moberg | In These Times

8 Months Prison Recommended for Jose Bove Over Destruction of GM Rice Plants

By: Tom Hargrove | PlanetRice.net November 26, 2001 MONTPELLIER, FRANCE--The state prosecutor requested on Nov. 23 that militant farmer Jose Bove be sentenced to 8 months in prison for ripping up a genetically modified rice field at a test laboratory.