World Trade Organization

Chairman""s Statement Casts Doubt on Final WTO Declaration

Inside US Trade | November 15, 2001

Mahathir: Malaysia Support for WTO Talks Depends on Agenda

Wall Street Journal | Dow Jones Newswires | November 15, 2001 KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia will support a new round of World Trade Organization negotiations once a concrete agenda for the talks has been established, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reiterated Friday.

Trade Lberalisation Treatens Public Health Systems

By Alex Vass | BMJ Save the Children Increasing foreign investment in the health sector is a "poisoned chalice" for many countries and risks weakening their public health systems, an international children's aid charity has said.

Canada Is a World-Class Trade Bully

Murray Dobbin | National Post Editorial 'Why do they hate us so much?" This question, asked by millions of Americans in the aftermath of the assault on New York and Washington,

Highllights from BNA of the International Trade Daily

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DAILY Highlights Wednesday, November 14, 2001 ______________________________

No Deal Yet for Global Trade Talks

By Paul Blustein | Washington Post | November 14, 2001 Farm Subsidies, Textile Tariffs Are Key Points of Disagreement on Agenda DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at a World Trade Organization meeting continued working through the night in hopes of reaching an agreement on a new round of global trade talks, with France and India threatening to block any deal.

WTO: No Time to Produce Another Draft of Trade Deal

Reuters | November 14, 2001 DOHA - Time constraints rule out drafting a new version of a text outlining the agenda of a new round of global trade talks, World Trade Organization (WTO) spokesman Keith Rockwell said on Wednesday.

Farm Subsidies Remain WTO Stumbling Block

Wall Street Journal | November 14, 2001 | By Helene Cooper and Geoff Winestock DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at the World Trade Organization meeting here battled late into last night to come up with a deal to launch a new round of trade talks, with French farmers standing in the way.

WTO Ministers Approve Launch of New Trade Round

Agence France Presse | November 14, 2001 DOHA - WTO ministers approved the launch here Wednesday of a new round of talks aimed at lowering trade barriers and sparking a recovery in a faltering world economy. Ministers from the 142-member World Trade Organization backed the new round at the end of a gruelling six days of bargaining here in the Qatari capital Doha.

WTO Meeting Fails the World

Canada NewsWire | November 14, 2001