World Trade Organization

WTO Envoys Agree to Ease Access to Key Drugs

Public Health Outweighs Patents As Deal Paves Way for Broad Trade Talks Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2001 | By Geoff Winestock and Helene Cooper

Developed World Accused of Bully-boy Tactics at WTO

By: Charlotte Denny | The Guardian (London) Vistors to the Greenpeace vessel - apart from a police diver - included EU envoy Pascal Lamy, who called for rules separating trade deals and the environment Photograph: Patrick Baz/EPA Some of the world's poorest nations have complained that they are being browbeaten by developed nations into accepting sweeping free trade talks.

Every Word under the Microscope as WTO Negotiators Seek Deal

By: NAOMI KOPPEL | Associated Press DOHA, Qatar -- Trade ministers were predicting little or no sleep over the next two days as they battled over single words Monday in their attempts to agree on new trade liberalization talks.

NGO Protest Greets WTO""s Doha Session

Walden Bello | BusinessWorld

Domestic Demands Limit U.S., EU Bargaining at Trade Talks as Old Issues Foment Discord

WALL STREET JOURNAL | By HELENE COOPER and GEOFF WINESTOCK | November 12, 2001 DOHA, Qatar -- During a closed-door meeting here Friday, a U.S. trade official made an offer that he said Pakistan shouldn't refuse.

WTO Braces for All-Night Session

Associated Press | November 12, 2001 | BY NAOMI KOPPEL; Associated Press Writer DOHA, Qatar - With a deadline looming, movement on two issues important to the United States raised hopes Monday that the World Trade Organization would clinch a deal allowing a new round of global trade talks to get under way.

Farm Policy at Home Contradicts US Demands at WTO Meeting

Press Release from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy For Immediate Release November 12, 2001 Contact: Mark Ritchie - 01612-644-2728 (cell in Qatar) or Sophia Murphy - 01612-203-5633 (cell in Qatar) WTO Agreement on Agriculture Devastating for US Farmers Farm Policy at Home Contradicts US Demands at WTO Meeting

Rules-based" WTO Bends the Rules for Qatar

Green Delegates to WTO Ministerial Conference Condemn "One-Sided Negotiating Process"