World Trade Organization

WTO""s Moore Says Shooting Unrelated to Meeting

Reuters | November 7, 2001 DOHA - World Trade Organization chief Mike Moore said a gun attack on an air base in Qatar used by U.S. warplanes Wednesday was not related to a meeting of the WTO due to start in the Gulf Arab state Friday. "This is a very, very sad incident, but it is unrelated to the conference," Moore told Reuters.

Developing Nations Plan ""Common Front"" at WTO

Reuters | November 7, 2001 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said on Wednesday that developing countries planned to put up a common front at the World Trade Organization (WTO) summit opening in Doha on Friday.

Kenya; Arm-Twisting Ahead of WTO Talks

By: Paul Redfern | Africa News Even before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting begins, the European Union and the United States are being accused of bullying poor African and Asian countries into a new round of trade talks the don't want. The Western weapons are threats of aid withdrawal and promises of cheap life-saving drugs.

France Has Concerns About Doha Meeting

AP Worldstream PARIS Trade Minister Francois Huwart said Wednesday that France refuses to accept that subsidies for agricultural exports be wiped away at trade talks this week.

China""s WTO Entry, Trouble for ASEAN

BusinessWorld | November 7, 2001 | By May Czarina A. Baetiong First of two parts During a recent press briefing by a local electronics group, grim-faced officials took turns in explaining why the once double-digit strong sector would end up with a 15% drop in revenues this year.

Serious Conflicts Threaten Trade Talks

By: William Drozdiak and Paul Blustein | Washington Post GENEVA: The threat of terrorism will be hanging in the air when ministers from the World Trade Organization's 142 member countries gather later this week in the Persian Gulf sheikdom of Qatar. So will the threat of another failure.

Protest Rally In Indian Capital Against WTO Talks

Agence France Presse Thousands of people from opposition political parties Tuesday staged a rally in New Delhi urging the Indian government to resist making new concessions under any fresh WTO trade pact.

Bangladesh and the WTO-Draft

United News of Bangladesh | Dhaka, Nov 4 Bangladesh will seek more efforts from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for arresting further marginalisation of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), hit hard by multilateral trading system for the last few years.

China""s Foreign Trade Minister To Lead Delegation To WTO In Qatar

New China News Agency Beijing, 4 November: Shi Guangsheng, Chinese minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, will head the delegation of the Chinese government to the fourth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be held from 9 to 13 November in Doha, Qatar, Xinhua learned here Sunday 4 November .

WTO Ministers To Meet In Doha To Try To Launch New Round

By: Natsumi Mizumoto | Japan Economic Newswire Ministers from 142 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) will meet in Doha, Qatar, next Friday in an effort to wrap up months of discussion and launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations.