Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | yesterday
Prospects for reaching a deal in the eight-year old Doha Round of global trade negotiations were remote; now, they’re truly distant. On Nov. 30, trade ministers of the 153-nation World Trade Organization (WTO) hold their ministerial conference in Geneva , but their agenda doesn’t even mention negotiations. It is officially defined ...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former member of Planing Commission, Anwarul Hoda on Saturday said India's proposal to reform the functioning of the World Trade Organisation is not 'coherent'. The five-point proposal by India has been supported by almost all WTO member countries and formally endorsed by the United States, Europe and China.
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Iraq could get membership in the World Trade Organization by end-2011 if it actively pursues accession, which could help the country's rebuilding efforts by boosting trade and investment, a U.S. official said. Iraq began the accession process in 2004 but has taken only the initial steps
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
As head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy has evolved a famously hardedged style; perhaps just the right one to unlock the stasis of the Doha Round.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
India has proposed urgent reforms in the operation of the World Trade Organization, the Press Trust of India reported Saturday.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
After the Doha Round impasse exposed the internal contradictions in the World Trade Organisation's style of functioning, India has proposed a near-radical package for reforming the world body.
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the run-up to the seventh WTO Ministerial Meeting in Geneva beginning November 30, India has proposed urgent reforms in the functioning of the multilateral trade body.
Southwest Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs.
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | yesterday
WTO_Demo2.jpg , originally uploaded by ntisocl . On November 30, 1999, Capitol Hill became a battleground as police clashed with protesters and the city's downtown core erupted in confrontation . The World Trade Organization had come to Seattle bringing all the world's problems with it -- and exposing plenty of Seattle's along the way. Not every moment was warfare. Much of the protest and activism...
Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua (Free subscription) | yesterday
Indigenous peoples in the Pacific have found the great ocean of Kiwa, a spiritual &cultural home for thousands upon thousands of years. We lived in harmony with our environment and each other; we were self-sufficient and had 100% of our lands, Culture, custom and language. White supremacist, Capitalist Imperialism & genocide shattered that world for many Indigenous peoples in the Pacific last...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Spokesman says trade commissioner has not yet decided whether to attend crucial World Trade Organisation meeting after her unexpected elevation to foreign policy role Trade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her duties as Europe's new foreign policy chief on 1 December, halfway through a critical summit of world trade ministers in Geneva, and will be without a permanent replacement...
Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
From the Telegraph: 1. Smoot-Hawley The most famous act of protectionism took place in the 1930s when the US government, facing the early forces of depression, legislated to impose tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods – some significantly. The act triggered a spiral of retaliatory protectionism across the world, and in the view of some economists, fuelled both the Great Depression and the geopolitical...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Saturday, November 21, 2009 : SEATTLE (PAI)-Ten years ago on Nov. 30, 1999, 50,000 people protested a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. The protests succeeded in delaying the summit's opening day, and contributed to the collapse of plans for a new round of trade negotiations. It was one of those rare moments in history when ordinary people rise up and can no longer be ignored....
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Pascal Lamy - Pascal Lamy is Director-General of the World Trade Organization. GENEVA – Global trade contracted in 2009 at a rate not seen since the Great Depression, and those paying the heaviest price are those who can least afford it. So, when trade ministers from the World Trade Organization’s 153 members gather [...]
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The 2009 report to Congress by the bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) is a call to action for the United States to move aggressively against China’s illegal moves in the global economy and to create an industrial strategy to rebuild our manufacturing base, several experts said today. During a telephone press conference sponsored by the Campaign for America’s...
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