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TWN Info Service on WTO Issues (2004)
- G33
paper on Special Safeguard Mechanism
- Report
of TNC meeting of 10 December
- North-South
differences on many issues in WTO NAMA negotiations
- Conclusions
of the Asian workshop on TRIPS and Access to Medicines
- G20
calls for review of Green Box provisions at WTO agriculture
negotiations
- Developing
countries at UNCTAD call for WTO Doha programme to realize,
not just reflect, development
- TNC
establishes negotiating group on trade facilitation, reviews
overall negotiations
- Agriculture
session discusses green box, SSM, export competition
- Agriculture
session begins with members giving views on how to proceed
- Brazil,
India statements at WIPO on the development agenda
- WIPO
to convene meetings on development agenda
- Strong
support from developing countries for development agenda at
WIPO assembly
- Developing
countries' proposal for establishing a development agenda
for WIPO
- NGOs
launch Geneva Declaration and support Development Agenda for
WIPO
- Calls
for major reform of IP system
- Time
ripe for WTO transparency, inclusiveness, orderly procedures?
- Giving
away more policy space under NAMA?
- From
euphoria over Doha talks, to 'ownership' and advocacy?
- WTO
agrees on framework package on Doha talks
- TWN
COMMENT ON WTO's JULY "FRAMEWORK DECISION": The WTO adopted
a Decision on 31 July with frameworks for agriculture and
NAMA, the launch of negotiations on trade facilitation, and
decisions on services, development issues, cotton, etc. For
TWN's Comments on the WTO July Decision, please
click here
- Critical
comments on revised draft text by developing countries
- Strong
disagreements break out at NAMA meeting
- G33
statement for better treatment of SP and SSM in agriculture text
- Members
express frustration at being left out in agriculture negotiations
- West
African countries insist on urgent action on cotton
- Members
at HOD meeting impatient with lateness of revised draft
- North
attempts to split developing-country alliances
- Update
on process and issues on 27 July
- African
Group proposes changes to NAMA text
- Report
on press conference by Indian Minister
- Diverse
positions on agriculture in recent negotiations
- Update
on expected process at WTO General Council
- New
draft text perhaps out on 28 July
- G10
rejects new blue box for the US
- Developing
countries criticize draft agriculture framework
- Analysis
of agriculture section of draft July framework
- Draft
framework text is 'Doha-minus'
- Developing
countries' initial responses to draft July package
- TWN
Comment on draft July package
- G90
meeting hears views on July package from G90, G20, EU and US
- G90
ministerial meeting ends with 'platform' declaration
- ACP
ministers end their meeting with declaration and conclusion documents
- Agriculture
Chair's 'semantic skills' may decide fate of July package
- WTO
agriculture meeting postponed
- Chair
of NAMA negotiations announces intention to use Derbex text as basis of
NAMA part of July package
- Wrangle
continues on the Singapore Issues
- WTO
TNC meeting reveals many areas of differences among members
- UNCTAD
XI ends in a rather good spirit
- G77
and China welcomes UNCTAD XI Consensus but also express disappointment
- UNCTAD
XI consensus declaration adopted after lengthy tussles
- South
leaders launch GSTP round in optimistic mood
- UNCTAD
XI told to break the conspiracy of silence on commodities
- UNCTAD
XI opens with calls for new trade geography of South-South trade
- Cautious
optimism by Brazil and India after G5 meeting
- G20
ministerial communique lays out main principles for agriculture framework
- G20
ministers defend their market access 'elements' approach
- UNCTAD-XI:
GSTP for enhancing South-South trade
- UNCTAD
XI: Developing countries fight for 'policy space'
- GSTP
negotiations to be launched at UNCTAD XI
- G90
mini-ministerial adopts comprehensive proposals on Doha programme
- WTO
agriculture negotiations 2-4 June
- G90
mini ministerial in Guyana
- African
ministers call for 3 Singapore issues to be dropped from WTO work programme
- Drop
Singapore Issues unequivocally, WTO symposium told
- The
twists and turns of the Singapore issues
- "Harmonius"
General Council meeting, but differences remain
- Members
still listening, no breakthrough in WTO Agriculture Week
- Differences
remain on TRIPS and Public Health
- Third
World farmers hit by imports and unfair rules
- UNCTAD
should be allowed to play its proper role
- Singapore
issues downgraded in WTO?
- No
chairs appointed for Singapore issues working groups
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