F. WTO: "New Issues" (information and analysis)

1. Trade and Investment

• Foreign Investment Regulation in Historical Perspective: Lessons for the Proposed WTO Investment Agreement [MS-Word doc]
  This is the full paper which was presented by Prof Ha Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, at a seminar on investment, organised by TWN in Geneva on 18-20 March 2003. Click for the Summary [MS-Word doc]
• India's WTO ambassador calls for investment issue to be dropped after Cancun
• NGOs call on governments to drop investment issue at Cancun
• WTO is wrong venue for investment negotiations: Report of seminar on 20 March
• Trojan horse to get investment, competition into new round (C.Raghavan) 31 Jan 2001
• EC 'trial balloon' on investment and competition in new round (C.Raghavan) 30 Jan 2001
• New initiatives on investment at WTO (B.L.Das)
• ICs pushing for investment negotiations at WTO (C. Raghavan)
• WTO trade/investment group produces list of issues to study (C. Raghavan)
• South countries flag development issues at WTO investment group (C. Raghavan)
• MAI-type rules would impede development and won't benefit TNCs (C. Raghavan)
• Trade and Investment: Fighting over investors' rights at WTO (Martin Khor)
• Countries need autonomy over foreign investments (C. Raghavan)
• More research on investment issue needed, says Ricupero (C. Raghavan)
• A critical analysis of the proposed investment treaty in WTO (B L Das)

2. Trade and Competition

• WTO competition rules is just global 'welfare' for TNCs (Martin Khor)
• Developing countries resist WTO agreement on 'Competition Policy' (Martin Khor)
• WTO study on competition policy to continue (C. Raghavan)
• WTO competition policy ignores political economy (C. Raghavan)
• Competition group has work programme of sorts (C. Raghavan)
• More level playing field for TNCs? (C. Raghavan)
• Competing views on "competition policy" in the WTO (Martin Khor)
• South's focus on development, TNCs in competition policy (C. Raghavan)

3. Government Procurement

• Behind the talks on transparency in government procurement (C. Raghavan)
• Government Procurement:The real aim of the majors (Martin Khor)
• End game in government procurement study becoming clear (C. Raghavan)

4. Trade and Environment

• US not sure what's biopiracy (C. Raghavan)
• The EU proposal on environmental treaties is trade restrictive (C. Raghavan)
• Developing countries cool to blanket waivers for MEAs (C. Raghavan)
• EC wants high-level trade and environment meet  (C. Raghavan)
• Are universal social standards possible? (Julius K Nyerere)
• ILO backs away from "social label" proposal  (C. Raghavan)

5. Labour Standards

• After Singapore, the battle of interpretations begin: Labour Standards (Martin Khor)
• Barking up the wrong tree: Trade and social clause links (C. Raghavan)

6. New issues in general

• African ministers want clarification of Singapore issues to continue
• African countries against negotiating Singapore issues (M.Khor)
• Prominent speakers criticize 'new issues' at official WTO symposium (C. Oh)
• WTO Goods Council discusses 'trade facilitation' (C. Raghavan)
• African ministers for continuing WTO study process on new issues (M.Khor) 24 Sept 2001
• G77 high level advisory group against new issues at WTO (C.Raghavan) 24 Sept 2001
• LDC ministers not prepared to negotiate on new issues (M.Khor) 28 Jul 2001
• WTO at the crossroads (M.Khor)
• Why South should oppose new issues and new round in the WTO (B.L.Das)
  
• High-level African meet against negotiating new issues at WTO (M.Khor) 2 Jul 2001
• G-15 for priority to 'implementation', against new issues (K.Raja) 29 May 2001
• No new issues in WTO, say India and Malaysia (TWN)
• Don't expand trade system to new issues, advises Ricupero (TWN)
• Malaysian finance minister opposes 'new issues' (Lean Ka-Min)
• The implications of the new issues in the WTO (Bhagirath Lal Das)
• Why we should oppose a new WTO Round (Martin Khor)