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The World Trade Organization
The WTO is ostensibly designed to facilitate the flow of global trade. How well does it fulfill its function? What have been some of its important recent actions? What issues is it currently considering? What do critics have to say about the WTO? How well-founded are their accusations?
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Cancun diary: opposition from the world's poorest countries derails the World Trade Organization's fifth ministerial meeting. Tom Turner.
Earth Island Journal Wntr 2004 v18 i4 p34(4) (2622 words)
F.T.A.A. MEETING ENDS EARLY WITH LIMITED AGREEMENT.
NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs Dec 5, 2003 p0 (3354 words)
EU sticks to farm trade guns in WTO. Little new since Cancun
Agra Europe Nov 28, 2003 i2082 pEP/1(3) (1140 words)
International trade. Think Again Arvind Panagariya.
Foreign Policy Nov-Dec 2003 i139 p20(6) (3181 words)
Globalizing resistance in Cancun. Update/WTO Teo Ballve.
NACLA Report on the Americas noviembre-diciembre 2003 v37 i3 p16(4) (2231 words)
Cancun a cause for celebration: for once, the developing world found its voice and would not allow itself to be trodden over by the richer countries at the WTO conference in Cancun, Mexico (10-14September). In the ashes of Cancun rose a new lobby group for the poor--the G21. It was a cause for celebration. New African Market Moin Siddiqui.
New African Nov 2003 i423 p64(3) (1601 words)
O action in Cancun: a rope twined of many strands can pull down a wall. Activism
off our backs Nov-Dec 2003 v33 i11-12 p9(3) (1791 words)
The WTO meets in Cancun. World Trade Organization
World and I Nov 2003 v18 i11 p38 (3506 words)
U.S. to request dispute panel for rice.
Western Farm Press Oct 18, 2003 v25 i17 pNA (1012 words)
REGION FEELS PRESSURE OF FREE-TRADE DISAGREEMENTS WITH U.S.
NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs Oct 2, 2003 p0 (2085 words)
The collapse at Cancun: a frontline report on the failed WTO negotiations. The Collapse At Cancun Martin Khor.
Multinational Monitor Oct 2003 v24 i10 p25(5) (3638 words)
Free trade is war. Naomi Klein.
The Nation Sept 29, 2003 v277 i9 p10 (992 words)
Going Up In Flames. Jeffrey E. Garten.
Newsweek International Sept 29, 2003 p38 (2190 words)
The public health implications of world trade negotiations on the general agreement on trade in services and public services. (Viewpoint) Allyson M Pollock, David Price.
The Lancet Sept 27, 2003 v362 i9389 p1072 (4085 words)
Key issues in the World Trade Organization negotiations on agriculture. (Proceeding). Tim Josling. American Journal of Agricultural Economics August 2003 v85 i3 p663(5) (3323 words)
Developing countries and the world trade organization negotiations. (Proceedings). Richard R. Barichello, Alex McCalla, Alberto Valdes. American Journal of Agricultural Economics August 2003 v85 i3 p674(5) (3409 words)
Regional agreements and the world trade organization negotiations. (Proceedings). Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla, Sherman Robinson, Johan F.M. Swinnen. American Journal of Agricultural Economics August 2003 v85 i3 p679(5) (3191 words)
Challenges facing the World Trade Organization negotiations on agriculture. (Proceedings). M. Ann Tutwiler. American Journal of Agricultural Economics August 2003 v85 i3 p684(2) (698 words)
Supplement: China - Balance Of Trade - China Is Receiving A Mixed Reaction To Its First Year Of World Trade Organization Membership But Maintains That It Achieved A Basic Balance Between Imports And Exports. The Banker May 1, 2003 pNA
China in the WTO: the new powerhouse of the world economy makes steady progress toward WTO compliance. (International Section). Fay Hansen. Business Credit May 2003 v105 i5 p59(4)
In U.S.-EU dispute over whether U.S. Foreign Sales Corporations (FSCs) and similar arrangements constitute improper subsidies, World Trade Organization permits EU to suspend tariff concessions and to impose additional duties on U.S. products adding up to $4 billions as sanctions against U.S. unless it repeals FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act of 2000 (ETI Act). International Law Update May 2003 v9 i5 pITEM03151008
EU/INDIA: WTO REVERSES RULING, TURNS AGAINST EU ON BED LINEN CASE. (European Union, World Trade Organization; dumping ruling) European Report April 12, 2003 p502
Federalism in the 21st century: globalization adds a new tier to state and federal relationships. (trade). Mark C. Gordon. State Government News April 2003 v46 i4 p6(4)
Collateral damage: war in Iraq may affect Doha Round of trade negotiations. (Cover Story). William Armbruster. The Journal of Commerce March 31, 2003 v4 i13 p14(3)
Opening doors to research: a new global patent regime for pharmaceuticals. Jean Olson Lanjouw. Brookings Review Spring 2003 v21 i2 p13(5)
Talk Isn't Cheap. (World Trade Organization conferences) William Dobson, Melissa Roberts.
Newsweek International Nov 25, 2002 p49
The World Trade Organization Kibosh on a U.S. Tax Break; Europe has won the right to levy an annual $400 million in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods. Here's what that decision means. (NEWS ANALYSIS)(Column) Business Week Online Sept 3, 2002 pNA
U.S. to appeal WTO ruling on Byrd amendment. (Washington). (World Trade Organization)(Brief Article) The Food Institute Report July 22, 2002 p10
Canada's dairy subsidies 'illegal'. (Canada). (World Trade Organization ruled that Canada's farm subsidies were illegal; New Zealand pleased)(Brief Article) Agra Europe June 28, 2002 pN/4(1)
Bush threatens trade war over GM stance. (Food Industry Report). (US and the EU is looming over European plans to bring in new labelling laws requiring compulsory labelling on all food containing Genetically Modified (GM) ingredients or derivatives)(Brief Article) Eurofood May 23, 2002 p19(1)
WTO ruling throws trade relations up in the air. (News analysis). (World Trade Organization)(Brief Article) International Tax Review Feb 2002 v13 i2 p5(1)
The Doha development agenda. Anne McGuirk. Finance & Development Sept 2002 v39 i3 p4(4)
Learning from Doha: a civil society perspective from the South. (Global Insights). (Fourth Ministerial of the World Trade Organization, held in Doha, Qatar, November 2001) Walden Bello. Global Governance July-Sept 2002 v8 i3 p273(7)
Trade challenges. (OAS). (Brief Article) Janelle Conaway. Americas (English Edition) May-June 2002 v54 i3 p57(1) Mag.Coll.: 111A0452.
A Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson interpretation of the labor-environmental coalition in Seattle. Robert E. Kohn. Atlantic Economic Journal March 2002 v30 i1 p26(8) Bus.Coll.: 139S2163.
Doing the Doha Shuffle: at a WTO meeting, nations agreed to break pharmaceutical patents during emergencies. Or did they? (World Trade Organization meeting in Doha, Qatar) Carlyn Kolker. American Lawyer Feb 2002 v24 i2 p61(2)
From the suites to the streets: the unexpected re-emergence of the "labor question," 1994-1999. John D. French. Labor History August 2002 v43 i3 p285(21)
Serving up the Commons: A Guest Essay. Tony Clarke. Multinational Monitor April 2001 v22 i4 p14
Globalization From Below : INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IS THE KEY TO CONSOLIDATING THE LEGACY OF SEATTLE. (grassroots social movements) Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, Brendan Smith. The Nation Dec 4, 2000 v271 i18 p19 Mag.Coll.: 106E0272.
THE MISGIVINGS OF GLOBALISATION. Joaquina Pires-O'Brien. Contemporary Review Nov 2000 v277 i1618 p264
Protest and Corporate Globalization. (Brief Article) Multinational Monitor Sept 2000 v21 i9 p5
Mistaken policies. (protectionism)(Brief Article) Global Markets May 27, 2002 v32 i20 p1(1)
The Environmentalist Paradox: The World Trade Organization's Challenges. (Environment). (globalization and the environment) Gary P. Sampson. Harvard International Review Wntr 2002 v23 i4 p56(6)
Race to the Top: The Biases of the WTO Regime. (Environment). (World Trade Organization) Carl Pope. Harvard International Review Wntr 2002 v23 i4 p62(5)
How to show you love the planet. Zac Goldsmith, Stephanie Roth. New Statesman (1996) July 16, 2001 v130 i4546 p18 Mag.Coll.: 108C2539.
WTO Clarifies Members' Duties When Enforcing Environmental Measures. (World Trade Organization)(Brief Article) Business and the Environment July 2001 v12 i7 p15
Environmental Trade Barriers: Who Wins, Who Loses, What's the Score? (Close up). Friedrich von Kirchbach. International Trade Forum April 2001 p22(2) Bus.Coll.: 136R0745.
Confronting the Contradiction: Global Capitalism and Environmental Health [*]. MARK SEIS. International Journal of Comparative Sociology Feb-May 2001 p123
Trade and environment: what conflict? Marino Marcich. Law and Policy in International Business Spring 2000 v31 i3 p917 Bus.Coll.: 128V0930.
Trading Away Democracy. (Brief Article) CARL POPE. Sierra March 2000 v85 i2 p14 Mag.Coll.: 104K0297.
The World Trade Take-Over. (Brief Article) Henry Holmes. Earth Island Journal Winter 1999 v14 i4 p38
Taking it personally. (Anita Roddick) Geographical Nov 2000 v72 i11 p14
FROM PROTEST TO POLITICS : A Report from Porto Alegre. (Another World is Possible, Brazil) Marc Cooper. The Nation March 11, 2002 v274 i9 p11
SHOULD THE WTO BE ABOLISHED? (World Trade Organization) The Ecologist Dec 2000 v30 i9 p20 |
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