vivanews – The Indonesian government is urged to put agricultural sector out of the Doha round during the Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organization (WTO). Agrarian Reform Movement Alliance (Agra) Secretary General Erpan Faryadi said Indonesia …
Read Original Story: Agricultural Sector Should Be Out of WTO – VIVAnews.com
Barbed wire stands at the entrance of the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) on November 24, 2009 in Geneva. The centre will host a WTO ministerial meeting between November 30 and December 2. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images) By …
Read Original Story: No 'Turnaround' in WTO 10 Years Ater Seattle Protests – In These Times
Is it just me or does the World Trade Organization seem to bring out some pretty nefarious individuals? In Geneva, anti-WTO protesters smashed the place up and burned cars in a demonstration against the World Trade Organization. …
Read Original Story: Geneva: WTO Protesters Burn Cars, Break Things For Climate Change – The Admonition (blog)
The wto’s second Senior Officials Week is underway in Geneva. This week’s meeting includes the areas of agriculture and environment. At an informal Trade Negotiations Committee meeting Monday World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy …
Read Original Story: WTO Senior Officials Meeting in Geneva – Farm Futures
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan has joined a recent call for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to continue playing a major role in regulating the global trading system, Ministry of Economic Affairs officials said Thursday. The officials said Minister of …
Read Original Story: Taiwan supports WTO's role as global trade regulator – eTaiwan News
GENEVA — Police say demonstrators opposing a meeting of top world trade officials in Geneva have turned violent. Police spokesman Patrick Puhl says protesters set fire to four cars and broke shop windows during a march Saturday. …
Read Original Story: Geneva police: protesters burn cars, break windows before first big trade … – The Canadian Press
Demonstrators have smashed shop windows and set fire to cars in central Geneva during a protest against the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Witnesses said police in riot gear moved to head off a group of vandalizing demonstrators in the city’s main …
Read Original Story: WTO protests in Geneva turn violent – Swissinfo
GENEVA, Nov 24 (IPS) – Since before the creation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, two groups of people have confronted each other: supporters of trade liberalisation, who regard the pursuit of growth as paramount, …
Read Original Story: TRADE: "African States Need Advice Body Outside WTO for Talks" – Inter Press Service
Pascal Lamy is wrong: the Doha round of talks offers nothing to the world’s poorest countries. The WTO has failed to deliver Monday 30 November marks the 10th anniversary of the Battle in Seattle, the day in 1999 when 100000 protesters took to the …
Read Original Story: Time to kill off Doha – guardian.co.uk
GENEVA, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Japan called on World Trade Organisation members on Wednesday to agree tougher rules on how far states can go to defend themselves against unfairly priced imports, warning excessive retaliation could disrupt …
Read Original Story: Japan calls for tougher WTO rules on anti-dumping – Reuters India
