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Articles 921 through 1020 of 2635:
- Wto Sighs With Relief But Trade Treaty Still Far Off (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Dec 19, 2005)
World Trade Organisation negotiators struck a last-ditch weekend deal to keep free trade treaty talks alive, but much hard bargaining remains.
- Wto Protests End Quietly, But Hundreds Still In Jail (Reuters, John Ruwitch, Dec 19, 2005)
Hong Kong heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully to protest against world trade talks after a night of vicious street battles between protesters and police.
- Wto Revised Draft Evokes Mixed Response (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 18, 2005)
CII hails it; disappointing, says FICCI
- Police Use Tear Gas, Fire Hoses Against Anti-Wto Protesters (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 18, 2005)
Hong Kong police on Saturday used tear gas, fire hoses and pepper spray to hold back hundreds of demonstrators, in the most violent protests since global trade talks began five days ago in the city.
- India Lost At Wto - India Says Wto Draft Has Serious Flaws (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
In a guarded initial response to the first WTO draft, India said the text had some good elements, particularly on agriculture issues, but there were some "serious flaws" that needed to be sorted out before the final ministerial declaration comes . . .
- India’S Vital Demands Find Place In Draft (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 18, 2005)
Commerce Minister Kamal Nath’s Doha negotiating strategy has paid off as draft ministerial declaration issued by World Trade Organisation (WTO) Sixth Ministerial Conference Chairman John Tsang, on Saturday, took on board New Delhi’s vital demands.
- Wto Decision May Trip Generic Drug Cos (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Dec 18, 2005)
Two years ago, domestic drug companies had heaved a sigh of relief when the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) executive body delayed a contentious decision on the export of medicines to countries with inadequate manufacturing capacity.
- Brazil President Talks To Manmohan (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken a major initiative for successful conclusion of the WTO Doha Round by reaching out to the world leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President George W. Bush.
- Wto Draft For End To Farm Subsidies By 2010 (Tribune, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 18, 2005)
The WTO today came out with the draft Ministerial text that proposes to end farm export subsidies either by 2010 or by 2013, but left many other contentious issues undecided, reflecting modest progress in breaking the impasse.
- Protesters Break Barricades, Reach Wto Centre (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Hundreds of protesters battled through police lines in Hong Kong on Saturday to reach a building where World Trade Ministers are meeting.
- Our Unsc Campaign Not On Back Burner: Rao Inderjit Singh (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Dec 18, 2005)
After Mr K. Natwar Singh’s exit from the Foreign Office, Rao Inderjit Singh has emerged as an important Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs.
- Wto Draft Sets Tentative 2010 Date To Eliminate Farm Subsidies (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, Dec 18, 2005)
A draft declaration proposed for approval by World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries sets no firm date for ending all farm export subsidies.
- Tough Stand Sought To Protect Agriculture (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Economist Prof Sucha Singh Gill said the government should take a tough stand for protecting Indian agriculture in the ongoing ministerial-level meeting of the World Trade Organisation at Hong Kong where agriculture had come out as an important agenda.
- Wto Talks Make No Headway (News International, Sajid Aziz, Dec 18, 2005)
The 6th WTO ministerial meeting, which concludes today (Sunday), has proved to be another fiasco as nothing came out in the draft ministerial resolution issued by the WTO on Saturday.
- Eu Denies Wto Deal Clinched, Says Goalposts Moved (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The European Union denied on Sunday that World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiators had reached agreement on a series of deals in Hong Kong, saying the "goalposts moved at the last moment".
- Modest Progress At Wto Talks (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Developing nations, EU seek improvement in the draft declaration
- Wto States Reach Deal In Hong Kong - Kamal Nath (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiators reached agreement on Sunday on a series of deals to keep global trade talks alive, Trade Minister Kamal Nath said.
- India Says Wto Draft Has Some Serious Flaws (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
In a guarded initial response to the first WTO draft, India today said the text had some good elements particularly on agriculture issues but there were some "serious flaws" that needed to be sorted out before the final Ministerial declaration . . .
- Wto Talks Stagger On After Protests, Deal Elusive (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Dec 18, 2005)
Exhausted negotiators struggled on Sunday to keep a global trade deal alive in a final day of talks as Hong Kong riot police and die-hard anti-globalisation protesters went into a stand-off after violent clashes.
- Developing Country Fears Cloud Wto Services Talks (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 18, 2005)
The outlook for negotiations to make it easier for banks, telecoms companies and many other service providers to do business across borders was up in the air on Saturday as developing countries raised concerns about terms for the talks set out in a . . .
- Fight Terrorism, Save Democracy: Shekhawat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
Calls for a united and joint effort to root out the scourge
Globalisation should lead to equitable world order
WTO should safeguard farmers' interests
Share expertise to mitigate calamities: Somnath
- Protests Mar Wto Meet In Hong Kong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 18, 2005)
The Hong Kong police fired fire hoses and pepper spray at groups of demonstrators on Saturday as anti-WTO protests intensified.
- Wto Meet Unites Third World (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Trade ministers of 110 developing countries today announced a grand alliance, for the first time in the WTO history, to exert pressure on the EU and the US to come round to a specific date for total elimination of the export subsidies without seeking a pr
- India To Face Skilled (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 17, 2005)
A shortage of skilled workers will be staring the Indian industry, particularly the BPO sector, in the face in the next decade or so, a NASSCOM-McKinsey report has cautioned.
- India Says No Move On Industrial Taxes Without Agriculture Concessions At Wto (India Daily, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 17, 2005)
Articulating developing countries'' stand at the WTO talks here, India Friday [16 December] stuck to its position that there could not be any forward movement on industrial tariff until its concerns on agriculture were addressed.
- Wto Talks Still Deadlocked After Overnight Haggling (Reuters, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 17, 2005)
Negotiators emerged from a night of haggling at World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on Saturday no closer to breaking their deadlock over farm subsidies and plans to bolster the exports of poorest nations.
- Developing Nations Seek Better Deal (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 17, 2005)
For the first time, all developing countries – notwithstanding their size and status – decided to join forces on Friday to adopt common positions, as far as possible, on all key Doha trade issues at the World Trade Organisation’s sixth ministerial meeting
- Developing Cluster: G-110 Takes Shape (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 17, 2005)
For the first time in the history of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), all the developing country groups came together on one platform, creating a new coalition called the G-110.
- Grand Alliance Formed At Wto (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 17, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation will release the revised draft of its ongoing ministerial conference here on Saturday.
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
With the Sensex scaling new heights, the CPI(M) mouthpiece has sent out a typical warning, attributing the movements to speculation, and suggesting the stockmarket simply serves the interests of finance capital.
- Sri Lanka's Main Parties Agree To Hold Talks With The Ltte (Hindu, V.S. Sambandan, Dec 16, 2005)
Decision follows meeting between Mahinda Rajapakse and Ranil Wickremesinghe
- "We Have Made A Difference" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 16, 2005)
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is observing 20 years of its struggle for a "just development paradigm" using the Sardar Sarovar dam — that displaces half a million families in four States — as a symbol. In an interview, NBA leaderMedha Patkartalks about . . .
- Ouch! Mask Slipped! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 16, 2005)
Ministers engaging in verbal sparring, especially in the charged atmosphere of WTO talks, is common enough. But most take care to see the media is handled with kid gloves. But sometimes the pressure becomes too much and the strain shows!
- No Significant Headway In Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
No significant progress has been achieved so far in the World Trade Organization ministerial conference, a WTO spokesman said on the third day of the negotiations here Thursday.
- Poor Countries Flex Muscles At Wto Talks (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2005)
Global trade talks were confronted with growing pressure from poorer countries, with African cotton producers and Latin American banana exporters leading the charge for fairer treatment.
- As Wto Giants Bicker On Food Aid, Thousands Die - U.N. (Reuters, Sophie Walker, Dec 16, 2005)
Europe and the United States should be throwing their efforts into increasing food aid instead of arguing about the form it takes, a top U.N. food aid official said on Friday. A long-simmering row between Washington and Brussels boiled over . . .
- Protecting America (Deccan Herald, Devinder Sharma , Dec 16, 2005)
The developing world can either accept American protectionism or be prepared for more flagrant protection
- Protests With A Difference In Hong Kong (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 16, 2005)
NGOs attempt to present `empty development box' to Mandelson
Dressed up as Santa, they sing to the tune of jingle bells Greenpeace employs laser projection
- Ignoring Interests (Pioneer, PSM Rao, Dec 15, 2005)
The sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation, which is underway at Hong Kong (December 13-18), is referred to as 'development round' since its goal is said to be helping the developing countries.
- Our Asean Overtures (The Financial Express, Manoj Pant, Dec 15, 2005)
At the moment of writing, two important trade events are taking place as far as India is concerned. On the one hand, there is the far more contentious meeting of the WTO in Hong Kong.
- Kamal Nath Seeks Level Playing Field (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 15, 2005)
"Development intrinsic to all aspects of ongoing talks"
Developed countries should not trample on the aspirations of four-fifths of humanity
Doha mandate to correct `development deficit' left by Uruguay Round
It is in agriculture that the structure
- Us Can't Hide Behind Immigration Issue: India (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
The United States will have to open its market to more foreign temporary workers as part of any new world trade deal, despite strong opposition in the US Congress, India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.
- Wto Basics (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
There are two general types of subsidies: export and domestic. An export susbidy is a benefit conferred on a firm by the government that is contingent on exports. A domestic subsidy is a benefit not directly linked to exports
- Nath Continues To Talk Tough (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Union commerce minister Kamal Nath today hit out at the US and EU stating that the package for least developed countries (LDCs) could not be a substitute for the Doha development agenda, which is central to the current WTO ministerial.
- Eastward Ho! (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 15, 2005)
The East Asia Summit at Kuala Lumpur, originally mooted by Malaysia 15 years ago with a broad objective of initiating the process for eventual formation of an Asian Economic Community (AEC),
- Break The Impasse (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 15, 2005)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial in Hong Kong started on an uncertain note, with the developed and developing world sticking to their well-known positions.
- Wto: Corporations Vs Common Man (Dawn, Najma Sadeque, Dec 15, 2005)
MOST people struggling with their daily lives are not even aware of the sixth WTO ministerial in Hong Kong. But their fate hinges on it.
- `India Should Desist From Bilateral Agreements At Wto' (Hindu, Special Correspondent, Hindu, Dec 15, 2005)
More active participation on the part of Agriculture Ministry urged
- Deadlock Continues At Wto Meet (Press Trust of India, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 15, 2005)
Deadlock continued in crucial WTO negotiations between developed and developing countries as differences over contentious farm subsidies remained far from being resolved, with India mounting pressure on EU and US to deliver a fair deal.
- Wto Meet: Stalemate On Farm, Export Subsidies Continues (Business Line, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 15, 2005)
India, whose statements have come to symbolise the stand of the developing countries, struck to its position that any discussion on Non-Agricultural Market Access (industrial tariff) was not possible without firm commitments from the developed countries o
- Wto Says Accords On Agriculture, Market Access Unlikely (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
A spokesman for the World Trade Organization (WTO), Kieth Rockwell, said on Wednesday agreements on agriculture and Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) were not expected to be concluded at Hong Kong.
- Sound And Fury (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 15, 2005)
Even the most rosy-eyed see the Hong Kong ministerial of the World Trade Organisation as a stepping stone towards a final conclusion of the Doha round of trade talks. It is not only the deep divisions that exist between the various WTO members . . .
- Pakistan Calls For End To Discrimination In Trade (Pakistan Observer, Sharafat Kazmi, Dec 15, 2005)
Minister for Commerce Humayun Akhtar Khan, has said that all groups of World Trade Organization are agreed to the use of a Swiss formula in Non-Agriculture Market Access (NAMA) is a major step forward.
- Blame Games, Wooing Acts Mark Day 2 (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Dec 15, 2005)
The stalemate at the WTO Ministerial Meeting continued on Wednesday, as India and the developing world refused to budge from their stated positions, unless the EU and the US fulfilled their promise of setting a date for the elimination of export . . .
- Why These Trade Talks Need To Fail (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 15, 2005)
Patching over the differences would send the wrong signal
- View From The Left (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 15, 2005)
With the Sensex scaling new heights, the CPI(M) mouthpiece has sent out a typical warning, attributing the movements to speculation, and suggesting the stockmarket simply serves the interests of finance capital.
- World Trade Organisation Talks Begin Amid Huge Protests (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 14, 2005)
Director General Pascal Lamy urges the trade negotiators to be open-minded
- 'End Trade-Distorting Subsidies':annan (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
United Nations Secretary- General Kofi Annan has urged wealthy countries to set an unambiguous date to end "trade-distorting subsidies" and take other steps to give market access to developing countries, especially in agriculture to allow trade to . . .
- Protest Mars Wto Meet (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 14, 2005)
Militant Korean rice farmers along with tens of hundreds of anti-globalisation protesters violently greeted the inaugural ceremony of the World Trade Organisation’s sixth ministerial conference outside the Hong Kong Convention Centre.
- India Forms Core Group On Non-Agricultural Market Access (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 14, 2005)
Eight other developing countries are members of the group
India chairs the group and co-chair is South Africa
"Developing countries should undertake lesser reduction commitments"
- India Dares Big Wto Players (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
Mounting pressure on developed countries, India today formed a core group with seven other developing countries on industrial tariffs to ensure that the principle of “less than full reciprocity” is fully reflected in any deal at the WTO meeting, . . .
- India Pulls Off Coup At Hong Kong Meet (The Financial Express, Amiti Sen, Dec 14, 2005)
India staged a coup on the opening day of the sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) here, getting together a band of nine countries to put up a joint fight for their right to undertake “proportionally lower reduction . . .
- Us Thinks Positive, Despite India Outcry (The Financial Express, DEV CHATTERJEE, Dec 14, 2005)
Despite the rigid Indian government stand, US trade representative Rob Portman is hopeful that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting will have a positive outcome.
- Geopolitics Heats Up As India Leads Nama Group Of Developing Nations To Confront The Developed Western Nations In World Trade Organization (India Daily, Kiran Chaube, Dec 14, 2005)
The NAMA Group, which is co-chaired by India and South Africa, includes Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Namibia, Venezuela and Egypt with more expected to join is ready to challenge the Western nations in World Trade Organization.
- Trading In Poison (Telegraph, Gerd Leipold, Dec 14, 2005)
As you read this, trade ministers from around the world are attending the sixth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong to push forward with their free trade agenda.
- Ringside View: Wto Talks Begin Amid Protests (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 14, 2005)
The crucial WTO Ministerial Meeting got underway here today amid scuffles between the police and angry mobs, even as trade ministers sought to broker a deal on agriculture, industrial tariffs and putting together a package for the Least Developed Countrie
- Consensus May Elude Wto (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 14, 2005)
Members should look beyond their immediate needs, says Pascal Lamy
Look beyond your immediate needs, Lamy tells members
G-20 finalises ministerial declaration
Removing anti-development measures is core objective of Doha round: G-20
- India To Co-Chair Developing Nations' Group On Nama (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
India today formed a core group with eight other developing countries to deal with the challenges posed in industrial tariff negotiations at the on-going WTO Ministerial Conference here.
- Protestors Try To Gatecrash Into Wto Meet (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 14, 2005)
As trade ministers from 149 WTO member countries began the sixth Ministerial conference, thousands of anti-globalisation activists thronged the venue of the conference while some of them attempted to gatecrash into the ceremony, shouting slogans, forcing
- Wto Keeps Talks Moving To Avert Another Breakdown (Reuters, Doug Palmer, Dec 14, 2005)
The United States warned trading partners on Wednesday that the world would slip back into protectionism without progress in global talks to reform world commerce, stunting economic growth and hitting the poor.
- India Needs To Be Cautious At Wto Meet' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
India should lead the developing nations and defend its cause at the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Hong Kong Ministerial Conference beginning on Tuesday, trade unionist P.K. Ravindran has said.
- A Myth Exposed (Hindu, Larry Elliott, Dec 13, 2005)
Expect much gnashing of teeth in Hong Kong this week. The chances of securing a comprehensive trade deal are non-existent, with the talks now really about damage limitation and the apportionment of blame.
- "E.U. Must Cut Farm Subsidies" (Hindu, N. Ravi Kumar, Dec 13, 2005)
India for better market access for its products, says Kamal Nath
Correction in anti-dumping law, removal of non-tariff barriers also sought
No market access on 65-70 sensitive Indian products
- Wto Talks Must Address Concerns Of Developing Nations: Ficci (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
Industry body FICCI today sought to set in motion the 'proportionality' principle in reduction of farm tariffs and emphasised the need for concrete provisions for 'special products' and 'special safeguard mechanism' of developing countries in the WTO talk
- India Ready To Take Blame For Failure If Demands Not Met: Nath (Press Trust of India, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 13, 2005)
Taking up a strong stand on the eve of WTO Ministerial here, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said India was critical for the success of global trade talks and the country was ready to take the blame of any failure if its concerns on agriculture . . .
- India Won't Accept Any Trade Deal That Displaces Farmers: Nath (Press Trust of India, Deepshikha Sikarwar, Dec 13, 2005)
On the eve of the WTO Ministerial Conference here, India today asserted it will not be rushed into a global trade deal that displaces millions of its poor farmers.
- Issues That Wto Is Set To Debate In Hong Kong (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2005)
After millions of air miles, countless secret meetings, forests of reports and one failed summit, ministers from 150 countries are facing the prospect of failure in their attempt to free world trade and drag millions of people out of extreme poverty.
- All Eyes On Hong Kong (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Dec 13, 2005)
WTO ministerial must show forward movement
The world’s eyes are on Hong Kong, where the WTO ministerial begins today. Will the 148 nations, each with their own, often disparate, interests, be able to find any common ground? It’s too early to say.
- Real Face Of Free Trade (Tribune, Gerd Leipold, Dec 13, 2005)
Trade ministers meeting at the Hong Kong on Tuesday to push forward with their free trade agenda.
- Global Economic Development (Hindu, C. T. Kurien, Dec 13, 2005)
Survey of the global economic development with emphasis on savings, investment and growth
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