Aileen Kwa* GENEVA, May 12 (IPS) – The high food prices that have sparked riots in many parts of the developing world — from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Haiti —...
Read More[English ] por Aileen Kwa “Nos rendimos” se lamentaba un diplomático de Namibia. “Firmamos el 12 de diciembre. Fue demasiada presión. El sector privado consideró que se vería muy afectado. En...
Read MoreAileen Kwa, Geneva The US and EU have stubbornly opposed opening the Green Box. No real discussion has taken place in terms of examining this nature and impact. They have merely insisted that it is non-trade distorting, and...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa “We succumbed,” lamented a diplomat from Namibia. “We signed on the 12th of December. The pressure was too much. The private sector felt that they would be disproportionately affected. In...
Read MoreAileen Kwa, Geneva In a concerted effort to smooth over the setback of the collapse in G4 talks in Potsdam on Thursday, Pascal Lamy quickly convened an informal Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) meeting at the WTO on Friday...
Read MoreAileen Kwa, Geneva, June 2007 Developed countries’ pretense that the Doha Round will deliver on ‘development’ has fallen by the wayside. The Round was never launched to deliver on development in the first place. As...
Read MoreAileen Kwa,Geneva The US and EU have stubbornly opposed opening the Green Box. No real discussion has taken place in terms of examining this nature and impact. They have merely insisted that it is non-trade distorting, and...
Read MoreAileen Kwa Focus on the Global South “If the G4 delivers a breakthrough, we will see the package multilateralised within a day. If there is no G4 breakthrough, the Chairs will be called to deliver texts,...
Read MoreREANUDACIÓN’ EN LA OMC: ¿OTRO ACUERDO DE “BLAIR HOUSE”? por Aileen Kwa* GINEBRA, 19 de febrero de 2007: Aun cuando las negociaciones del Programa de Doha se reanudaron en la OMC, la mayoría de los negociadores...
Read Morepor Aileen Kwa Desde la “reanudación blanda” de las conversaciones de Doha anunciada por el director general el 16 de noviembre del año pasado, la actividad de la OMC se ha reiniciado, pero todas las reuniones...
Read MoreBy Aileen Kwa* Since the director general’s “soft resumption” of the Doha talks on 16 November last year activity in the WTO has again restarted, but all the meetings have been held at an informal level. As...
Read MoreAileen Kwa* GENEVA, 19 February 2007: Whilst the WTO Doha negotiations have formally resumed, most negotiators in Geneva are in the dark about what is really going on. There are no formal agriculture meetings of the membership....
Read More[english] por Aileen Kwa* GINEBRA, 25 de julio de 2006. De acuerdo a distintos informes, la reunión de 14 horas del domingo 23 de julio de los ministros del G6 –Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea, Japón, Brasil, India y Australia-...
Read MoreAileen Kwa* GENEVA, July 25 2006: According to various reports, the 14-hour meeting on Sunday 23 July amongst the G6 — US, EU, Japan, Brazil, India, Australia — ministers ended in the early hours of the...
Read MoreAileen Kwa Pascal Lamy sent out a letter to all Heads of Delegations at the WTO today wherein he talks about “the next steps in our process towards establishing modalities negotiations in agriculture and NAMA.” He clarifies that...
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