Más de cuarenta personas provenientes de todo el mundo
inesperadamente se juntaron al interior de la ceremonia de
apertura de la reunión ministerial de la Organización Mundial de
Comercio (OMC) en Hong-Kong, que se inició hoy 13 de
diciembre, para protestar contra el intento de la OMC de dar un
mayor impulso a la liberalización.
Lire la suite »Hong-Kong: Protestas en ceremonia de apertura de conferencia de OMC
From December 13 to 18, the World Trade Organization will hold its sixth ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, China, to negotiate the fate of public services, the global food supply, and jobs and development. Representatives from 148 countries will meet to shape the future of the global economy.
Services Out of WTO, WTO out of Services!
No to GATS! No New Deal in Hong Kong!
The recently released draft Minsterial text for Hong Kong prepared by Director General Pascal Lamy reveals a very strong push to seal a new deal on services in Hong Kong despite widespread opposition from developing countries to virtually all parts of the text.
Lire la suite »Action alert: New Services Agreement imminent in Hong Kong
NGOs Respond to Lamy. Criticize Services Negotiations, Process to Hong Kong Ministerial
Letter Cites Numerous Instances Where Proposals Were Ignored
The negotiations leading up to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Ministerial in Hong
Kong are apparently getting nowhere. The draft ministerial reports
on the state of
negotiations in agriculture, non-agricultural market access, and
services are out, and
while all try to put a positive spin that there is a movement toward
« convergence » there
is very little of that. A close examination of the document shows
that there is
agreement only, on at the most, 10 per cent on key negotiating
points and divergence,
indeed, wide divergence on 90 per cent. When the draft ministerial
declaration does
come out, it is likely to be what the WTO secretariat calls a « heavily
bracketed »
document like the draft declaration for the Seattle ministerial.
WTO draft ministerial text: empty “development package” in exchange for takeover of developing countries’ agriculture, industrial and services markets
Lire la suite »WTO Draft Ministerial Text An « Empty Package »
Developing countries face ‘de-industrialisation’ as their voices are comperhensively ignored in new wto draft text.
Lire la suite »Developing Countries Face ‘De-industrialisation’
The Derailer’s Guide to the WTO provides basic information about WTO agreements, what is on the negotiating table for Hong Kong and the remainder of the Doha Round (which will likely continue through 2006), and the main actors in these negotiations.
Este Boletín, resulta de un esfuerzo conjunto entre Action Aid International Americas y la Alianza Social Continental (ASC) con el objetivo de construir una herramienta que aporte al conocimiento y debate del tema agrícola en materia comercial, tanto en las negociaciones de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), como frente a los distintos Acuerdos Bilaterales o Regionales de Libre Comercio.
Lire la suite »Agricultura y Commercio: Boletín #1 Octubre-Noviembre 2005