Archive - Aug 2, 2005 - Article

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WTO's general council meeting concludes without outcome; 4 deputy DGs announced

Original Publication Date: 
1 August, 2005
Source: 
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Aug05/4)
The WTO General Council meeting ended on 29 July without any of the anticipated results of additional agreements (or 'first approximations') on key aspects of the Doha work programme

Developing countries voice concern over the substance and process of WTO negotiations

Original Publication Date: 
1 August, 2005
Source: 
TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues (Aug05/3)
At the WTO's Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 28 July, severaldeveloping countries expressed many concerns about the state and substance of the WTO negotiations, as well as the process which theyfound to be not transparent or participatory.(M.Khor)

WTO rules EU banana duty unfair to Latin America

Original Publication Date: 
1 August, 2005
Source: 
Globe and Mail (Canada)
The World Trade Organization rejected European Union plans to triple its banana import tariff