4th Ministerial, Doha 2001

Ministerial opens amid protests and diplomatic activism

Original Publication Date: 
12 December, 2005
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Martin Khor, Ministerial opens amid protests and diplomatic activism
The WTO

U.S. Makes Plea On Cotton, West Africans Unimpressed

Original Publication Date: 
12 December, 2005
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National Journal's CongressDailyAM
With the World Trade Organization meeting under way, the United States is trying to convince West African governments to pressure the European Union into making a bigger offer to cut agricultural tariffs and subsidies.

Hear the Silent Majority Speak!

Original Publication Date: 
12 December, 2005
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By Jennifer Mourin, PANAP
People from all over the world united by one common purpose, gathered on the football pitches of Victoria Park in Hong Kong to herald the opening of the Peoples Action Week (PAW) in protest of the official opening of the 6th WTO Ministerial.

Doha Development Agenda a disaster for Third World people

Original Publication Date: 
12 December, 2005
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IBON Foundation, Inc.
As the World Trade Organization prepares for the opening of the 6th Ministerial Conference today, independent think-tank IBON says that the center of its negotiations, the Doha Development Agenda (DDA)

Portman, Johanns Off to Hong Kong

Original Publication Date: 
11 December, 2005
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Washington Trade Daily
US Trade Representative Rob Portman told reporters he is optimistic that members can make 'incremental' progress on some substantial issues as well as arrive at a plan for least developed countries

Facilitating Agriculture in Hong Kong

Original Publication Date: 
11 December, 2005
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Washington Trade Daily
Facilitator for agriculture at this week’s WTO’s sixth ministerial conference in Hong Kong, Mukhisa Kituyi, said in Geneva on Saturday he intends to conduct discussions in all three pillars of Doha Development Agenda farm negotiations adding that he wants to explore with trade ministers where they can arrive at figures to be plugged into the liberalization formulas

Wal-Mart Hopes WTO/GATS Will Help Big Box retailers; Local officials fear loss of power

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11 December, 2005
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By Evelyn Iritani, Los Angeles Times
Wal-Mart Hopes WTO Will Help It Open a Door Big retailers will seek to alter a services pact. Local officials fear a loss of power to limit firms.

Freedom to trade or freedom from hunger?

Original Publication Date: 
11 December, 2005
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SF Chronicle
The problem is not the inability to resolve differences among the WTO country members, but the model of development that the WTO promotes.

Leaked Documents Show EU Digging In

Original Publication Date: 
11 December, 2005
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By Stefania Bianchi, IPS
The charity Christian Aid has cited leaked documents to say that the European Union (EU) will push developing nations to privatise services such as water, healthcare and banking at the trade ministers meeting in Hong Kong this week.

Protesters denounce WTO at Hong Kong rallies

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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By John Ruwitch, Reuters
Around 3,000 protesters waving signs reading 'Junk the WTO' and 'Life is not for sale' marched in a carnival atmosphere in the shade of skyscrapers in one of the world's main financial centres.

First anti-WTO protests hit Hong Kong

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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source not identified
Several thousand anti-globalisation protesters have marched through Hong Kong, in the first of several demonstrations planned against this week's World Trade Organisation talks.

Bulleting #1 from Hong Kong: 10 December 2005

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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Dr. Jane Kelsey
The Hong Kong government is mustering all its propaganda skills to create a climate of fear as the meeting approaches, to justify cracking down on any dissent and keep the substantive issues off the front pages

First WTO protests in Hong Kong

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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South China Morning Post
Several thousand people have staged the first of a series of protests in Hong Kong over the World Trade Organization summit to be held this week.

Debunking the Development?Package

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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By Shefali Sharma, TIP
The Hong Kong development package is a guise for further impoverishment of developing economies, those hardest hit by liberalization.

Thousands gather in HK for protest march before WTO summit

Original Publication Date: 
10 December, 2005
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Thousands of anti-globalization activists--some dressed like chickens and others carrying a big spider--held Sunday their first protest march ahead of the World Trade Organization summit in Hong Kong.