WTO

  • Sep 7, 2001
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Multiple lessons from protests

The potential for anti-globalisation activists to influence the direction and nature of...

International
  • Sep 6, 2001
  • 9 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Diverse agenda drives movement

Since the WTO ministerial summit in Seattle in 1999, meetings of international financial...

International
  • Sep 3, 2001
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TAIWAN: Government pins hopes on biotech

Following the successful mapping of the human genome in the United States last year, the...

Taiwan
  • Aug 29, 2001
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MIDDLE EAST: Globalisation dilemmas vex Arab states

Arab members of the WTO are scheduled to meet in Geneva in early September to prepare for the...

  • Aug 20, 2001
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CHINA: Insurance accord expected to break impasse

A final round of talks on China's admission to the WTO, focusing on insurance, will be held next...

China
  • Aug 13, 2001
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: WTO likely to fudge environment agenda

Agreement on an agenda for launching a new global trade round has been complicated in part by...

International
  • Aug 8, 2001
  • 8 min read

CHINA: Party leaders ponder reform, new leadership

Senior Communist Party leaders are holding their annual decision-making meeting at the Beidaihe...

China
  • Aug 7, 2001
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Time creeps up on trade talks

A new round of talks to further liberalise the global trade regime would help counter the...

International