WTO

  • Jan 27, 2005
  • 1 min read

LATIN AMERICA/EU: Banana tariff causes alarm

The presidents of banana producing countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala,...

Latin America
  • Jan 25, 2005
  • 6 min read

CHINA: Vested interests hamper telecoms reform

Domestic telecommunications operators have to respond simultaneously to the demands of the market...

China
  • Jan 20, 2005
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Expert group proposes WTO reforms

A major report on WTO reforms was released on January 17. Now ten years old, the WTO and its...

International
  • Jan 20, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: WTO preparing a statement on textiles

The WTO will soon issue a statement acknowledging the difficulties of least-developed countries...

International
  • Jan 14, 2005
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LESOTHO: Workers are first casualties of MFA's demise

It was announced yesterday that around 6,300 textile workers (about 10% of the workforce in the...

Lesotho
  • Jan 13, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: WTO to launch major reform report

WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi and former WTO director-general, Peter Sutherland,...

International
  • Jan 10, 2005
  • 7 min read

SOUTH KOREA/US: Strategic issues may intrude on trade

Growing difficulties over foreign policy have yet to exert a serious effect on economic relations...

South Korea
  • Jan 5, 2005
  • 7 min read

TURKEY: Agriculture faces new external challenges

Turkey is developing a new agriculture strategy in preparation for EU and WTO negotiations....

Turkey