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Monday, June 30, 2003

The Impact of Investment on Human Rights
ICHRDD | June 11, 2003 Ottawa, June 11, 2003 ? More than 120 guests joined Rights & Democracy today for a policy seminar on the challenges international investment poses for the protectio... Continued...

Annan Urges More Flexibility in Global Trade Talks
Agence France Press | By Kate Millar | June 30, 2003 UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday called for countries to show greater flexibility in order to overcome difficulties in global trade talks ahead of a key World Trade Organization meeting in Mexico in September. The UN Secretary General said the ... Continued...

EU Environment Commissioner Says Bush GMO Comments "Nonsense"
BBC Monitoring International Reports | June 30, 2003 EU Environmental Affairs Commissioner Margot Wallstrom told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that President George Bush's comments on GMOs were "nonsense". She said all the USA wanted to do was sell poor countries the commercial surplus of GMOs... Continued...

Friday, June 27, 2003

UN Commission to Set New Safety, Trade Standards on Food Security
Agence France Press | June 26, 2003 Experts from around the globe are to gather under UN auspices next week to adopt new standards in food safety, with biotechnology, intensive farming and refinement becoming major public health issues, the UN's food and agriculture agency said. The Codex Ali... Continued...

Cancún: A Revival or Doha Death
Africa Analysis | June 27, 2003 There is growing anger among African governments about what is perceived as continued hypocrisy by the developed countries, particularly the US and in the European Union. Despite repeating the mantra of free trade and putting pressure on African countries to open t... Continued...

Brussels Reiterates Criticism of US over Biotech Foods Debate
AFX | June 27, 2003 The European Commission has reiterated its rebuttal of US accusations that the bloc's reservations about genetically modified food (GMO) are leading to starvation in Africa. The EU executive also said the timing of a US complaint over the issue to the World Trade Organizat... Continued...

Thursday, June 26, 2003

Europe Points Finger at US After Striking Farm Accord
Agence France Presse | By Michael Thurston | June 26, 2003 The EU called on the United States Thursday to follow its lead and slash farm aid after striking a landmark accord to reform its own system that it said would strengthen its hand in world trade talks. The European Commission, the Euro... Continued...

EU farm agreement will help revive world trade talks: WTO chief
Agence France Presse | June 26, 2003 World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Supachai Panitchpakdi on Thursday welcomed the EU's agreement on farm policy reform, saying it would revive deadlocked world trade talks on agriculture. "I see this would lead to more movement in areas of agr... Continued...

EU Farm Ministers Reach Deal on Cutting Farm Subsidies
The Associated Press | By Constant Brand | June 26, 2003 European Union agriculture ministers reached a final agreement Thursday to overhaul the EU's $50 billion farm subsidy program, a move aimed at strengthening Europe's bargaining position in world trade talks. The 15 farm ministers agreed ... Continued...

Rethink on Global Trade
The Guardian (London) | By Thomas Tritton and Justin Forsyth | June 26, 2003 So Monbiot realises that the WTO is needed, albeit in a different form. The problem is that he and his ilk have been screaming vengeance against it for years. Where's the guarantee that he won't revert to his former pos... Continued...

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

CEC Releases Factual Record On Aquanova Shrimp Farm In Mexico
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) | June 25, 2003 Montreal - The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has released a factual record on allegations that Mexico did not effectively enforce its environmental law when a shrimp farm in the state of Nayarit destroyed mangrove fo... Continued...

Hundreds Demonstrate Against Genetically Modified Food
Agence France Presse | By Oscar Duron | June 25, 2003 Hundreds of protesters rallied Tuesday against US efforts to promote genetically modified food as agriculture and trade ministers met in California to debate the explosive issue, organisers said. Police in the state capital, Sacramento, s... Continued...

Canada Warns That Mad Cow Measures Could Backfire
Reuters News Service | By Gilbert Le Gras | June 25, 2003 OTTAWA - Canadian Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief warned export markets yesterday that unnecessary restrictions on Canadian beef arising from fears of mad cow disease could backfire on those countries in terms of general trade. "I... Continued...

Making Waves: ""Seattle In The Sun"" Hopes To Repeat The Success Of The Debt Protests
The Guardian (London) | By John Vidal | June 25, 2003 Five years ago, international debt was the single issue that most exercised British non-governmental groups, charities and churches and their millions of supporters. Led by Jubilee 2000 and backed by a coalition of major development groups, t... Continued...

Tuesday, June 24, 2003

I Was Wrong About Trade
The Guardian | By George Monbiot | June 24, 2003 A few years ago I would have raised at least two cheers. The US government, to judge by the aggressive noises now being made by its trade negotiators, seems determined to wreck one of the most intrusive and destructive of the instruments of global ... Continued...

Activists Say U.S. Manipulating Meet to Promote GM Food
IPS | By Katrin Dauenhauer | June 23, 2003 WASHINGTON, Jun 23 () - Activists have gathered at a California conference this week to counter what they call the U.S. administration's attempts to force-feed genetically engineered (GM) crops on developing countries. They reject Washington's argumen... Continued...

EU to Launch New Drive to Reform Farm Subsidies
Agence France Presse | By Jitendra Joshi | June 24, 2003 The European Union will Wednesday launch its third attempt in three weeks to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, in the face of fierce French resistance to ending the CAP's generous subsidies. EU farm ministers will open the latest me... Continued...

Transatlantic Consumer Groups Call Upon Us Government To Drop WTO GMO Case
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue | June 24, 2003 Groups characterize the US suit as a calculated maneuver to impose genetically engineered products on an unwilling world The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) will call upon the US government to drop its World Trade Organization (WTO) case... Continued...

Monday, June 23, 2003

José Bové En Prison !
Confederation Paysanne | 22 juin ,2003 En France, un syndicaliste en prison pour des actions syndicales : s'opposer à la prolifération des O.G.M. en agriculture. Où va-t-on ? Les réactions répressives du gouvernement se durcissent on le voit de plus en plus souvent.. Les médias accepteront-ils de... Continued...

First Day Of Conference, Second Day Of Protests
Associated Press | By KIM BACA | June 23, 2003 Agriculture ministers from around the world gathered Monday for the first day of a conference on genetically engineered farming as police braced for a second day of protests. More than a dozen demonstrators started Monday's protests near county an... Continued...

Hundreds in Sacramento Protest Bioengineered Food
Los Angeles Times | By Kathleen Flynn and Joel Rubin | June 23, 2003 SACRAMENTO -- Hundreds of protesters knotted this city's downtown core Sunday on the eve of an international agricultural conference that has become the latest showdown over genetically modified crops and U.S. corporate farming... Continued...

Can-do at Cancun is Actually Can""t
The Guardian (London) | By Duncan Green | June 23, 2003 The world's trade bureaucrats seem gripped by acute historical amnesia as they prepare for September's global trade summit in Cancun, Mexico. Both short and long term memory have been affected. Just 18 months ago, at the previous summit... Continued...

Latest Doha Round Trade Talks Fail to Break Agriculture Deadlock
World Markets Analysis | By James Auger | June 23, 2003 The outlook for the much-vaunted Doha Round of multilateral trade talks remains gloomy as key differences remain. The US, European Union (EU) and over 20 other countries met over the weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The biggest obstacle is... Continued...

Relief Groups Have Been Told They Must Be An "Arm Of The US Government"
The Guardian | By Naomi Klein | June 23, 2003 The Bush administration has found its next target for pre-emptive war, but it's not Iran, Syria or North Korea. Not yet anyway. Before launching any new foreign adventures, the Bush gang has some homeland housekeeping to take care of: it is going to... Continued...

Friday, June 20, 2003

UK Hypocrisy At The WTO Will Hurt Poor Countries
CAFOD and South Centre | June 20, 2003 The Catholic aid agency CAFOD and the South Centre, a Geneva-based think tank for developing countries, say in a new report published today that the British government's policy on investment at the World Trade Organisation risks harming the Third World. I... Continued...

Talks Collapse on U.S. Efforts to Open Europe to Biotech Food
New York Times | By David Leonhardt | June 20, 2003 Washington--Talks between the United States and the European Union over opening up Europe to genetically modified foods broke down in Geneva today, the Bush administration announced, heightening trans-Atlantic tensions. American officials sa... Continued...

Trade Fair Focuses On Organic Products
BusinessWorld | June 16, 2003 Biosearch, a four-day trade fair focusing on natural, herbal and organic products and services, will be held from June 19 to 22 at the Philippine Trade Training Center on Roxas Blvd., Pasay City. The exhibit will include fresh and processed natural food products,... Continued...

Joint Statement Between The United States and Brazil on FTAA
USTR | June 20, 2003 The United States and Brazil resolve to create a closer and qualitatively stronger relationship between our two countries. It is time to chart a newly purposeful direction in our relationship, guided by a shared vision of freedom, democracy, peace, prosperity, and well-being ... Continued...

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America Announces New Executive Director
CEC | June 19, 2003 Montreal, 19 - The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of William V. Kennedy, Ph.D., to a three-year term as the new Executive Director of the Secretariat of the CEC. The term will begin on 2 September 2003. The... Continued...

Report on Meeting With Mexican NGO Coordinator for Cancun Ministerial
Public Citizen | June 18, 2003 A meeting held at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, DC on June 18th provided NGOs planniong to attend the WTO Ministerial in Cancun, Mexico useful information on plans beinging made by the Mexican Organizing. The following notes from that meeting are from Timi Gers... Continued...

Trade Justice: Fortress Europe Set To Keep Up Barricades
The Independent | By Stephen Castle | June 19, 2003 WHEN EU leaders assemble some time before 8pm at a gathering in Greece tonight, their summit agenda will have a depressingly familiar ring: plans for an improved EU visa system, moves to identify vulnerable border crossings and smoother ways to... Continued...

Izzy""s Ice Cream Cafe and Peace Coffee
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)| By Rick Nelson | June 19, 2003 It's all about value at Vincent (1100 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 612-630-1189), which is now offering a new budget-minded fixed-priced bistro menu Monday through Thursday evenings. The selection changes weekly (a recent menu featured... Continued...

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Hong Kong and China to Sign Pact Easing Trade
New York Times | By Keith Bradsher | June 17, 2003 HONG KONG, June 16 - Top officials from mainland China and Hong Kong will sign a free trade agreement on June 30 that will eliminate all tariffs on many goods and remove restrictions on trade in many services, Hong Kong's leader announced this ev... Continued...

African Groups Condemn Bush Administration""s WTO Challenge; GMOs Not Answer to African Hunger
Public Citizen | June 18, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. - An African hunger expert and a prominent African consumer leader are condemning the Bush administration's challenge at the World Trade Organization (WTO) of European policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), saying that GMOs are not the a... Continued...

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Mobilization Against the WTO Mini-Ministerial in Montreal
resisteomc@resist.ca | June 17, 2003 As part of the ongoing struggle against capitalism, imperialism, patriarchy, and other forms of oppression, people are invited to converge in Montreal on July 27-30 to oppose the World Trade Organization (WTO). Mega-demonstrations are planned in response t... Continued...

WTO Chief Sets Up Advisory Bodies With Business, NGOs to Boost Dialogue
WTO Reporter | By Daniel Pruzin | June 17, 2003 GENEVA--World Trade Organization Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi has set up two new informal advisory bodies with business and non- governmental organizations (NGOs) to facilitate dialogue on issues of common interest. Supachai told the op... Continued...

U.S. Position on WTO Ag Negotiations
Agricultural Policy Analysis Center | By Daryll E. Ray | June 17, 2003 Agricultural issues are sure to be a significant part of the agenda when WTO members meet September 10-14, 2003 in Cancun, Mexico for the Fifth Ministerial Conference. In preparation for that meeting various nations, groups... Continued...

We Can Seize the Day
The Guardian (London)| By George Monbiot | June 17, 2003 Comment & Analysis: We can seize the day: The task is not to overthrow globalisation but to use it for a democratic revolution Last week Jack Straw illuminated the depths of his political cowardice by shining upon them the full and... Continued...

Monday, June 16, 2003

U.S. Files WTO Case Against Mexico
Reuters | June 16, 2003 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it has begun legal action to overturn anti-dumping duties imposed by Mexico on imports of hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. beef and rice. "It is unfortunate that we could not resolve these matters bilateral... Continued...

Justice For Farmers To Be Focus Of Event
Aberdeen Press and Journal | June 16, 2003 A Fair-trade day is to be held in Aberfeldy later this month to demand justice for farmers in developing countries. At an event in the town square on June 28, members of the Aberfeldy Traidcraft Group will ask MP Pete Wishart to lobby in Westminster for ... Continued...

Sunday, June 15, 2003

Trade Reps from the Americas Split on Free Trade Zone Schedule
Agence France Presse | June 15, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFP) - With trade representatives from the Americas split on when to achieve a hemispheric free trade zone -- a key US policy goal -- Central American negotiators prepare for an important round of trade talks Monday with US officials. Following ... Continued...

Saturday, June 14, 2003

Q&A: Lula Surprises Friends and Foes
NYTimes.com | June 12, 2003 From the Council on Foreign Relations, June 12, 2003 Kenneth R. Maxwell, the Council on Foreign Relations' Director of Latin America Studies, says that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's left-leaning president who is known as Lula, has surprised friends and foes al... Continued...

Trade Pact on Gene-Altered Goods to Take Effect in 90 Days
New York Times | By ANDREW POLLACK | June 14, 2003 A new global treaty that imposes restrictions on exports of genetically modified seeds, animals and crops is set to take effect, injecting a new element into already heated international disputes over agricultural biotechnology. The treaty,... Continued...

1,200 Methodist Leaders To Meet In Sacramento
Sacramento Bee | By Jennifer Garza | June 14, 2003 Next week, John Wesley will be walking around the Sacramento Convention Center. Or at least, someone dressed as the founder of the Methodist Church will be there. He'll join more than 1,200 Methodist church leaders from California and Nevada ... Continued...

Wake Up and Taste the Froth
The Times (London)| By Marina Cantacuzino | June 14, 2003 British adult drinks an average three cups of coffee a day; every second, 3,900 cups of one brand of instant coffee are drunk across the world -yet while business has never been better for the retailers,coffee farmers in the poorest count... Continued...

Friday, June 13, 2003

""Powerful Forces"" in WTO Using Famine In Africa For Own Farmers, Says Museveni
allAfrica.com | By Charles Cobb Jr. | June 12, 2003 Washington, DC -- In a toughly-worded comment to a luncheon audience Thursday that seemed aimed at the agricultural policies of the United States and Europe, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said there are "powerful members of the WTO (World T... Continued...

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Chilean Farmers Protest Trade Pact
Miami Herald | By JIMMY LANGMAN | June 11, 2003 Special to The Herald TEMUCO, Chile-The U.S.-Chile free-trade agreement signed by officials Friday in Miami will mean greater opportunity for some in this small South American nation. Successful export products for Chile, such as wines and fresh... Continued...

South African President Urges Rich To Fulfil Poverty Reduction Pledges
Agence France Presse | June 11, 2003 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday urged the international community and rich countries to honour pledges made in recent years to curb world poverty. Mbeki told the 176 member states of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that they ... Continued...

Tuesday, June 10, 2003

U.S. Agrees to Issue Loans for Development in Mexico
Los Angeles Times | By Chris Kraul | June 10, 2003 In a move to create jobs and spread the benefits of cross-border trade over a wider swath of Mexico, the United States will extend low-cost financing for major public and private projects south of the border, according to a preliminary agreement... Continued...

Saturday, June 7, 2003

U.S., Chile Sign Free-Trade Pact
The Miami Herald | By Jane Bussey | June 7, 2003 MIAMI _ The United States and Chile made it official Friday, signing the Bush administration's first free-trade agreement in the region, an accord that may prove to be a key litmus test for a future hemispheric trade pact. In a signing ceremony ... Continued...

Friday, June 6, 2003

Japan Asks U.S. to Ensure Safety of Beef Supply
Meatingplace.com | By Joshua Lipsky | June 6, 2003 Japan's agriculture minister has asked the United States to take steps to ensure the safety of its meat exports after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease was found in Canada. Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei made t... Continued...

US, Chile Sign Landmark Free Trade Treaty
Agence France Presse | June 6, 2003 MIAMI (AFP) - US and and Chilean officials signed the first free trade treaty between the United States and a South American country, seen as a stepping stone toward an America's free trade zone. The accord was signed by US Trade Representative Richard Zoe... Continued...

Lawsuit Over NAFTA Will Head to Court
El Paso Times | By Louie Gilot | June 6, 2003 HEADLINE: :Lawsuit over NAFTA will head to court BYLINE: BODY: Mediation in the lawsuit by El Paso displaced workers failed last week, leaving the parties to meet in court this winter and debate the adequacy of job training offered by the federal... Continued...

Thursday, June 5, 2003

Week of Local Capacity-Building toward WTO in Cancun
INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION | June 5, 2003 Week of Local Capacity-Building toward WTO in Cancun 6-13 June, 2003 IFG is collaborating with local community organizations in the Yucatan to share information and explore collaborative activities for the September 10-14, 2003 Ministerial o... Continued...

IATP""s Kristin Dawkins vs. Alex Avery of the Hudson Institute
METROFARM.COM | June 5, 2003 They said you could lead a horse to water, but you couldnt make it drink. Then someone invented the World Trade Organization. Now the US is suing the European Union into eating genetically-modified foods! This Saturday at 9AM Pacific, the Food Chain with Michae... Continued...

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

New Web Site Focuses on Agribusiness
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | June 4, 2003 For Immediate Release: Contact: Ben Lilliston, 301-270-4787, blilliston@iatp.org New Web Site Focuses on Agribusiness Company Data, Analysis, Resources Available for Public, Journalists, and Researchers Minneapolis - A new web sit... Continued...

Beside Blossoming Fields, Where Poverty Grows
New York Times | By ALAN COWELL | June 4, 2003 NAIVASHA, Kenya - The shores of the broad lake that spreads across Africa's Rift Valley here were known to outsiders a long time ago as a place where white settlers disported themselves on emerald lawns and shaded verandas, misbehaving blithely in... Continued...

NGOs Question G-8 Pledge to Fight AIDS
The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo)| By Jean Serror Yomiuri Shimbun | June 4, 2003 When the Group of Eight leaders left Evian, they might have believed they had succeeded in convincing the world they were strongly committed to helping developing countries fight poverty and combat devastating diseases, suc... Continued...

Throwing Seeds And Caution To The Winds
Sydney Morning Herald | By Stephanie Peatling | June 4, 2003 Environmentalists spurn genetically modified crops on the principle of erring on the side of caution. Not so the Carr Government. Stephanie Peatling reports. IN THE thick of the state election campaign in March, the Premier, Bob Car... Continued...

EU Lawmakers Ratify UN Protocol On Trade In GMOs
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES | June 4, 2003 STRASBOURG, France (AP)--The European Union Parliament ratified a three-year-old U.N. biosafety protocol regulating international trade in genetically modified food Wednesday. The move opens the way for E.U. governments to give the U.N. accord, negotiated three ... Continued...

Tuesday, June 3, 2003

NGOs Visualize a Just World - Without G8
IPS | By Julio Godoy | June 2, 2003 EVIAN, France, May 30 (IPS) Non-governmental organisations are holding a summit in the surroundings of the French city of Evian through Sunday, focusing on development, health, and environmental issues. The NGO conference û under the motto 'Another ... Continued...

American Casualties of Free Trade Policies to Brief Congress
Food First Press Advisory | June 2, 2003 (Oakland, CA)-In an open challenge to the United States Trade Representative and the Bush administration's economic policies, a delegation of America's working poor from all walks of life will expose the harsh reality behind free trade at a congressiona... Continued...

The Fight Over GM Crops Exposes The Weaknesses Of Globalisation
The Guardian (London) | By Jeremy Rifkin | June 2, 2003 In case you thought that the Bush administration's rift with its European allies ended with the Iraqi military campaign, think again. The White House has now set its sights on something far more personal - the question of what kind of food ... Continued...

Monday, June 2, 2003

Civil Society and the November 2003 Miami Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial
North-South Center | May 21, 2003 A discussion held May 21, 2003 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on the planned Americas Trade and Sustainable Development Forum (ATSDF) On May 21st, the Carnegie Endowment, the North-South Center at the University of Miami, Tulane University... Continued...

LDCs Press G-8 on Trade
Washington Trade Daily | June 2, 2003 Evian - Trade and the Doha Development Agenda trade negotiations yesterday dominated the first day of the G-8 Leaders Meeting here when a dozen developing countries said the time has come for the wealthiest countries to provide them substantial market access ... Continued...

Canadian Mad Cow Scare Push U.S. Beef Wholesale Prices And Profits To Record Highs
Reuters | By MATTHEW LEWIS AND JERRY BIESZK June 2, 2003 Spurred by a scare over mad cow disease in Canada, demand for U.S. beef has soared and profits for U.S. beef packers stampeded to record levels, cattle and beef market analysts said May 30.. Wholesale beef prices have also hit record hi... Continued...

Poor Countries Agree Common Demands in Trade Talks
Reuters | June 2, 2003 DHAKA, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The world's poorest countries on Monday adopted a charter of demands to present at world trade talks later this year, including unrestricted market access and easier movement of manpower to developed countries. The charter, agreed after a th... Continued...

"Hunger Cannot Wait": Lula""s speech at G8
G8 | By Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | June 2, 2003 My first words are in appreciation for the initiative by President Jacques Chirac. The dialogue between the richest countries in the world with the developing countries is more necessary today than ever. We must work together. The solution for our ... Continued...

Sunday, June 1, 2003

Globalization Hits a Political Speed Bump
New York Times | By DAVID LEONHARDT | June 1, 2003 WASHINGTON -- When the leaders of rich countries put on their dark suits and gather, as they are this week in Évian, France, barriers to world trade often begin falling. For more than three decades, the United States, Japan and Western Europe hav... Continued...

Brazil Says 450 Debt Slaves Freed During Farm Raids
Associated Press | June 1, 2003 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities raided two farms in Rondonia state and released 450 people working in debt slave conditions, the government news agency reported Sunday. Officers from the Regional Labor Attorney raided the two farms after a tip-off from an ... Continued...

Friday, May 30, 2003

Battle Lines Are Drawn in Genetic Crop Dispute Conflict Will Play Out at G-8 Summit
International Herald Tribune | May 30, 2003 President George W. Bush has called European opposition to genetically altered crops a threat to efforts to end world hunger. But even many critics of Europe's stance say the president's argument does not stand up and that the dispute needs to be unders... Continued...

Tuesday, August 13, 2002

Stopping The Privatization Of Public Knowledge
TomPaine.com | Does silence belong to all of us -- or can someone own it and charge money for it? In yet another sign that our market-crazed culture is spiraling into absurdity, a British licensing agency that collects royalties for musicians recently dunned avant-garde composer Mike Batt for hi... Continued...