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Title A-Z Z-A	Author A-Z Z-A	Date 1-9 9-1
Financial Instability and the GATS Negotiations	Ellen Gould	August 19, 2008
407k Document summary This essay reviews further deregulation of the financial service industry under the proposed new rules for the General Agreement on Trade in Services. If the proposed rules are implemented, greater financial instability could ensue.
Food Aid Emergency	Sophia Murphy/IATP	August 18, 2008
111k Document summary The UN and donor countries can make emergency food assistance more effective.
The Food Crisis and Global Institutions	Alexandra Spieldoch/IATP	August 18, 2008
110k Document summary The food crisis should move us toward a new era of global cooperation, one that is democratic and accountable to people and the planet.
DSU negotiations: report by the Chairman	Ronald Saborío	August 15, 2008
299k Document summary Report by the chair of the negotiations on clarifications of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
Agriculture negotiations - report on the progress made during the July 08 meetings	Amb. Falconer	August 11, 2008
30k Document summary As Chair of the agriculture negotiations, Amb. Falconer circulated a report on the progress made during the July 08 meetings
New Global Contract Needed to Re-Assert Basic Rights, Protect Environment	IATP	August 6, 2008
154k Document summary Global institutions enforcing trade and finance rules have overridden fundamental human rights, stalled international development and harmed the environment, finds three new papers released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
Promoting Human Rights and the Environment in Trade and Finance Rules	Maria Julia Oliva/IATP	August 6, 2008
1595k Document summary This paper identifies successful strategies by civil society groups to challenge unfair multilateral rules.
A Framework for Rebalancing Global Norms	John Foster/IATP	August 6, 2008
1516k Document summary This paper analyzes the role of global trade and financial institutions in undermining human rights, and identifies strategies for global organizing in support of a new system.
Values in Conflict: How Trade and Finance Rules Curtail Our Rights	Andre Du Plessis/IATP	August 6, 2008
4173k Document summary A chart showing how trade and finance rules conflict with the environment, human rights, public heallth, and food and agriculture.
Services Signalling Conference Report	Pascal Lamy	July 31, 2008
52k Document summary Report by Chairman of the TNC
China's Statement at WTO Trade Negotiating Committee	Li Enheng of China	July 30, 2008
6k Document summary Statement of China at WTO Ministerial.
Trade Talks Collapse, New Direction Needed	IATP	July 29, 2008
149k Document summary Today, trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization in Geneva broke down. It has now been seven years since the Doha Round of negotiations began at the WTO.
July 28 proposal on SSM	G7	July 29, 2008
11k Document summary New proposal on SSM coming out of G7
Second ACP proposal on bananas	ACP group	July 29, 2008
11k Document summary New proposal from the ACPs on bananas
U.S. TNC Statement	U.S. David Shark	July 28, 2008
13k Document summary The U.S. statement before the WTO's Trade Negotiating Committee.
Statement of China Before the WTO Trade Negotiating Committee	China	July 28, 2008
48k Document summary Statement of China Before the WTO Trade Negotiating Committee
Statment of India Before WTO Trade Negotiating Committee	India	July 28, 2008
12k Document summary Statement of India before the WTO Trade Negotiating Committee.
Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas	WTO members	July 28, 2008
59k Document summary An agreement on trade in bananas by key countries involved in such trade at the WTO.
Le coton dans le Projet Révisé de modalités agricoles du 10 juillet 2008	Jacques Berthelot	July 28, 2008
205k Document summary Revue des propos concernant le coton dans les modalités proposés le 10 juillet au sein des négociations de Doha sur l'agriculture à l'OMC.
Cotton in the Revised Draft on agricultural modalities of 10 July 2008	Jacques Berthelot	July 27, 2008
190k Document summary analysis of implications for cotton in the July 10 draft modalities proposals in the Doha talks on agriculture at the WTO
Statement in July 27 green room	G33, ACP, SVE, Africa group	July 27, 2008
67k Document summary Statement on SPs and SSM
Proposals Discussed at WTO by G7		July 25, 2008
53k Document summary A series of proposals being discussed at the WTO to reach agreement on the Doha Round.
Draft Modalities for TRIPS-Related Issues	Brazil, European Communities, India, Switzerland	July 22, 2008
13k Document summary This is a compromise text that would require TRIPs negotiations concerning the protection of geographical indicators (e.g. "Basmati rice") and the disclosure of genetic resources and traditional knowledge used in patented products.
Preference Erosion and Tropical Products	Tropical Products Group	July 22, 2008
285k Document summary A proposal from the Tropical Products Group to the ACP group within the World Trade Organization.
U.S. Spending on Overall Trade Distorting Support, July 2008	U.S.	July 22, 2008
12k Document summary Calculations for U.S. subsidy payments, known as Overall Trade Distorting Support (OTDS), at the WTO.