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Non-governmental organisations can express their views on the World Trade Organisation’s Sixth Ministerial Conference at an October 16 roundtable forum, […]

A Call to Action to Social Movements, Mass Organizations and All Civil Society Groups October 17, 2005 No Deal in […]

The U.S. for the first time this week set out conditions on how sensitive agricultural products not subject to formula tariff reductions should be treated under a new World Trade Organization agreement, according to Geneva sources. The ideas were floated at an informal Oct. 4 meeting of the agriculture negotiating group in Geneva. The U.S. is calling for an expansion of tariff-rate quotas on any products designated as sensitive that are currently covered by a TRQ. In-quota tariffs should be reduced to zero and out-of-quota tariffs should be halved, according to the U.S., while the quotas should increase in size by 7.5 percent of annual market consumption of that product.

GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization begin a week of talks Oct 4 in Geneva on agricultural trade which many diplomats are viewing as crucial to a successful outcome at the WTO's Hong Kong ministerial in December. Informal meetings of the WTO's negotiating group on agriculture begin Oct. 4, with delegates under pressure to produce some narrowing of differences on outstanding issues which can provide positive input to a meeting of key trade ministers in Zurich on Oct. 10.

VietDHRRA wishes to share the report on Vietnam AFTA Research entitled Impacts of AFTA to Small Producers of Agriculture in […]

The AFA Execom meeting held in Seoul, Korea on Sept. 9-15, 2005 was a very productive event for AFA as they were able to strengthen relations with Korean farmers, clarify organizational issues and enhanc the regional projection of AFA as a farmers organization. The activities included participation in the Second Commemoration of the Martyrdom of Lee Kyung Hae, Field visits to Korean Farmers, visits and dialogue with KAFF, review of AFA proposals and projects and drafting of plans for the Hongkong Ministerial and AFA general Assembly.

Thousands of Farmers to converge in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on 2nd October 2005 to protest the Union Government’s WTO policies and dumping of subsidised agricultural products’ The Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements, a coalition of farmer unions from across the country will hold a press conference on 1st October 2005 at the Mumbai Press Club (3-4 pm), a day ahead of the massive protests at Azad Maidan on 2nd October, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

From: WTO Reporter, Wednesday, September 21, 2005, ISSN 1529-4153 By Daniel Pruzin GENEVA–Boosting global trade in agricultural goods could have […]