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AGRICULTURE: NEWS AND REPORTS ON THE
NEGOTIATIONS
- Agriculture: G20 outlines its position on sensitive products by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
- "More engagement" on SSM, but no convergence yet by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
- No progress cited on sensitive products in Green Room by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
- Agriculture: There has been "no tsunami of flexibilities", says Chair by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
- Commodity market speculation played major role in food crisis by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
- Agriculture: Movement needed by end next week, warns Chair by Kanaga Raja (19 Nov 08)
- United Nations: Don't forget the food crisis by Kanaga Raja (31 Oct 08)
- Agriculture: No open-ended meetings for the time being by Kanaga Raja (04 Nov 08)
- Agriculture: SSM must be simple, operational and effective, says G33 by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 08)
- Agriculture: Useful talks, but no concrete progress yet, reports Chair by Kanaga Raja (23 Oct 08)
- Trade: Doha must redress North's distortions in agriculture - G20 by Kanaga Raja (22 Oct 08)
- Agriculture: WTO multilateral level talks start again by Martin Khor (06 Oct 08)
- Trade: Agriculture work plan discussed at WTO meeting by Martin Khor (30 Sept 08)
- Trade: G7 agriculture meeting ends without agreement by Martin Khor (26 Sept 08)
- Trade: Falconer to re-start WTO agriculture meetings this week by Martin Khor (25 Sept 08)
- Trade: G7 senior officials re-start talks on agricultural SSM by Martin Khor (25 Sept 08)
- Doha talks, market price support and Enron accounting by Jacques Berthelot (15 Aug 08)
- Falconer report says WTO talks failed on political factor by Martin Khor (13 Aug 08)
- Trade: Don't blame SSM for breaking the talks, say G33 Ministers by Martin Khor (04 Aug 08)
- Trade: 100 developing countries in show of strength on SP, SSM by Kanaga Raja (29 July 08)
- Agriculture: Did Schwab mean the US to have a Peace Clause Plus? by Chakravarthi Raghavan (24 July 08)
- Agriculture: Initial sceptical response to US offer on domestic support by Martin Khor (23 July 08)
- Agriculture: North accountable for distortions and restrictions - G20 by Kanaga Raja (22 July 08)
- Trade: New services text calls for binding current liberalisation in GATS by Martin Khor (22 July 08)
- Trade: G33 complains about SSM, SP in final agriculture meeting by Martin Khor (22 July 08)
- Agriculture: No real cuts in subsidies from WTO text by Martin Khor (21 July 08)
- Trade: Imbalances remain in WTO's new agriculture, NAMA texts by Martin Khor (15 July 08)
- Agriculture: Falconer outlines how he may treat outstanding issues by Martin Khor (10 July 08)
- Trade: G20, G33 give final statements at open-ended agriculture meeting by Martin Khor (09 July 08)
- Agriculture: North's system of protection contributed to food insecurity by Kanaga Raja (08 July 08)
- Agriculture: G33 makes gestures on SSM, SP proposals by Martin Khor (08 July 08)
- Trade: Consultations on SP, SSM and also a Green Room meeting by Martin Khor (07 July 08)
- Agriculture: G33 "disappointed" with Chair's text on SPs and SSM by Kanaga Raja (16 June 08)
- Agriculture: G20, Cairns Group criticize US Farm Bill by Kanaga Raja (16 June 08)
- Agriculture: Chair reports "incremental progress", further talks week of 9 June by Kanaga Raja (16 June 08)
- Trade: Developing countries criticise imbalances in agriculture text by Martin Khor (29 May 08)
- Agriculture: G20 calls for real subsidy cuts at meeting on new WTO text by Martin Khor (28 May 08)
- Trade: Initial critical reactions to agriculture, NAMA texts by Martin Khor (27 May 08)
- Trade: Agriculture and NAMA Chairs issue new revised texts by Kanaga Raja (23 May 08)
- Trade: New WTO texts issued, basic imbalances remain by Martin Khor (23 May 08)
- Trade: US Farm Bill passed, will cast shadow on Doha talks by Martin Khor (22 May 08)
- Agriculture: Food crisis makes SP, SSM even more necessary, says G33 by Martin Khor (19 May 08)
- Agriculture: Talks bogged down, Chair's new text by this or next week by Martin Khor (19 May 08)
- Agriculture: Overhaul of agriculture systems needed, says new report by Lim Li Ching (14 May 08)
- Agriculture: Talks to continue on 8-9 May, no text before week of 12 May by Kanaga Raja (14 May 08)
- Agriculture: Another meet on 30 April, Chair warns of delay in revising text by Kanaga Raja (24 Apr 08)
- Agriculture: Talks adjourned till 18 April, key issues unresolved by Kanaga Raja (23 Apr 08)
- Agriculture: G33 states current stand on SP and SSM by Martin Khor (22 Apr 08)
- Trade: Agriculture talks push ahead, plans for May 19 mini-Ministerial by Martin Khor (22 Apr 08)
- Agriculture: Next meeting delayed, probably till 31 March by Martin Khor (19 Mar 08)
- Agriculture: Most countries want primacy of "substance over deadlines" by Martin Khor (18 Mar 08)
- Agriculture: No revised text soon, Friday meeting to decide process by Martin Khor (18 Mar 08)
- Agriculture: Little progress, talks to pause for a week by Kanaga Raja (05 Mar 08)
- Agriculture: Meeting on SSM grapples with FTA question by Martin Khor (05 Mar 08)
- Trade: G33 takes strong stance on SSM in Room E meeting by Martin Khor (28 Feb 08)
- Agriculture: Chair reports not much progress after a week of talks by Martin Khor (28 Feb 08)
- Agriculture: Week's talks end on stormy note on Special Products by Martin Khor (28 Feb 08)
- Agriculture: WTO Members react to Falconer's revised draft text by Kanaga Raja (20 Feb 08)
- G33 disagrees with Chair's proposal on special products by Martin Khor (28 Jan 08)
- Agriculture: Recent developments in negotiations on Special Products by Martin Khor (28 Jan 08)
- Summary of state of agriculture talks in first half January by Kanaga Raja (28 Jan 08)
- Agriculture Chair to begin drafting revised modalities week of 21 January by Kanaga Raja (09 Dec 07)
- G33 responds to Chair's SP, SSM proposals in agriculture talks by Martin Khor (12 Nov 07)
- Agriculture text delayed, consultations to continue by Kanaga Raja (09 Nov 07)
- Agriculture: Intense talks on special safeguard mechanism by Martin Khor (09 Nov 07)
- Chair's SP proposal causes confusion and consternation by Martin Khor (08 Nov 07)
- G33 paper spells its latest position on special products by Martin Khor (08 Nov 07)
- Agriculture Chair puts forward his new views on Special Products by Martin Khor (02 Nov 07)
- WTO Agriculture Meeting 19 Oct 2007 by Kanaga Raja (02 Nov 07)
- Falconer reports progress on export competition by Kanaga Raja (01 Nov 07)
- Agriculture talks resume while EU chief joins blame game by Martin Khor (01 Nov 07)
- Domestic farm support below WTO commitments, says US by Kanaga Raja (11 Oct 07)
- Two week "break" for WTO agriculture talks by Martin Khor (02 Oct 07)
- Cautious reactions to US move on domestic support by Martin Khor (26 Sept 07)
- WTO split widens on special safeguard issue by Martin Khor (21 Sept 07)
- Talks bogged down over special safeguard mechanism by Martin Khor (21 Sept 07)
- "Room E" talks continue on special products by Martin Khor (19 Sept 07)
- Agriculture Green Room meetings discuss special products by Martin Khor (19 Sept 07)
- Review of Chair's agriculture modality paper as regards market access by Martin Khor (13 Sept 07)
- US Farm Bill is a "setback" for Doha negotiations by Martin Khor (24 Aug 07)
- Agriculture negotiations for 2 weeks from 3 September without deadline by Martin Khor (27 Jul 07)
- "Doha is dead", time to rethink a new model of trade by Kanaga Raja (26 Jul 07)
- ACP and African Groups submit detailed agriculture proposals by Martin Khor (19 Jul 07)
- South calls for effective cuts in North's domestic farm subsidies by Kanaga Raja (17 June 07)
- Agriculture talks on 4-7 June on Chair's 2nd Challenge Paper by Kanaga Raja (15 June 07)
- Agriculture talks intensify in WTO but is the action still elsewhere? by Martin Khor (14 June 07)
- Agriculture talks "positive" but still not enough by Kanaga Raja (13 June 07)
- Falconer paper dismisses Green Box reforms, enables more agri-subsidies by Martin Khor (03 June 07)
- Agriculture Chair's second paper conflicts with G33 position on SSM by Martin Khor (03 June 07)
- Agriculture: Falconer's 'Challenge Paper' sharply criticized at WTO by Kanaga Raja (27 May 07)
- Agriculture Chair's 1st 'Challenge Paper' severely imbalanced, according to developing countries by Kanaga Raja (27 May 07)
- Making SP and SSM ineffective is disaster, says Indian Minister by Martin Khor (27 May 07)
- Agriculture: Criticisms of Chair's paper emerge in capitals and Geneva by Martin Khor (07 May 07)
- Agriculture: WTO groupings ponder over Falconer's paper by Martin Khor (07 May 07)
- Agriculture Chair suggests Uruguay Round approach for developing countries by Martin Khor (02 May 07)
- WTO Agriculture Chair's paper gives ranges for subsidy, tariff cuts by Martin Khor (02 May 07)
- Pakistan's SP paper comes under heavy fire at WTO by Kanaga Raja (27 Apr 07)
- Pakistan's SP paper causes stir as WTO agriculture talks resume by Martin Khor (26 Apr 07)
- Agriculture Chair to prepare "challenge" paper at end of week by Martin Khor (24 Apr 07)
- African cotton farmers being hit by subsidies and privatization by Kanaga Raja (30 Mar 07)
- South countries voices concerns over Northern subsidies to cotton by Kanaga Raja (30 Mar 07)
- G33 Ministers reiterate commitment to SP, agree on revised indicators by Hira Jhamtani and Lutfiyah Hanim (27 Mar 07)
- Concerns raised at WTO over EC's agriculture protection by Kanaga Raja (20 Mar 07)
- In Indonesia, Lamy faces protesters suspicious of his "SP mission" by TWN Jakarta (24 Feb 07)
- Need to change the WTO rules on Green Box subsidies by Martin Khor (09 Feb 07)
- Green Box removal may reduce US, EU exports by 40-50% by Martin Khor (09 Feb 07)
- UNCTAD paper reveals distortions of Green Box subsidies by Martin Khor (08 Feb 07)
- G33 defends position on SP and SSM by Goh Chien Yen (07 Feb 07)
- New G33 criticism on World Bank paper on Special Products by Kanaga Raja (20 Jan 07)
- World Bank stance on SPs, SSM assailed at WTO meet by Kanaga Raja (02 Nov 06)
- G33 slams "flawed" World Bank paper on special products by Martin Khor (01 Nov 06)
- Members confirm deep divisions in agriculture by Goh Chien Yen (28 June 06)
- WTO Agriculture Modalities draft issued, with warning against false solutions by Martin Khor (27 June 06)
- ACP submits wide-ranging paper on agriculture modalities by Martin Khor (22 June 06)
- Developing countries call for lower cuts in farm Tariffs by Goh Chien Yen (21 June 06)
- Africa Group proposes WTO modalities on commodities by Martin Khor (17 June 06)
- Agriculture: Divisions show up in debate on Chair's market access paper by Martin Khor (16 June 06)
- Agriculture: Talks on Chair's papers on Blue and Green Box subsidies by Kanaga Raja (16 June 06)
- G33 criticises Chair's reference paper on special products by Martin Khor (16 May 06)
- 4 Developing Country Groups Issue Joint Manifesto in WTO to Defend Special Products, Special Safeguard Mechanism by Martin Khor (16 May 06)
- Agriculture talks at boiling point over Special Products by Martin Khor (09 May 06)
- Major differences over special products, special safeguard by Martin Khor (03 May 06)
- US proposal would make SSM useless for developing countries by Martin Khor (28 Apr 06)
- WTO agriculture talks on export competition issues by Martin Khor (26 Apr 06)
- G33 won't accept agriculture modalities without SPs and SSM by Martin Khor (26 Apr 06)
- Agriculture: Substantial gaps remain on key WTO issues (29 Mar 06)
- Agriculture: No 'material progress' in WTO talks since Hong Kong (29 Mar 06)
- Agriculture: No convergence from week of consultations; Africans submit new cotton proposal (24 Feb 06)
- Agriculture Chairperson issues list of WTO negotiating issues (21 Feb 06)
- G20 Ministers reaffirm "agriculture central to Doha Round," India and Brazil state positions (14 Dec 05)
- WTO's
Agriculture Chair issues his draft report (25 Nov 05)
- Agriculture
is the engine of the negotiations, stresses G20 (19 Nov 05)
- G33
submits proposal on Special Safeguard Mechanism (02 Nov 05)
- Reactions
to EU agriculture proposal range from 'DISAPPOINTING' to 'UNACCEPTABLE'
(02 Nov 05
- EU
agriculture proposal shifts burden to South in NAMA, services (31 Oct
05)
- Agriculture:
"Agreement needed by 31 October or no Hong Kong deal" (27 Oct 05)
- G20
submits six proposals on agriculture (27 Oct 05)
- Agriculture:
ACP Group proposes lower tariff cuts for developing countries (26 Oct
05)
- African
cotton countries demand concrete results at Hong Kong (21 Oct 05)
- "Blame
game" follows failure of FIPs Ministers' meeting (21 Oct 05)
- G33
submits proposal on indicators for special products (18 Oct 05)
- G33
criticises agriculture process and US proposal (18 Oct 05)
- G20
proposals on market access, domestic support (18 Oct 05)
- G20
response to US, EU proposals (15 Oct 05)
- EU
seeks aggressive opening of developing countries in exchange for agriculture
(15 Oct 05)
- US
Agriculture proposal criticised as inadequate and ignoring special treatment
for developing countries (15 Oct 05)
- WTO
agriculture chair indicates change in approach (23 Sept 05)
- Review
of different positions in WTO agriculture negotiations (20 Sept 05)
- 'Warming
Up' Meeting in Agriculture Kicks Off WTO Post-Vacation Talks (15 Sept
05)
- Agriculture
meeting hears there is no convergence from recent agriculture talks
(28 July 05)
- WTO
Agriculture talks in the "FIPS-PLUS" process (26 July 05)
- WTO
Agriculture Talks: 'First approximation' unlikely by end July (12 July
05)
- G20
proposes disciplines on trade distorting domestic support (07 July 05)
- Status
report on WTO agriculture negotiations issued by chairperson (05 July
05)
- Agriculture
negotiations on market access 30 May - 3 June (15 June 05)
- Group
of 33 submits proposals on special products and special safeguard mechanism
in agriculture (14 June 05)
- Agriculture
negotiations on tiered Tariff cuts (14 June 05)
- Cautious
response to new "AVE" guidelines on Agriculture at WTO meeting (21 May
05)
- WTO
agriculture meeting suspended over AVE issue (26 April 05)
- Remaining
issues in agriculture framework get first look; talks break off without
agreement on AVEs (23 Mar 05)
- G20
and G33 present papers on Blue Box and de minimis support at WTO agriculture
negotiations (22 Mar 05)
- G20
Ministerial meeting ends with Declaration (21 Mar 05)
- Report
on agriculture negotiations (20 Feb 05)
- G20
statement on need for disciplines on Blue Box subsidies (24 Jan 05)
- G33
developing countries warn against tariff reduction method that can disrupt
developing countries' rural economies (12 Jan 05)
- G33
paper on Special Safeguard Mechanism (14 Dec 04)
- G20
calls for review of Green Box provisions at WTO agriculture negotiations
(03 Dec 04)
- Agriculture
session discusses green box, SSM, export competition (11 Oct 04)
- Agriculture
session begins with members giving views on how to proceed (07 Oct 04)
- G33
statement for better treatment of SP and SSM in agriculture text (29
July 04)
- Members
express frustration at being left out in agriculture negotiations (29
July 04)
- West
African countries insist on urgent action on cotton (29 July 04)
- Report
on press conference by Indian Minister (27 July 04)
- Diverse
positions on agriculture in recent negotiations {27 July 04)
- G10
rejects new blue box for the US (24 July 04)
- Developing
countries criticize draft agriculture framework (23 July 04)
- Analysis
of agriculture section of draft July framework (21 July 04)
- Agriculture
Chair's 'semantic skills' may decide fate of July package (14 July 04)
- WTO
agriculture meeting postponed (13 July 04)
- G20
ministerial communique lays out main principles for agriculture framework
(15 July 04)
- G20
ministers defend their market access 'elements' approach (15 July 04)
- WTO
agriculture negotiations 2-4 June (08 June 04)
- Members
still listening, no breakthrough in WTO Agriculture Week (06 April 04)
- Third
World farmers hit by imports and unfair rules (15 Mar 04)
- SP/SSM
alliance complain about neglect of their concepts in agriculture negotiations
(09 Dec 03)
- No
convergence of views at WTO agriculture consultations (25 Nov 03)
- The
peace clause in the WTO's Agriculture Agreement (28 Oct 03)
- G20
will stick together, says Brazil Foreign Minister (25 Oct 03)
- 17-country
agriculture paper supported by developing countries, attacked by EC
(22 Aug 03)
- Comment
on US-EC agriculture proposal (20 Aug 03)
- US-EC
agriculture paper criticised by developing countries (15 Aug 03)
- No
agriculture paper yet from US and EC (12 Aug 03)
- Members
stick to their positions in WTO agriculture special session (07 July
03)
- Northern
agriculture subsidies come under attack at ECOSOC (03 July 03)
- TWN
statement on agriculture at ECOSOC (02 July 03)
- NGO
statements on CAP reform (13 June 03)
- Critique
by BL Das of Chairman's text on WTO agriculture modalities (28 Feb 03)
- NGOs
call for rejection of WTO's agriculture modalities paper (26 Feb 03)
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