WTOIL Contents -- HTML Format: December Edition

ICDA WTO Impact List: December Edition

Monday 3 December:[UNLDC3]: The Curse of Commodities, Capital, and...Colonialism?; TRIPs--Development Averse; Agriculture, Food Security & the Multinational

1) AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY & THE MULTINATIONAL
2) AFRICA LOSES AN OPPORTUNITY BY FOCUSSING ON TRIPS
3) WHY POVERTY PERSISTS AMONG ECONOMIC EXPANSION
4) INT'L TRADING RELATIONSHIPS -- A NEW FORM OF COLONIALISM

Tuesday 4 December :[RIO+10]: EU and the Jo'burg Challenge;Water Summit in Bonn; Water, Sanitation and Governments; UNFPA Annual Report on the State of the World Population

1) EU AND THE CHALLENGE OF JOHANNESBURG
2) CLEAN WATER WILL LEAD TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3) MINISTERS AND 'SEXY' SANITATION
4) COPING WITH POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Wednesday 5 December [QATAR/WTO]: EU's Lamy: Doha a good start for; Doha:saving WTO, killing Democracy; Qatar the Scorecard; To the Poor the Crumbs

1) EU' LAMY- DOHA A GOOD START FOR DEVELOPMENT
2) DOHA: SAVING WTO, KILLING DEMOCRACY
3) QATAR THE SCORECARD
4)TO THE POOR THE CRUMBS

Thursday 6 December:[REGIONAL TRADE]: South Africa -- From Great Expectations to Exhortations; "Ill Wind of Trade";Mercosur:'WTO Positive'; What is Power Without Control?

1) FAO & ECOWAS SIGN US$558,000 ASSISTANCE (D)
2) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD LINK UP
3) THE ILL WIND OF TRADE
4) WTO SUMMIT "POSITIVE"
5) CHANGING OF WTO GUARD NO SOLUTION

Friday 7 December:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: How to Improve Development: Comment & analysis; IMF Bankruptcy Plan Leaves IMF; Macro Policy and Poverty Reduction Reviewed.

1) HOW TO IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT: COMMENT & ANALYSIS
2) IMF BANKRUPTCY PLAN LEAVES IMF
3) MACRO POLICY AND POVERTY REDUCTION REVIEWED

Monday 10 December:[UNLDC3]:Cruel Influence of Colonialism on Commodities; The Case Against Tariff Escalation; Continuing Commodity Problems

1) 'FREE TRADE' RULES ROB POOR, PROTECT RICH
2) THE WTO AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
3) COMMODITY PROBLEM, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR PEOPLE
4) DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHORT-CHANGED ON COMMODITIES
5) RAINS HIT COFEE EXPORTS

Tuesday 11 December:[RIO+10]:Going Green with GLOWA; WSSD 2002 Date Change?; Global Compact N#2?; No Invisible Hand to Sustainability

1) POSSIBLE DATE CHANGE FOR WORLD SUMMIT 2002? (D)
2) REDUCING POVERTY IN AFRICA NEEDS GOOD LEADERSHIP
3) WORKING AROUND CLIMATE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4) UN's CARRIAGE HOUSE CENTER IS INAUGURATED BY ANNAN
5) FRIENDS OF THE EARTH : FRIENDS OF THE REVOLUTION?(D)

Wednesday 12 December:[WTO-QATAR]: Was Doha Conducive to "Development" or Division?; Food, not Trade, is "Weapon of Peace"; TRIPs and DCs.

1) A TRADE DEAL BUILT ON SAND
2) WTO GAINS FOR INDIA HAVE BEEN NEGLIGIBLE
3) HEALTH & THE DEVELOPING WORLD AFTER THE DOHA MINISTERIAL

Thursday 13 December:[REGIONAL TRADE]: RTAs in WTO Sitting Uneasy; Globalisation:Parasitic/Symbiotic?; Clark Cooes for Mercosur in Mexico; Tradeoffs--NZ-USA FTA

1) REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PROLIFERATE
2) BATTERING THE BARRIERS
3) MINISTER WELCOMES US TRADE AUTHORITY APPROVAL
4) NZ MINISTER CLARK MUST COMMIT TO US 'FAST TRACK'
5) $350 BILLION IN SUBSIDIES TO US FARMERS
6) GLOBALISATION IS NOT NEW
7) BUENOS DIAS AMIGOS, WE WANT TO KNOW YOU BETTER
8) FREE TRADE -- WOOING UNCLE SAM

Friday 14 December:[FfDEVELOPMENT]:How Can Corporate Greed Help the Poor?; FFDev & Fair + Transparent Arbitration Process; Keep Pressuring WTO / IMF / WB

1) HOW CORPORATE GREED HELPS THE POOR
2) FFD INPUT ON FTAP
3) KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON

Monday 17 December:[UNLDC3]:Tanzania Takes Up the TDB Torch; Corporations and Coffee; Aid Diminishing in Africa

1) UNDP PLEDGES N700m TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FUND (D)
2) DAR ES SALAAM HEADS UN TRADE BOARD
3) AFRICA: TRADE ISSUE BRIEF 1

Tuesday 18 December:[RIO+10]: Greenpeace the Eco-Terrorist?; 'Power Concedes Nothing W/O a Demand': Corporations, Business & Environment; What Green Light?

1) GREENPEACE LABELLED "ECO TERRORISTS"
2) GREENPEACE REJECTS TERRORISM LABEL
3) DOES WORKING WITH BUSINESS COMPROMISE THE ENVIRONMENTALIST?
4) A GREEN LIGHT TO THE DEVELOPERS

Wednesday 19 December:[WTO-QATAR]: LAMY: Europe's "Big Globalisation Pusher"; EU Visits New Zealand Farms; China Slips into WTO Softly

1) CHINA OPENS ITS DOORS SLOWLY
2) EU GETS GRASSROOTS OPINION
3) BIOGRAPHY OF PASCAL LAMY