ICDA WTO Impact List: July Edition
Monday 2 July:[UN LDC Related]: Lamy Talks to Third World Press; Blair & Mbeki Enthuse over Africa; AFRICA -- What Changes?
1) LAMY IN DIALOGUE WITH PRESS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [DG Trade Press Release]
2) MAJOR CHANGES ARE NEEDED FOR AFRICA TO EMBRACE 21st CENTURY [World Bank Document]
3) IMF LOAN -- [Ghana receives more money]
4) COMRADES IN A NEW STRUGGLE -- [Speech by two prominent leaders]
5) BATTERED $A KEEPS TRADE IN SURPLUS [Trade News from Down Under]

Tuesday 3 July:[RIO+10 RELATED]: Who's this Guardian of Globalization?; Africa Prepares for Qatar; US NGO Berates Bush
1) WHO WANTS TO LEAD THE WORLD's...ROUND? [*Comment*]
2) AFRICAN TRADE NEGOTIATORS PREPARE... [*Qatar*]
3) THE PUZZLING NOTION OF GOVERNANCE...IN ETHIOPIA [*Essay*]
4) 1 $TRILLION DOLLARS LOST IN DOLLAR DOWNTURN [*Markets*]
5) ORGANIZATION CHASTIZES BUSH's TRADE POLICY [*Environment*]
6) UNEP WARNS AFRICANs ON OZONE [*Environment*]
7) STATES SAID TO LAG ON FOOD SECURITY [*Agriculture/FAO*]
8) THE NEW SHOPFRONTS FOR BIO-PROSPECTORS [*Drugs--Australia*]

Wednesday 4 July:[*QATAR-Related*]:More on Regional Trade; View from the EP; Genoa & Globalization
1) MOORE LENDS WEIGHT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES [*WTO*]
2) DAILY PRESS ROUNDUP| ARTICLES [*Regional Trade/WTO*]
3) PROPOSALS BY UN-APPOINTED PANEL [*Press Release*]
4) THE HEART BLEEDS [*Comment -- Environment*]
5) WORLD CULTURE RESISTS...COMMERCE [*Globalization*]
6) GLOBALIZATION, THE SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE -- Part II/III

Thursday 5 July:[FOCUS ON Regional Trade]: SADC; AGOA; PNG vs World Bank; EURO still Standing
1) SADC FREE TRADE PROCESS TO BEGIN IN AUGUST
2) HOW AMERICA GAINED AN EMPIRE BUT LOST...
3) EURO GAINS STAND
4) US OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON AGOA TRADE ACT...
5) HAVE WE RUSHED INTO THE FTA?
6) ASIAN FREE TRADE AREEMENT FAILS
7) P.N.GUINEA: PEOPLE REBEL AGAINST WORLD BANK
8) BID FOR SOUTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE ZONE

Friday 6 July: [*FFD Related]:Hi-Level Panel on Development Financing; Africa Needs Marshall Plan; Some Reasons for Bad Trade Diplomacy
1) WHY AFRICA PERFORMS POORLY AT WORLD TRADE
2) AFRICA NEEDS A MARSHALL PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT
3) HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING...
4) UN, WTO, IMF, WB, TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL CONSULTATION in JUNE 2001
5) TEN TOPICS FOR TECHNICAL NOTES FOR FFD

Monday 9 July:[UN LDC3]: Food Security; Zoellick Remains Zealous on WTO; Commentary/Criticism on LDCs
1) LDC CONFERENCE STRESSES GOOD GOVERNANCE
2) FOOD INSECURITY -- BREAKDOWN OF STORAGE FACILITIES
3) FAO AND ECOWAS CONSOLIDATE COOPERATION
4) TRADE-RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO LDCs
5) EXPERT ADVOCATES INDUSTRIALIZATION THROUGH AGRICULTURE
6) ZOELLICK STICKS TO HARD LINE ON WTO
7) EMPTY PROMISES DON't FEED POOR CHILDREN

Tuesday 10 July:[RIO+10]:New Sustainable Award for companies; Profile of German Greens; Africa IP Stolen by the West?
1) NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AWARD FOR COMPANIES
2) GERMAN GREENS -- BETTER THAN NOTHING/WORSE THAN...?
3) THE WEST HAS BEEN STEALING AFRICA's INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4) IPR AGENTS TRY TO DERAIL OAU PROCESS

Wednesday 11 July:[QATAR]: China & WTO ; Open Letter to WTO; On Global Capitalism: Free/Fair or Expensive/Unfair?
1) WHY GLOBAL CAPITALISM HAS FAILED THE WORLD's POOR
2) OPEN LETTER TO WTO MEMBERS...
3) CHINA IN THE WTO: A NEW MEMBER == PROBLEMS
4) INDIA DIVIDED ON NEW TRADE ROUND AT WTO
5) MINISTER PINS HOPES ON FAIR TRADE

Thursday 12 July:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Overview of RTAs; ECOWAS; MERCOSUR; APEC; NAFTA
1) MAJOR REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
2) STATEMENT BY COMESA SECRETARY-GENERAL
3) TRADE IN GHANA
4) THE LESSONS OF NAFTA: HOW MEXICO HAS FARED
5) BENEFITING FROM INTRA-ECOWAS TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
6) A GUIDE TO REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS IN APEC
7) PUSHING THE ECOWAS DREAM WITH NIGERIA
8) ECOWAS AND MERCOSUR OFFICIALS DISCUSS COLLABORATION
9) LAMY SEES POTENTIAL OF MERCOSUR ON MULTILATERAL STAGE

Friday 13 July[FfDEVELOPMENT]:PRSPs just PR, Say NGOs; ADB -- a mini World Bank in Asia?; Pro-IMF views on Ffd
1) VIEWS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
2) THE IMPORTANCE OF MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT
3) PRSPs JUST PR, SAY CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS
4) CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION & POVERTY
5) GIVING WITH ONE HAND, TAKING WITH THE OTHER
6) AUSTRALIA, MISERLY ON FOREIGN AID

Monday 16 July:[UN LDC3]: What About the Poor?; OAU to launch ATIA; WTO Official Defends Organization; HDR 2000
1) HAS GLOBALIZATION HELPED THE POOR?
2) OAU TO LAUNCH AFRICA TRADE INSURANCE AGENCY
3) RICH COUNTRIES POST-SEATTLE MANOEUVRING
4) DUMP THOSE PREJUDICES
5) HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2000 - STATISTICS AS LIES
6) BIOTECHNOLOGY WILL BYPASS THE HUNGRY

Tuesday 17 July[RIO+10]: RIO+10--Free Market Environmentalism?; Interview with Denmark Minister; Capitalism & Environment
1) RIO+10: FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM
2) INTERVIEW WITH DENMARK's MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT
3) BLUE PLANET TARGETS COMMODIFICATION OF WATER
4) COULD CAPITALISM EVER BE ENVIRONMENTALLY STABLE?

Wednesday 18 July:[QATAR]: Third World vs WTO; Nigeria Criticizes WTO; Whither is the WTO going?
1) AFRICAN COUNTRIES CAN'T GO ALONG WITH NEW ROUND ISSUES
2) WTO TRADE ROUND ON THE ROCKS
3) WTO PROSPECTS
4) OBASANJO CRITICIZES WTO CLASSIFICATION POLICY

Thursday 19 July:[REGIONAL TRADE]: More on APEC; ECOWAS Trade Liberalization; Mercosur Profiles
1) A GUIDE TO REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS IN APEC
2) BENEFITTING FROM INTRA-ECOWAS TRADE ARRANGEMENTS
3) THE MERCOSUR-CHILE AGREEMENT
4) MBENDI PROFILE OF MERCOSUR
5) UNDP & ECOWAS SET STANDARD FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
6) PALM OIL, CLOTHES, OTHERS OBTAIN ECOWAS EXEMPTION
7) COMMENTS & CLARIFICATION OVER TUESDAY's RIO+10 WTOIL

Friday 20 July:[FfD]:Part Two of CAL; Influence of UN Smmit of 1995; Financing Intl Development
1) CAPITAL ACCOUNT LIBERALIZATION & POVERTY -- II/II
2) EXTERNAL MOBILIZATION FOR POVERTY REDUCTION -- Africa
3) FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT SPEECH
4) FINANCING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Monday 23 July:[UN LDC]:Genoa vs LDC; G8 to Meet Again before Qatar?; More on HDR
1) WTO TRADE MINISTERS TO MEET IN ZANZIBAR
2) AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
3) GLOBAL PROTEST IS A FORCE FOR GOOD
4) WTO TRADE TALKS IN DOUBT
5) SELLING AN EMPTY BOX

Tuesday July 24:[RIO+10]:Bonn Conference; WWF on WTO; Organic Agriculture in Africa.
1) BONN CONFERENCE ANALYSIS
2) UNEP ON BONN CONFERENCE
3) WWF ON WTO
4) UGANDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC COFFEE

Wednesday 25 July:[QATAR]:Trade Unions target Qatar; Who decides the current trade rules?; No advance on implemenation
1) TRADE UNIONS DECLARE GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION FOR 4TH WTO
2) ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY: THE POLITICAL STRUGGLE OF THE 21st CENTURY
3) GENERAL COUNCIL: STILL NO MOVEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION

Thursday 26 July[REGIONAL TRADE]: ACP Chat Transcript; Transatlantic FTZ in the Offing?; Kudos for Cuba; ECOWAS Effusive Over Single Currency
1) TRANSCRIPT (SHORT) OF ACP SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAT
2) UK WANTS ANTLANTIC FREE TRADE ZONE
3) ECOWAS MINISTERS TO FINE-TUNE PLANS FOR SINGLE CURRENCY
4) CUBA'S DIFFERENT PATH
5) FREE TRADE TRIVIA
6) NAFTA ON STEROIDS
7) LATIN AMERICA: US TO TIGHTEN TRADE SCREWS

Friday 27 July[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Aid for the Poor; Genoa Aftermath and Responses
1) AID FOR THE POOR
2) AFTER GENOA
3) GLOBALLY, A POOR PERFORMANCE
4) WDM'S RESPONSE TO THE GENOA G8 SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE

Monday 30 July:[UN LDC3]: Zanzibar Vs Genoa: Preference for Platitudes Over Plans?; LDCs Pessimistic Over WTO Round
1) WTO CONFERENCE ENDS AS STAKEHOLDERS ARE PESSIMISTIC
2) LUCKY STRIKE
3) UNCTAD, WTO ORGANIZES MULTILATERAL TRADE SEMINAR
4) STATESMEN AND POLITICIANS

Tuesday 31 July:[RIO+10]:Kyoto Rescued? Or Not?; What's Next?; Where Does the US Stand?
1) HISTORIC VICTORY FOR THE CLIMATE AND FOR COMMON SENSE
2) KYOTO RESCUED
3) REVISED KYOTO PROTOCOL SEEN AS LESS RIGID
4) PRONK FORECASTS US RETURN TO KYOTO PROTOCOL
5) JAPAN CALLS FOR USA TO MAKE COUNTERPROPOSAL ON KYOTO PROTOCOL
6) GUESSING GAME ON US REVIEW OF REJECTION OF KYOTO



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