WTOIL Contents -- HTML Format: November Edition

ICDA WTO Impact List: November Edition

Friday 2 November[FfDEVELOPMENT]:FFD Conference -- Another Pie in the Sky?;Spanking the Bank is Zero Sum Tactics; Cussing Civil Society post-911

1) BACKGROUND FOR FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
2) BRETTON WOODS REVISITED
3) IFI's & CIVIL SOCIETY IN NEW POLITICAL CONTEXT

Monday 5 November:[UNLDC3]: The Heart of Darkness: Globalisation & Racism; Battle Lines Drawn at Qatar; Beware the Rage of the Dispossessed

1) THE HEART OF DARKNESS : GLOBALISATION & RACISM
2) HOW THE WEST COMPOUNDS AFRICA's CRISIS
3) THE POOR WANT A NEW DEAL AT WTO
4) NO RETREAT IN DOHA

Tuesday 6 November:[RIO+10]: WTO, Forests + Rio; EU Sust. Indicators; COP7; Jo'burg Preparations; Dolphin-Tuna appeal.

1) WTO, FORESTS AND RIO
2) EU SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
3) ENVIRO WARNING AS MARRAKECH KICKS OFF
4) JOHANNESBURG PREPARATIONS
5) DOLPHIN-TUNA COURT APPEAL

Wednesday 7 November 2001 [QATAR]: Trade piracy; the poor; Agriculture; Children; No new round?; Tobin Tax in Doha; Threats to new round.

1) TRADE PIRACY UNMASKED
2) ANY GAIN FOR THE POOR?
3) DIM OUTLOOK ON AGRICULTURE
4) TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND CHILDREN
5) THE "NO NEW ROUND" ARGUMENTS
6) TOBIN TAX RESURFACES IN DOHA
7) THE REAL THREAT

Thursday 8 November:[REGIONAL TRADE]: [DOHA--Related]:The Acrimony of Agriculture Persists; NZ Emphasises Environment; ACP Group Unhappy; G77 Neither

1) AGRICULTURE -- ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES IN WTO
2) SADC -- THE SHINING JEWEL OF AFRICA?
3) POSITION OF THE ACP GROUP TOWARDS WTOMC4, 2001
4) DECLARATION BY THE GROUP OF 77 & CHINA FOR WTOMC4
5) WTO: TRADE WARRIORS UNDER HEAVY FIRE
6) WTO TALKS LOOK ODDS ON FOR SUCCESS SAYS SUTTON
7) GOVT ISSUES NEW TRADE & ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK
8) AGRICULTURE TOPS THE AGENDA FOR CHILE

Friday 9 November:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Some Fundamentals on the FfDev Conference; World Bank Explains Rationale for WTO; NZ Demands for Doha

1) THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT
2) LAUNCHING "DEVELOPMENT ROUND" COULD HELP POOR COUNTRIES
3) THE GLOBALIZER WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
4) NZ TO PLAY BRIDGE BUILDING AT DOHA
5) CARNIVAL AGAINST CAPITALISM: NO TO WTO!

Monday 12 November:[UNLDC3]:[Doha-SPECIAL]: Behind the Cloak of Technical Trade Language; WTO Draft -- "Illusory" for LDCs?; Ghana (a DC) Not Coping with WTO

1) AFRICA AND THE WTO: THE ISSUES IN BRIEF
2) TEXT A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES
3) ARM-TWISTING AHEAD OF WTO TALKS
4) ERWIN WARNS OF COST OF FAILURE OF WTO CONFERENCE [D]
5) GHANA STILL SLEEPING! WTO SHOULD BE THE FOCUS

Tuesday 13 November 2001[RIO+10]: Kyoto agreement; what lies ahead?; Kyoto and Rio+10; Environment in Doha; upcoming conference

1) 160 NATIONS AGREE TO KYOTO
2) LONG WAY AHEAD ON KYOTO
3) KYOTO SAVED JOHANNESBURG
4) ENVIRONMENT "MUST NOT BE SIDELINED" IN DOHA
5) UPCOMING CLIMATE AND ENERGY CONFERENCE

Wednesday 14 November2001:[Qatar/WTO]: DOWN TO THE WIRE - DOHA POSITIONS AND STATEMENTS

1) LESS ENTHUSIASM NEEDED ON LIBERALIZATION
2) STATEMENT BY DR GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND
3) GATS IN DOHA
4) ZOELLICK MEETS HIS MATCH
5) REVISED DRAFT HARMFUL TO DEV. COUNTRIES
6) STATEMENT ON WTO "DEVELOPMENT AGENDA"

Thursday 15 November:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Markets -- Who's Opening Up, Who's Staying Closed?; No Peace for the Colonialist; Danger Looms over WAMU

1) NEW WTO TALKS MUST NOT WORSEN IMBALANCES OF GLOBALISATION
2) POWER OF FREE TRADE CAN UNSHACKLE AFRICA
3) GRANT ACP BETTER TRADE TERMS SAYS BIWOTT
4) WEST AFRICAN CURRENCY TO BE CONTROLLED BY AFRICANS
5) EU COMING THROUGH
6) CAIRNS GROUP ROLE EXPLAINED BY NZ MINISTER

Friday 16 November:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Dangerous Road to Doha; Tanzania Screams for Aid, Trade and Debt Relief; Recession in the Offing?; Brown -- Bona Fide?

1) MINISTER CALLS FOR AID, TRADE, DEBT RELIEF
2) DANGEROUS ROAD TO DOHA
3) IMF PREDICTS RECESSION (D)
4) BROWN URGES NEW DEAL FOR POOR (D)

Monday 19 November :[UNLDC3]: African Methods to Address African Problems?; Facts from UN's World Population Report; WTO Shows True Colours?

1) UNITED NATIONS' WORLD POPULATION REPORTS -- QUICK FACTS
2) WTO THROWS OUT AFRICA's REQUEST
3) NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO RESCUE AFRICANS FROM UNDERDEVELOPMENT

Tuesday 20 November:[RIO+10]: What is Sustain- able Development?; Chewing the Cud on Global Warming; Making Environment Better for Bizness; Who's Killing Kyoto?

1) WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
2) IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS SAYS UGANDA
3) GLOBAL WARNING WILL LEAVE NOONE UNTOUCHED
4) GREENHOUSE: KYOTO PROTOCOL 'RESCUED' AGAIN

Wednesday 21 November:[QATAR]: WTO Tinks With Poverty; DOHA = Failure for Development; China: Ratification Problem

1) TINKERING WITH POVERTY
2) DOHA SPELLS DISASTER FOR DEVELOPMENT
3) ACADEMICS HIT AT FLAWS OVER ENTRY TO WTO

Thursday 22 November:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Lamy Claims Trade is "Weapon of Peace"; Private Sector Claims Mercosur "Impractical"; Casting Aspersion on Canada

1) COMMISSION PROPOSES TRADE CONCESSIONS ON TEXTILES FOR PAKISTAN
2) ARGENTINE BUSINESSES SEEK TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MERCOSUR
3) CANADA IS A WORLD CLASS TRADE BULLY

Friday 23 November:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: [STIGLITZ Special]:Dangerous Insider From the Cold; Stiglitz the Former Insider, But Outsider Now?;UNCTAD Should Lead Says NEF's Simms

1) STIGLITZ, WORLD BANK ECONOMIST, PUSHED OUT
2) 'HIGH RHETORIC" FIGHT BETWEEN IMF and WORLD BANK
3) BANGKOK TRADE DELEGATES SAY NO TO LIBERALISATION
4) A DANGEROUS MAN -- WORLD BANK INSIDER WHO DEFECTED
5) BEEN THERE, SOLVING THAT

Monday 26 November:[UNLDC3]: An LDC Decides to Take "The Road Less Travelled"; "Who are These Enemies of Globalisation?" (By The Way, Please Change the Record)

1) MBEKI HAILS WTO MEET AS VICTORY FOR AFRICA
2) GAMBIA -- A NATION AT A CROSSROAD
3) "WE NEED TO SEE MORE GLOBALISATION, NOT LESS..."

Tuesday 27 November:[RIO+10]:Poverty & Excessive Consumption -- Recipe for Death of Environment; Canada's Vision on Sustainable Development; UNDP & Gambia

1) UNDP & GOVERNMENT TO "FIGHT" ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION (D)
2) SOUTH AFRICA: INDABA IDENTIFIES CAPITALISM AS THE PROBLEM
3) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: SHARING CANADA's VISION

Wednesday 28 November:[QATAR]:Doha Ministerial's Differing Verdicts Reveal Result as 'Mirage of a Triumph'; Show Us The Real Protectionists

1) "WE TAKE OVER"
2) TRADING ILLUSIONS ON THE WTO
3) WHO ARE THE REAL 'PROTECTIONISTS'?

Thursday 29 November:[REGIONAL TRADE]: US Trade Policy:'Double Standards'; Globalisation Not Inherently Bad; Groping for Regional Structures; ACP Satisfied With WTOMC4

1) ACP GROUP IS SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME OF DOHA
2) EU-ACP TRADE GETS WTO NOD
3) AMERICAN TRADE POLICY -- DOUBLE STANDARDS
4) WHOSE BRAIN DRAIN?
5) WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS?
6) SOUTHLAND SHOWS THE WAY TO A REAL GLOBAL ECONOMY

Friday 30 November:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: SAPs, Or How One Size Fits All; Global Financial Governance & Group of Twenty; Bush Reduces Africa Aid

1) DC's, GLOBAL FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE & THE GROUP OF TWENTY
2) STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS & PRS (Poverty Reduction Strategy)
3) BUSH ADMINISTRATION REDUCES AFRICA AID BID (D)
4) CALL FOR BIG CHANGES IN FINANCIAL GLOBAL SYSTEM (D)
5) IMF CALLS FOR AN INT'L BANKRUPTCY PROCESS (D)