ICDA WTO Impact List: October Edition
Monday 1 October:[UN LDC3]: Globalising LDCs Gently; Wolfensohn's Woes; Aids Adversely Affects Food Security; Declining Africa
1) GLOBALISING LDCs GENTLY: FOOD SECURITY, HDR, & GENOA
2) WOLFENSOHN SAYS POVERTY & INEQUALITY AT ROOT OF GLOBAL ILLS
3) FAO OFFICIAL SAYS AIDS POSES BIGGEST THREAT TO FOOD SECURITY
4) UNITED NATIONS PLOTS FEEDING PLAN
5) FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT

Tuesday 02 October 2001 [Rio+10]:Europe and WSSD; Health B4 Wealth; Doha 'round the corner; GE publication; US Greens vs. Bush Trade Bill
1) EUROPE AND WSSD
2) HEALTH B4 WEALTH PETITION
3) DOHA 'ROUND THE CORNER
4) NEW PUBLICATION ON GEN. ENG. ORGs
5) US GREENS VS BUSH TRADE BILL

Wednesday 03 October 2001 [Qatar/WTO]: Zoellick speaks; Controversy follows; D. Sharma on WTO/Agriculture; WTO Draft and Briefing; Khor on WTO Draft; Zoellick on Doha
1) ZOELLICK ON TRADE AND TERRORISM
2)...AND THE CONTROVERSY
3) DEVINDER SHARMA ON WTO AND AGRICULTURE
4) WTO DRAFT DECLARATION
5) WTO DRAFT BRIEFING
6) KHOR ON WTO DRAFT
7) ZOELLICK DOHA DOUBTS

Thursday 4 October:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Free Trade Unlimited: Mercosur, SADC, AGOA, and NZ; Howard's Way Scuppered; The Bribing of Indonesia
1) FREE TRADE UNLIMITED: MERCOSUR, SADC, AGOA & NEW ZEALAND
2) HOWARDS' FTA DREAM SQUELCHED BY US FARM LOBBIES
3) "CARROTS" FOR INDONESIA

Friday 5 October:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Belgian PM's Open Letter: The Paradox of Antiglobalisation; Welcome to a New World: Free Market Tide has Turned
1) PROTESTERS ASK RIGHT QUESTIONS YET LACK RIGHT ANSWERS (D)
2) IMPLEMENT CURRENCY TAX, STATE URGED
3) FREE MARKET TIDE HAS TURNED

Monday 8 October:[UN LDC3]: Africa -- the Boon to Corporations?; Privatisation's Impact on FDI; FAO Report Shows Mixed Performance
1) AFRICANS SAY DOHA 2001 SHOULD STICK TO TRADE -- NOTHING MORE
2) A PIECE OF THE PIE -- WORLD FOOD DAY 2000
3) FAO REPORTS MIXED PERFORMANCE BY FARM SECTOR
4) MAKING THE WORLD GO ROUND

Tuesday 9 October:[RIO+10]:Business prep for Jo'Burg; US environmentalists after 911; EU on CO2; Climate Change update.
1) BUSINESS PREP FOR JO'BURG
2) QUO VADIS, US ENVIRONMENTALISTS?
3) NEW EU CO2 SCHEME
4) ACTION NEEDED ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Wednesday 10 October:[Qatar/WTO]: African position for Doha; WTO's bias on Africa; Revisions for Agricultural Draft?; Raghavan on WTO
1) AFRICAN POSITION FOR DOHA
2) WTO BIASED AGAINST AFRICA
3) REVISIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL DRAFT?
4) BUSINESS AS USUAL WON'T DO
5) EU RESERVED ON AGRICULTURE

Thursday 11 October:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Regional Trade Blocs -- A New World Disorder?; ECOWAS Discuss Common Currency; Nigeria -- the African Superpower?
1) THE NEW 'NEW WORLD DISORDER'?
2) ECOWAS PARLIAMENT DEBATES COMMON CURRENCY (D)
3) THE NEW SUPERPOWERS: NIGERIA & SOUTH AFRICA
4) ACCRA & ABIDJAN TO KEEP OPEN BORDERS
5) ARGENTINA & BRAZIL CONFIRM MERCOSUR (D)

Friday 12 October:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Did the MAI Really Bite the Dust?; Globalisation -- Good?; The Evil Empire: OECD, WB, IMF; Waking up to Economic Realities
1) GLOBALISATION AS A FORCE FOR GOOD
2) WHO IS PUZZLED BY LOW FOREIGN INVESTMENT?
3) DON'T BE FOOLED BY DEBT RELIEF
4) THE OECD's CROCODILE TEARS
5) NEW ECONOMIC REALITIES

Monday 15 October:[UN LDC3]:Gap Still Big: Rich & Poor; Africa -- the Bleak Continent?; Kudos for Kenya; Globalisation Facts & Fallacies
1) AFTER HOPELESSNESS
2) AFRICA's NO TO DOHA TRADE ROUND
3) GLOBALISATION: FACTS & FALLACIES
4) TRADE -- WINNERS & LOSERS FROM LIBERALISATION

Tuesday 16 October [RIO+10]: EU EAP; Global Public Goods; the fallacies of oil and mining; UNEP business prep com
1) EU GREEN ACTION PLAN
2) GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS PAPER
3) OIL AND MINING: NO PANACEA
4) UNEP-INDUSTRY CONSULTATIVE MEETING

Wednesday 17 October:[Qatar/WTO]: EU enviropitch;ICFTU statement;New Development Agenda?; Meeting latest.
1) EU ENVIRO-PITCH
2) ICFTU STATEMENT FOR DOHA
3) NEW DEVELOPMENT AGENDA?
4) A ROUND BY ANY OTHER NAME...
5) LATEST ON MEETING

Thursday 18 October:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Touting the True Trade Liberalisation Network -- APEC; Mexico Maize Threatened; NAFTA +7 Scorecard; China in FT House
1) ATROCITIES IN US 'COULD SPUR TRADE LIBERALISATION' (D)
2) CHINA COVERS ALL BASES AS APEC LEADERS MEET
3) TRADE LIBERALISATION ON APEC AGENDA
4) TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST NZ ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS (D)
5) MEXICO MAIZE UNDER THREAT AS IT FAILS TO BAN US IMPORTS
6) NAFTA's IMPACT ON THE STATES SEVEN YEARS ON

Friday 19 October:[FfDEVELOPMENT]: Stiglitz speaks; Statements from FfD New York PrepCom.
1) STIGLITZ ON GLOBAL JUSTICE
2) MOBILIZING INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
3) FfD WOMEN'S CONSULTATION BRIEFING PAPER

Monday 22 October:[UNLDC3]:[AGRICULTURE]: India's Take on the AoA; Genesis of the AoA; Food Targets Fail for Zambia
1) REVIEW OF WTO's AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE (AoA)
2) URUGUAY ROUND ON AGRICULTURE
3) AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE
4) AGRICULTURE: SIERRA LEONE's TOP PRIORITY
5) WORLD FAILS TO MEET FOOD TARGETS
6) THE RICH WORLD SNEEZES; FOR THE REST, DISASTER
7) TRADING THOUGHTS ON THE WTO

Tuesday 23 October [RIO+10]:UN-ECE summary;EU on climate change;Ozone update; Business on climate change; LAC Prep Com
1) UN-ECE GENEVA SUMMARY
2) EU CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY DISPUTES
3) OZONE HOLE UPDATE
4) BUSINESS REPORTING STANDARD FOR EMISSIONS
5) LAT AM / CARIBBEAN RIO+10 PREPS

Wednesday 24 October:[Qatar/WTO]: Zoellick under fire;Anthrax and patents; Cipro double deal; Ecopiracy?; Africa on Doha.
1) ZOELLICK UNDER FIRE
2) ANTHRAX AND DRUG PATENTS
3) CIPRO DOUBLE-DEALING
4) BREEDER ACCUSED OF LYING
5) AFRICA ON MINISTERIAL

Thursday 25 October:[REGIONAL TRADE]: Establishing the Raison d'Etre of Trade Blocs; The MFN Movement; Broadening economies with Blocs?
1) A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DYNAMICS BEHIND REGIONAL TRADE
2) FREE TRADE VERSUS TRADE BLOCS
3) REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS BROADEN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
4) REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS IN THE MILLENIUM -- A GOOD THING?
5) REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS -- INDIA's CONUNDRUM
6) REGIONAL TRADE BLOCS: BUILDING BRIDGES TO FTAA...

Friday 26 October:[FfDEVELOPMENT]:The Road to MEXICO Leads to Development; Legitimacy of WTO to UN is What Exactly?; FFD Update from Center of Concern
1) UN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
2) THE CASE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
3) FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT UDPATE

Monday 29 October:[UNLDC3]:Utilities and Futilities of Launching the WTOMC4 -- the Race for Agriculture; World Food Day Highlights at European Parliament
1) HIGHLIGHTS OF FOOD SECURITY CONFERENCE AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2) FAO POSTPONES FOOD SUMMIT TO 2002
3) A CASE FOR TRUE REFORM IN FARM TRADE

Tuesday 30 October 2001 [RIO+10]:Start of COP7;EU enviro ministerial; EU emission revision.
1) START OF COP7 MARRAKESH
2) EU ENVIRO MINISTERS MEET
3) EU EMISSION REVISION

Wednesday 31 October 2001 [QATAR]: Ministerial: Great Expectations?; the Environmental Card; Righting patent wrongs.
1) EU AND FRANCE GET READY
2) A NOBLE PURPOSE, BUT...
3) ENVIRONMENT IN DOHA
4) BALANCED PATENT RIGHTS
5) NGO STATEMENT ON DRAFT DECLARATION
6) EURO GREENS ON WTO REFORM



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