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December 19, 2005
Stories
- Key Officials See New WTO Deadline As Possible But Difficult
- U.S. Accepts Duty-Free, Quota-Free Initiative For LDCs After Significant Changes
- European Ministers Link Export Subsidies Elimination In Doha Round To Four Conditions
Documents
- Wheat Growers Ask Congress For No Program Cuts In Budget Reconciliation
- U.S. Corn Growers Push For Developing Country Market Access In Hong Kong
- U.S. Cattlemen Urge Support For U.S. Ag Proposal, Criticize EU WTO Offer
- U.S. Cotton Group Says WTO Ministerial Draft Inconsistent With Single Undertaking
- EU Budget Deal Foresees CAP Review In 2008-09 Presidency Proposal
- Australia Hails Hong Kong Outcome On Farm Export Subsidies, STEs
- New Zealand Welcomes End Date On Agriculture Export Subsidies
- Portman Says Hong Kong Text Falling Short Of U.S. Expectation In Key Areas
- Global Services Groups See Hong Kong Outcome As Springboard For 2006 Progress
- EU Business Groups Disappointed With NAMA Outcome
- EU Offers Mixed Review Of Hong Kong Outcome
- USTR Officials Outline Final Changes To Hong Kong Ministerial Text
- U.S. Undecided On LDC Initiative Coverage, Sees Zero-Duty On Sugar As Problematic
- Canada Commends Progress On NAMA, Domestic Agriculture Support
- Baucus Foresees Congressional Objection If WTO Members Fail To Match U.S. Concessions
December 18, 2005
Stories
- Final Ministerial Text Shows Minimal Progress On Agriculture
- Lamy Says Hong Kong Modest Success, Expresses Doubt About Modalities Deadline
- Ministerial Conference Closes With Adoption Of Declaration
- U.S. Succeeds In Softening Cotton Obligations In New Draft Declaration
- New NAMA Text Adds Language On Sectorals, Treatment Of Unbound Tariffs
- G20 Endorses Second Revision Of Ministerial Declaration Issued Today
- G4 Meets On NAMA Text In Second Draft Of Ministerial Declaration
- New Draft Text Calls For April 2006 Deadline For Modalities
- Portman Signals Flexibility On End Date For Export Subsidies After All Night Meeting
Documents
- Grassley Urges Real Progress In Small-Group Negotiations Post Hong Kong
- CAFOD Says Export Subsidy Deal More Symbolic Than Substantive
- Industry Groups React To Hong Kong Outcome
- NGOs Slam Second Draft Lamy Text
- EU Commissioners Say End Date For Export Subsidies Makes Hong Kong Successful
- Portman Hints At Relaxing Stance On End Date For Farm Export Subsidies
- USAID Administrator Opposes Cash Only Food Aid
- NGOs Call For WTO Moratorium On FTAs Undermining Access To Cheap Drugs
- NGOs Criticize Latest Lamy Text
- Pakistan, Sri Lanka Seek Extension Of LDC Benefits Fearing Export Drops
- Public Citizen Slams Services, Development Provisions In First Revised Text
- Venezuela Demands Special Treatment At Agriculture Meeting
- Colombia Attacks EU Banana Regime At Hong Kong Ministerial
- Honduras Calls On EU To Reverse New Banana System In Hong Kong
- Chambliss Slams Cotton Provision In First Revised Text
- Grassley Says Congress Would Reject Revised Ministerial Text
- Second Draft Ministerial Text
December 17, 2005
Stories
- Portman Criticizes Food Aid Provisions Of Draft Declaration
- Officials Focus On Bracketed Declaration Text In Late Night Discussions
- Heads Of Delegation Meeting Conducts First Review Of Draft
- Draft Ministerial Text Fails To Endorse Simple Swiss Formula For NAMA
- South Africa Signals Tentative Support For New Services Text
- Lamy Issues New Draft Declaration Calling For End To Export Subsidies In 2010
- WTO Members To Consider Revised Services Text
- Lamy Compromise On Agriculture Faces Criticism From European Union
Documents
- Portman Criticizes Food Aid Provision In Revised Ministerial Text
- Amorim Says Revised Draft Falls Short In Various Areas
- U.S. Industry Opposes Eliminating Tariff On West African Cotton
- Mandelson Outlines EU Oppositions To Latest Revised Lamy Text
- NGOs Criticize Services Negotiation Process
- Zambia Tables Agriculture, Cotton, NAMA Proposals
- Kenya Proposes Amending TRIPs Provisions In Ministerial Text
- Japanese Trade Minister Urges Improvement In Market Access
- Japanese Agriculture Minister Calls For More Attention To Sensitive Products
- Small Economies Call For Special Flexibilities In Farm Talks
- ACP Calls For Revising Ministerial Text On Aid For Trade, S&D Treatment
- Allgeier Sees Ag Market Access As U.S. Focus In Last 24 Hours
- Mandelson Warns Of Hong Kong Talks Moving Backwards
- Oxfam Gives Revised Cotton Text Mixed Review
- G33 Welcomes Revised Draft On Agriculture
- Mandelson Vows To Improve Revised Draft, Stand Tough On Ag Export Subsidies
- Grassley Sees Revised Text As Failing To Advance Agriculture, NAMA
- NCTO Blasts EU For Pushing For Textile Duty-Free Initiative
- Global Farm Groups Call For Comprehensive Agriculture Deal
- Business Groups Set Bottom Line For Hong Kong Talks
- USTR Warns Of Groups Of Developing Countries Opposing LDC Initiative, Services
- Global Manufacturers Push For Swiss Formula, Removal Of NTBs
- Grassley Slams Developing Countries' Efforts For Weakening Services Proposal
- Chambliss Floats Study Supporting U.S. Agriculture Proposal
- Baucus Says U.S. Should Focus On Bilateral FTAs If Hong Kong Fails
- Correction To Revised Draft Ministerial Declaration
- New NAMA Text Links Ambition In NAMA To Ambition In Agriculture
- EU Proposes Amendments To Services Annex During Dec. 16 Green Room
- WTO Members To Consider New Services Text
- Internal EU Memo Identifies Problems With Services Text
- Chair's Proposal For LDC Package Would Require Comprehensive Coverage
December 16, 2005
Stories
- Lamy Floats Agriculture Proposal To Eliminate Export Subsidies By 2010
- Services Negotiators Hold Emergency Meeting On Informal Proposals
- NAM Urges Increased Focus On Sectorals In NAMA Talks
- EU Officials Criticize U.S. Focus On Agriculture In Hong Kong
- Lamy Sets Morning Deadline For Amendments To Declaration Text
- Ireland, France Request Council Meeting Over Export Subsidy Fight
Documents
- Lamy Proposes End To All Form Of Export Subsidies By 2010
- Lamy Compilation Agriculture Text Shows Deep Divisions
- USTR Officials Outline Hurdles In Advancing Ag, NAMA Talks
- EU Opposes End Date For Agriculture Export Subsidies
- Bangladesh Calls For LDC Initiative Covering Its Textile Exports
- Developing Country Groups Vow To Coordinate on Agriculture
- Oxfam Slams EU Proposal On Linkage Between Special, Sensitive Products
- Ten Developing Countries Urge Trade Ministers Not To Breach MFN Principle
- African Group Tables New Proposal On S&D Treatment
- Kenya Calls for Revising Aid For Trade Text
- Lamy Meets LDCs, African Group On Development, Market Access
- Grassley Blames EU, West African Countries For Blocking Hong Kong Talks
- Michigan Lawmakers Urge USTR To Press Japan On Currency In NAMA Talks
- Oxfam Slams U.S. Cotton Proposal As ‘Empty Promise’
- U.S. Pork Producers Urge EU To Cut Farm Tariffs
- NCTO Releases Data Warning LDC Initiative Will Hurt African Textile Exporters
- Goodlatte Criticizes EU For Hindering WTO Agriculture Negotiations
- Forest Industry Pushes For Tariff Cuts In Hong Kong
- Family Farmers Blast U.S., EU Agriculture Proposals
- ACP Calls For More Attention To Sugar, Bananas, Cotton
- Cairns Group, G20 Demand U.S., EU Focus On Agriculture Talks
- Mandelson Criticizes U.S. Farm, NAMA Proposals Falling Short Of EU Offers
- Portman Says LDC Initiative Will Not Cover Textiles
- U.S. Pledges Duty, Quota-Free Treatment For LDC Cotton
December 15, 2005
Stories
- Developing Countries Propose Text To Lower Goals For Services Talks
- Signs Of Progress Emerge On Duty-Free, Quota-Free LDC Access
- Portman Announces Cotton Tariff Elimination For West Africa
- WTO Members Set To Meet In Two 'Green Room' Meetings Today
Documents
- Grassley Presses Korea To Open Agriculture Market
- U.S. Semiconductor Group Lays Out Stance On Services Talks
- ECAT Chairman Says Comprehensive Doha Round Must Conclude In 2006
- Trade Ministers Approve Tonga’s WTO Membership In Hong Kong
- G10 Offers New Proposal On Sensitive Products
- EU Sees U.S. Cotton Offer As Insufficient
- New Zealand Makes Strong Stand On Fisheries Subsidy Cut In WTO
- Turkish Textile Group Opposes LDC Initiative
- Grassley Blasts EU For Shifting WTO Negotiation Focus Away From Ag Reform
- Grassley Says Successful Doha Round Will Lower U.S. Deficit
- U.S. Vows To Push For End Date On Farm Export Subsidies
- White House Calls For Successful Conclusion Of Doha Round By 2006
- Portman Presses For New Deadline For Revised Services Offers
- Johanns Urges EU To Match Ambitious U.S. Farm Proposal
- G90 To Table New Proposal For Services Text
- Four Latin American Countries Push For Development Package In WTO
- Landlocked Developing Countries Call For Hong Kong Deal Beyond Aid For Trade
- African Countries Criticize Aid For Trade Proposal At Public Citizen Event
- Public Health NGOs File Suit Against USTR Advisory Committees During Hong Kong Ministerial
- EU Responds To India, Brazil Criticism Of EU NAMA Demand
- EU Touts Benefits Of Its WTO Market Access Offer For Beef Industry
- ACP, G90 Demand S&D Treatment, Capacity Building Assistance In WTO
- Small, Venerable Economies Seek Special Flexibilities On Ag Market Access
- Chambliss Says EU Distracting Attention In Hong Kong From Real Issues
- LDC Chair Tells Green Room Comprehensive Initiative Would Not Hurt Other LDCs
- India Urges Developed Countries To Eliminate Cotton Subsidies
- Portman Says Subsidy Cuts Insufficient To Help West African Cotton Producers
December 14, 2005
Stories
- Ministers Show Little Negotiating Flexibility In First Full Day Of WTO Conference
- U.S. Takes Hardline On Trade Initiative For Least Developed Countries
- Cotton Producers Say They Will Block Hong Kong Deal Over Subsidies
- WTO Ministers Fail To Move Forward In Initial 'Green Room' Meeting
Documents
- NGO Criticizes Developed Countries For Failing To Improve Services Commitment
- EU Calls For Eliminating Cotton Export Subsidies
- Grassley Says U.S. Aid For Trade Offer Should Jumpstart Stalled Doha Round
- Latin American Countries Call For Duty, Quota-Free Access For Tropical Products
- Developing Countries Demand Assurances On NAMA Flexibility
- Honduras Defends Substantial Supplying Interests In WTO Banana Dispute
- France Lays Out Stance On Hong Kong Ministerial
- Singapore Says Hong Kong Ministerial Should Go Beyond Agriculture
- Thailand Presses For Agreements On Agriculture
- Donors, Beneficiary Countries Meet On WTO, UN Trade Assistance Program
- EU Differentiates Among Developing Countries For Purposes Of Doha Round Concessions
- Fischer Boel Calls For Negotiated Solution To Banana Dispute
- Mandelson Pushes For Aid For Trade Package, LDC Initiative
- Texts of Plenary Speeches to the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference
- RCALF Calls On USTR To Push For Sectoral Initiative In Hong Kong
- Farm Groups Oppose Tariff Cap, Call For More Flexibility On Sensitive Products
- Egypt Says Deal On Ag Export Subsidies, Cotton Tops African Group’s Agenda
- Japan Pledges $10 Billion Infrastructure Building Assistance
- Brazil Again Calls For April Agreement On Exact Negotiating Blueprint
- U.S. Seeks WTO Ban On Most Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
- Cairns Group Slams EU Agriculture Market Access Proposal
- European Commission Proposes Negotiating Mandate For Trade Deal With Iraq
- U.S. Business Groups Say Hong Kong Should Set Goals, Timetable For Concluding Doha In 2006
- NAMA Facilitator Chairs First Informal Meeting After Opening Session
- France Backs EU Development Initiative, Says EU Will Not Make New Offer
- Portman Says U.S. Is Most Open Country To LDC Products
- Portman Announces Doubling Of U.S. Aid For Trade
- Cairns Group Urges EU To Improve Agriculture Market Access Offer
- Pakistan Joins Cairns Group In Hong Kong
- U.S., EU Fight Over Food Aid Initiatives In Hong Kong
- WTO Deputy Says 'Aid For Trade' Deal Cannot Replace Progress On Market Access
- WTO LDC Coordinator Criticizes U.S., EU For Battling Over Food Aid In Hong Kong
December 13, 2005
Stories
- Mandelson Says Export Subsidies End Date In Hong Kong Depends On U.S. Food Aid Concessions
- Lamy Urges Members To Do More Than LDC Package In Hong Kong
- Egypt Trade Minister Predicts FTA Announcement In January Following Portman Meeting
- Portman To Meet Russian Trade Minister For Talks On WTO Accession In Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Ministerial Formally Kicks Off With Ministers First Focusing On Development
Documents
- G33 Says S&D Is Bottom Line For Hong Kong Ministerial
- EU Parliament Pushes For Comprehensive Deal In Hong Kong
- EU Dramatically Increases Trade Assistance To Developing Countries
- Labor Group Opposes Tariff Cuts For Textiles In NAMA
- NGOs Protest Against Trade Agenda In Hong Kong
- Oxfam Says WTO Development Initiative Should Cover Textile
- Grassley Says Development Package Cannot Be Sole Result Of Hong Kong Ministerial
- Fischer Boel Again Calls For March Deal On Agriculture Export Subsidies
- Australia Calls For Renewed Momentum In Agriculture, NAMA Talks
- NAM Outlines Objectives For Hong Kong Ministerial
- Bush Discusses CAFTA With Honduran President
- Cuba, Venezuela Object To Lamy's Handling Of Draft Ministerial Declaration
- Lamy Calls On Trade Ministers To Advance Development Initiative In Hong Kong
- G20 Calls For Agreement On Exact Negotiating Blueprint By April 2006
- EU Outlines Hong Kong Ministerial Objectives
- U.S. Details Stance On Doha Talks In Hong Kong
- USTR Discusses Cotton Trade With African Countries
- U.S. Vows To Push For Agreement On Development Initiative In Hong Kong
- Baucus Urges WTO Trade Ministers To Move Agriculture Talks Forward
- G10 Ministers Call For Strict Criteria For New Blue Box
- Japan Unveils Development Package In Hong Kong
December 12, 2005
- Portman Says U.S. Needs Textile Flexibility In LDC Initiative
- Portman, Amorim Seek Further Advances On Core Negotiating Text
- U.S., Brazil Pressure EU For More Agriculture Concessions
- Johanns Announces Resumption Of Bilateral Beef Trade With Japan
- EU Urges U.S. To Match Japan On LDC Initiative
- Lamy Calls For Strengthening Ministerial Draft In Order To Conclude Doha By 2006
- WTO Revises Hong Kong Ministerial Schedule
- USTR Details Stance On WTO Agriculture Talks
December 10, 2005
December 7, 2005