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Neither a Victory for the North, Nor a Loss for the South
December 15, 2001
With the debacle of Seattle looming large, the negotiators were under pressure to come up with results. And at the end of the six-day marathon meeting, a deal was struck. It was agreed to start negotiations on a new trade round to culminate in 2005. For the North, which was keen to bring issues of investment and competition into global trade negotiations, it was a "given". Most importantly, they got an agreement for a new round of negotiations. The South lost most battles, but was relieved to still be in the reckoning. Most gains were in the backroom "bilateral deals" — a euphemism for arm-twisting.

Older News Reports

November 15, 2001

• Back in Hiding

November 13, 2001

• Revised Ministerial Draft Declaration: Still Harmful to Interests of Developing Countries
• France Threatens to Bolt WTO Talks
• EU Fails to Convince Rest of the World to Accept Comprehensive Round
• India Disappointed With Revised Draft Ministerial Declaration
• South Africa Says No To WTO
• Ministerial Draft Declaration: A highly biased and imbalanced text; many key sections should be rejected

November 12, 2001

• Protest Group Softens Tone At WTO Talks
• Acabar con Las Subvenciones Agrícolas en Países Ricos, Exige América Latina en la OMC (En Español)
• Number-Crunching Reveals Heavyweights EU And US Overwhelm Poorest Countries
• NGO Protest Greets WTO's Doha Session

November 11, 2001

• Snapshots From Doha
• Trade unions and NGOs hold demo as WTO opens in Doha 9/11/2001
• Standoff in Negotiations
• US Marines told "Get Out of the WTO"

November 10, 2001

• NGO Protest Greets WTO Ministerial in Qatar
• NGOs stage new protest at WTO meeting
• Protestors Challenge Arm Twisting and Initimidation by the U.S. and the European Union

November 9, 2001

• Thai Farmers, AIDS Activists March on US Embassy
• WTO Ministers Cut Off From Reality
• Civil Society Groups Call on Countries to Reject Power Politics at Doha and an Expanded Agenda
• Unfair Trade Creates Breeding Ground for Terrorism

November 8, 2001

• Stealing our Water: Implications of GATS for Global Water Resources
• Reuters Article on World Wide Protest
• Activists Urge WTO to Give Poor AIDS Victims Access to Cheap Drugs

November 1, 2001

• The Rich-Poor Division Is in Stark Relief in Talks for Trade Agenda
• India threatens to walk out of WTO

October 31, 2001

• Chairman Harbinson and DG Moore Act Rulelessly at WTO
• WTO Meet Endangered by Own Draft Declaration, Not Bombs

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