Tag: Doha Round

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  EU farm losses from trade deal with Mercosur ‘would range 1 to 3 billion Euros’

  

  European Union farmers could suffer losses ranking from one to three billion Euros if a trade agreement is finally agreed with Mercosur according to a European Commission evaluation paper on the impact.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 09:15 UTC

  Lamy calls G20 not to fall prey of protectionism; points to Russia and Argentina

  

  World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy warned world leaders that adopting protectionist measures can have “devastating effects” on the global economy. Addressing the G 20 group Lamy called on the leaders to resist “the temptations of protectionism”.

• Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  WTO members to openly discuss an alternative to the failing Doha round

  

  The World Trade Organization's 153 member nations will openly discuss for the first time an alternative to the failing Doha round of global trade talks, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  WTO warns Doha Round talks are at ‘serious risk’: crucial meeting 29 April

  

  The head of the World Trade Organization warned the decade-old Doha Round talks on a new global commerce deal involving billions of dollars are at “serious risk” because of differences over cutting tariffs on industrial goods.

• Thursday, April 21st 2011 - 06:54 UTC

  WTO Lamy launches ‘confessionals’ of hope to try and salvage the Doha Round

  

  Pascal Lamy head of the World Trade Organization is holding talks to try and salvage the ailing Doha Round of trade liberalization talks that have been stalled for almost a decade.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2011 - 03:20 UTC

  EU/Mercosur plan to exchange ‘sensitive’ items proposals at the Asuncion round

  

  Mercosur and the European Union began Monday in Brussels a new week-long round of negotiations for an association and trade agreement that so far does not include market access for sensitive items such as meats, which triggered strong protests and warnings from European farmers and the European Parliament.