FINANCE: Gustavo Capdevila interviews UNCTAD expert MICHAEL HERRMANN GENEVA, Nov 18 (IPS) - Developing countries are not safe from the damaging effects of the current financial crisis, as had initially been forecast, but so far the impact ...
HEALTH: GENEVA, Oct 27 (IPS) - A draft protocol to eliminate all forms of illicit trade in tobacco products, such as contraband, illegal manufacturing and counterfeit cigarettes, has been outlined at the World Health Organisation ...
ECONOMY: GENEVA, Oct 27 (IPS) - Governments cannot deal with the current financial crisis on their own, and need the support of the people they govern, which is "best translated by the opinions of the civil society movement," said Werner H. ...
GEORGIA-RUSSIA: GENEVA, Oct 15 (IPS) - Talks to put an end to the conflict in Georgia came up against foreseeable difficulties due to the obstinacy of both sides, although at least the process has gotten off the ground, said a European ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Sep 1 (IPS) - "History tells us that multilateral trade negotiations never die, and the current Doha Round is no exception," said economist Carlos Pérez del Castillo, Uruguays former permanent representative to the World ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Aug 1 (IPS) - The standoff between China and India, the worlds two fastest growing economies, and the United States not only buried the last attempt to save the Doha Round, but also demonstrated changes in the balance of ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Jul 29 (IPS) - The Doha Round of multilateral trade talks was brought crashing down late Tuesday by the same discrepancies between rich and poor countries that have marked the nearly seven years of negotiations from the ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Jul 28 (IPS) - Bias in the WTO proposals to reform agricultural trade, which are being analysed for the second consecutive week, will definitely aggravate the food crisis caused in recent months by the high prices of farm ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Jul 25 (IPS) - The trade ministers of 33 WTO member countries ironed out a few of the differences Friday that have been standing in the way of the completion of the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks, although the ...
TRADE: GENEVA, Jul 23 (IPS) - The rivalry between rich and poor countries over the international markets for industrial goods has taken root in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), where it represents one of the biggest obstacles to the ...
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