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• Time to kill off Doha | John Hilary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Pascal Lamy is wrong: the Doha round of talks offers nothing to the worlds poorest countries. The WTO has failed to deliver Monday 30 November marks the 10th anniversary of the Battle in Seattle , the day in 1999 when 100,000 protesters took to the streets and prevented the World Trade Organisation from launching ...
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• Les délégués espèrent trouver un consensus sur la coordination du Plan d’action pour le développement en avril

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 603
  Lors de négociations informelles tenues vendredi dernier dans la matinée, le Comité du développement et de la propriété intellectuelle semble s’être approché d’un consensus sur le mécanisme de coordination du Plan d’action pour le développement. Cependant, l’après-midi même, les gouvernements ont ...
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• "Seattle WTO: The Whole World was Watching 5-minute preview" (video)

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 441
  KCTS 9, with video (05:15): Video Preview Nov. 30, 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the first tumultuous day in 1999, when thousands of protestors disrupted and finally shut down the international meeting of the World Trade Organization in ...
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• Seattle Ten Years Later: "The WTO Effect"

  
  HOWIEINSEATTLE — Authority: 441
  Trevor Griffey (Publicola): [The 10-year anniversary of the WTO conference and mass protest that shook Seattle and the world is a week from today. To understand the significance of those historic days in Seattle, PubliCola asked current UW history PhD student (and frequent PubliCola commenter) Trevor Griffey , who ...
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• The WTO Protests after 10 years

  
  The Mediavore — Authority: 512
  Listen live at 1pm ET/10am PT The 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle led to the largest street protests and demonstrations in the city’s history. Today on KUOW’s Weekday , the topic is the impact of those protests on the WTO and trade policy, and how they changed the nature of protests since ...
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• Whither single undertaking trade negotiations?

  
  Trade Diversion — Authority: 119
  UCL’s WTO Scholars Forum raises an interesting question: Is the single undertaking model dead? GATT and WTO negotiations for trade liberalisation have always aimed at comprehensive packages containing something for everyone. But in 1994 the Uruguay Round had to leave several topics over to be settled ...
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• Ecuador To Define Its Compulsory Licence Legislation

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 603
  Since Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa signed a decree on 23 October allowing compulsory licences, the national intellectual property office has been working on a mechanism for issuance those licences, which should be studied case by case, according to the national decree.
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• Blanket Censorship: Limiting the Bycatch

  
  IP Osgoode — Authority: 425
  Brian Chau is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.A significant problem that arises with internet censorship comes from the sheer volume and infinite forms of data generated on a daily basis across the world. An analogy can be drawn to the practical realities of commercial fishing – for every net cast into the ...
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• Bipartisan Group Urges USTR to Push for Lower Tariffs on Green Goods

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 144
  In anticipation of the upcoming World Trade Organization ( WTO ) Ministerial meeting, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Crapo (R- Idaho), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) wrote a letter ( PDF ) to U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) Ron Kirk, urging him to support an agreement between several ...
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• U.S. Legislators Urge New Direction for WTO Trade Talks

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 144
  A group of U.S. legislators, all of whom are also members of the House Trade Working Group, are urging a new direction in United States trade policy ahead of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) Ministerial Conference in Geneva on November 30, 2009. Representatives Mike Michaud (D-Maine), Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), ...
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• U.S. Legislators Urge New Direction for WTO Trade Talks

  
  Import Industry News — Authority: 147
  A group of U.S. legislators, all of whom are also members of the House Trade Working Group, are urging a new direction in United States trade policy ahead of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) Ministerial Conference in Geneva on November 30, 2009. Representatives Mike Michaud (D-Maine), Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), ...
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• WTO GI Register Draft Report Sees Areas Of Convergence

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 603
  The outgoing chair’s draft report on progress at the World Trade Organization toward establishing a mandated register for geographical indications praises recent work and sees hope for convergence on outstanding issues such as legal effects and participation, according to a copy obtained by Intellectual Property ...
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• Bangladesh To Seek Duty, Quota-Free Facility At WTO Meet In Geneva

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 530
  Siddique Islam - AHN Correspondent Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Bangladesh will seek duty-free and quota-free facility at the three-day WTO ministerial meeting to be held in Geneva on Nov. 30, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said in Dhaka on Monday. "We will seek duty-and-quota-free market access from developed countries on ...
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• corbett report: episode109 - the crisis of sovereignty

  
  media monarchy — Authority: 434
  from corbett report: The EU, the AU, the IMF, the WTO, the UNFCCC: our world is increasingly dominated by Orwellian, unaccountable bureaucracies. But how to understand this threat, and how best to fight back? Help us explore the crisis of sovereignty this week on The Corbett Report.download episode109 [54.5mb ...
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• The Copyright Ratchet Racket Explained

  
  open... — Authority: 556
  I and many others have noted how changes in copyright law only ever work in one direction: to *increase* copyrights term and to give greater powers to copyright holders. In effect, its a ratchet. But until now, Ive not seen a good explanation of whats driving all this (although I had a pretty good idea). The motor ...
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• Britains bank bailout may have broken rules says WTO

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  The Government might have broken international trade law with its bailout of the British banking system it has emerged.
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  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  
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• WTO head "We dont put halfcooked dishes on the table"

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 973
  As head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy has evolved a famously hardedged style; perhaps just the right one to unlock the stasis of the Doha Round.
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• Haere Atu No Co2lonialism in the Pacific-Te Ata Tino Toa on the Social & Climate Justice Caravan

  
  Indigenist Intelligence Review — Authority: 413
  Tane Mahuta, Waipoua Indigenous peoples in the Pacific have found the great ocean of Kiwa, a spiritual & cultural home for thousands upon thousands of years. We lived in harmony with our environment and each other; we were self-sufficient and had 100% of our lands, Culture, custom and language. White ...
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• Delegates Look To April For Consensus On Development Agenda Coordination

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 603
  Informal negotiations appeared to bring the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property within reach of consensus on a coordination mechanism for the Development Agenda early this morning, but this afternoon governments were unable to overcome remaining differences.
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