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Libya given OK to negotiate WTO membership
Thursday, 29 July 2004, 9:28 am | World Trade Organisation
WTO members agreed on 27 July 2004 to start talks with Libya on its membership bid, bringing the current number of applicant countries to 25. More >>
Supachai: G-90 Ministers Urged To Show Flexibility
Tuesday, 13 July 2004, 9:48 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi urged Trade Ministers from the G-90 group of developing countries to adopt realistic and constructive negotiating proposals when they meet today in Mauritius and warned that all 147 WTO Members stand to lose ... More >>
Supachai: Ministerial support must be translated
Friday, 2 July 2004, 8:49 am | World Trade Organisation
I would like to welcome delegations to the thirteenth meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee. More >>
WTO: Members praise Viet Nam’s new offers
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 10:41 am | World Trade Organisation
The 63 WTO members negotiating a membership package with Viet Nam praised the Southeast Asian country on 15 June 2004 for considerably improving its market access offers for goods and services, and its programme for applying WTO agreements. More >>
Supachai calls for support of the Doha Round
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 10:43 am | World Trade Organisation
Dr. Supachai calls on UNCTAD XI to deliver clear message in support of the Doha Round More >>
ITA membership expands with enlarged EC
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 8:52 am | World Trade Organisation
The European Communities announced, at the meeting of the WTO Information Technology Agreement Committee on 4 June 2004, that its commitment on zero tariffs for ITA products extends to the enlarged EC membership, including Hungary and Malta, which were not ... More >>
Dr. Supachai Lauds IMF's New Policy
Thursday, 29 April 2004, 9:59 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a statement before the International Monetary and Financial Committee in Washington on 24 April 2004, cited the IMF's Trade Integration Mechanism for developing countries as “a welcome contribution to ... More >>
Stronger than expected growth spurs trade recovery
Tuesday, 6 April 2004, 8:42 am | World Trade Organisation
Propelled by higher than expected economic growth in Asia and the United States, world trade recovered at an increased rate in 2003, and could expand further in 2004 should the global economy continue to improve, according to the World Trade Organization’s ... More >>
Dr. Supachai Says US Must Lead In Doha Talks
Friday, 27 February 2004, 8:32 am | World Trade Organisation
WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington on 26 February 2004, warned that the alternative to the Doha Round is “a fragmented world, with greater conflict and uncertainty”. He stressed that ... More >>
Appellate Body Issues Report On Steel Dispute
Tuesday, 11 November 2003, 9:40 am | World Trade Organisation
The Appellate Body, on 10 November 2003, issued its report on the complaints brought to the WTO by Brazil, China, the European Communities, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland against United States — Definitive Safeguard Measures on Imports ... More >>
Supachai calls for urgent pick up of trade talks
Thursday, 6 November 2003, 8:50 am | World Trade Organisation
Fuelled by strong import demand in developing Asia, transition economies and the United States world trade recovered in 2002 from its steep 2001 decline. But real growth of 3% was only half the rate of trade expansion in the 1990s and weak fourth ... More >>
Day 5: Conference ends without consensus
Monday, 15 September 2003, 2:14 pm | World Trade Organisation
The Cancún Ministerial Conference ended on 14 September after Chairperson Luis Ernesto Derbez concluded that despite considerable movement in consultations, members remained entrenched, particularly on the ''Singapore'' issues. More >>
Cancun WTO conference kicks off with cotton debate
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 3:49 pm | World Trade Organisation
Mexican President Vicente Fox opened the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference on 10 September 2003, and ministers started work in consultations on key issues with “facilitators”. The day ended with a debate on a proposal on cotton from four African countries. More >>
SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI Speech: Global unions conf
Thursday, 11 September 2003, 8:58 am | World Trade Organisation
DG SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI Speech: Global unions conference on “Making globalisation work for people: Respect for development, workers rights and sustainability at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference” More >>
Draft Cancún Declaration
Thursday, 4 September 2003, 8:47 am | World Trade Organisation
Draft Cancún Declaration, As Forwarded By Pérez Del Castillo And Supachai To Ministers More >>
President Fox To Open Fifth Wto Ministerial
Monday, 1 September 2003, 10:18 am | World Trade Organisation
President Vicente Fox of host Mexico will open the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference at the Cancún Convention Centre on 10 September 2003, according to the order of business approved by the General Council on 27 August 2003. The General Council also agreed ... More >>
US. Canada Argentina Challenge EU biotech block
Wednesday, 20 August 2003, 9:00 am | World Trade Organisation
The US, Canada and Argentina introduced their first-time panel requests (respectively, WT/DS291/23, WT/DS292/17, & WT/DS293/17). They all stated that, regarding EC-level measures, the moratorium maintained since October 1998 on the approval of biotech ... More >>
New WTO report focuses on questions of development
Friday, 15 August 2003, 9:13 am | World Trade Organisation
The WTO Secretariat launched today the first edition of a new annual publication known as the World Trade Report. This report, conceived and developed by Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, is intended to make a contribution to the public debate on ... More >>
Success in weathering external shocks
Thursday, 15 May 2003, 8:39 am | World Trade Organisation
The WTO report, along with the policy statement of the Government of New Zealand, will serve as a basis for the third Trade Policy Review (TPR) of New Zealand by the Trade Policy Review Body of the WTO on 12 and 14 May 2003. More >>
Supachai Urges Members to Push for Negotiations
Friday, 10 January 2003, 12:33 am | World Trade Organisation
Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, in a speech on 8 January 2003 at the Partnership Summit in Hyderabad, urged WTO members to “now give a major push to the negotiations and ensure all areas move forward together in a balanced way”. He said “we need India's ... More >>
