Global Free-Logging Agreement threatens to accdelerate logging worldwide.
Quotable
"No one believes that [the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund are anti-poor, anti-developing countries] any more, except a
few deranged misfits on the edges of obscure universities, people who tuck their shirts
into their underpants, the remnants of pressure groups and a few geriatrics who claim that
Marxism, like Christianity, has not been tried yet."
- Mike Moore (now WTO Director-General)
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Welcome To Seattle...
...and welcome to the Observer. Many thousands of people are expected to converge
on Seattle at the end of November to voice their concerns to a body that is notoriously
reticent about listening to advice or explaining its activities to the public. (more)
Legal Victory on Eve of Ministerial
A federal district court judge has ordered the United States Trade Representative,
Charlene Barshefsky, to name at least one representative from the environmental community
to each of two panels that advise her on negotiating strategy and other matters invol-ving
international trade in wood products and paper products. (more)
Developing Nations Shut Out of
Ministerial Planning Process
With just two weeks to go before the World Trade Organization’s Seattle ministerial,
diplomats from developing countries say they have been effectively shut out of the
ministerial planning process underway in Geneva. (more)
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