IPS Inter Press Service - Trade WarsIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.TRADE: "Developed Countries Should Contribute the Most"- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GENEVA, Jun 6 (IPS) - Tension in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations on industrial goods reached such an extreme that the diplomat leading the talks on cutting tariffs, Canadian ambassador Don Stephenson, decided this week to suspend the discussions.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42702 TRANSPORT: Major Hurdle for IBSA Initiative- (Found June 29, 2008 ) NEW DELHI, May 14 (IPS) - As the foreign ministers of India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) met in Cape Town on Monday, to take forward a unique initiative in South-South economic cooperation, a gathering of hard-nosed corporate captains from the three countries discussed the absence of adequate transportation facilities among the IBSA members.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42363 DEVELOPMENT: More Fears Rise Around Doha Deal- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GENEVA, May 19 (IPS) - As WTO negotiations pick up this week, some developing countries are in growing doubt that a deal liberalising their economies further could help them cope with the food crisis.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42418 Q&A: Of Elephants, Mice and Fleas- (Found June 29, 2008 ) ROME, May 22 (IPS) - Sylvia Borren was executive director at Oxfam Novib from 1999 until Feb 2008. Before that she was programme director.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42460 TRADE-INDIA: &39;WTO Market Access Proposal Unacceptable&39;- (Found June 29, 2008 ) NEW DELHI, May 23 (IPS) - India has raised strong objections to the draft negotiating document on non-agricultural market access (NAMA) on trade in industrial products, released Monday by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42483 TRADE: France Seeks Greater Flexibility with Africa- (Found June 29, 2008 ) BRUSSELS, May 24 (IPS) - France, the forthcoming holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, has asked that the bloc display greater flexibility in talks aimed at reaching free trade accords with Africa.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42498 INDIA: Urged to Lead UNEP Upgrade- (Found June 29, 2008 ) NEW DELHI, May 28 (IPS) - India is sitting out on an opportunity to take the lead in ensuring its own and developing countries interests in the ongoing debate to upgrade the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) into a stronger body, says a leading expert on international environment law.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42543 CHINA: &39;Food Scarcity Creating New World Order&39;- (Found June 29, 2008 ) BEIJING, Jun 4 (IPS) - Unprecedented food scarcity is beginning to dictate the rules of a new political order where individual countries are scrambling to secure their own food supplies with little concern for the rest of the world, says the founder of the Earth Policy Institute.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42646 TRADE: WTO Agriculture Talks - So Much to Do, So Little Time- (Found June 29, 2008 ) GENEVA, Jun 5 (IPS) - While they are not enduring the acute crisis that is affecting talks on industrial products, negotiations on agriculture at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are still facing considerable difficulties in reaching agreement on the trade liberalisation to which the Doha Round aspires.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42685 ECONOMY-INDIA: Foreign Money Transfers Under the Scanner- (Found June 29, 2008 ) NEW DELHI, Jun 6 (IPS) - With Indians spending more money abroad and even picking up blue chip firms the government has decided to take a closer look at suspected money laundering activity and dubious international fund transfers.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42689 |