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This section is on WTO issues and current developments. It is a speciality of the TWN website. You will find current news and in-depth analysis of the WTO negotiations and the WTO agreements, from the perspective of developing countries. Documents are placed in the following categories: (Special): Negotiations and news on the  Seattle Conference; (Special) Selection of the Director-General; (B) General trade issues; (C) General investment issues; (D) General WTO issues; E) Uruguay Round Agreements; (F) WTO "New Issues"; (G) Previous WTO conferences; (H) Dispute Settlement System; (I) MAI/OECD process. (J) NGO views and activities on the WTO, MAI and others.

 

Click here for our special feature on the first ever G77 South Summit in Havana on 10-14 April 2000.

Click here for our special feature on the 1999 Seattle WTO Ministerial process: Negotiations and News on the Seattle Conference. For reports of previous conferences see section G below.

Click here for our special feature on the Selection of the WTO Director-General: A Detailed Account and Analysis of the Events and Implications. 

A. Most recent negotiations and events in WTO (including post-Doha and post-Cancun news)

B. General issues on trade and trade policy

C. General issues on investment and investment policy

D. WTO: General issues, analysis and critiques

E. Uruguay Round Agreements: Analysis,Problems,Effects & Proposals for Change

F. WTO: "New Issues" (Information and Analysis)

G. WTO Conferences and other events: Reports and Analysis

H. Dispute settlement system and development

I. MAI/OECD

J. NGO views and activities on the WTO, MAI and others

K. TWN Info Service on WTO Issues

 

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The World Trade Organisation:
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Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO and Developing Countries:
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The WTO and its Dispute Settlement System:Tilting the balance against the South
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