The Battle (On The Beach) Of Cancun
WTO Implodes In Cancun - Bedlam broke out in Cancun at around 2.10 pm after the Kenyan delegate emerged from deadokced talks on the Singapore
issues of investment, competition, government procurement and trade facilitation and announced that the ministerial
meeting had collapsed. See… WTO Meeting Collapses Over Singapore Issues
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JANE KELSEY REPORTS THE ROAD TO FAILURE:
MORE REACTION:
----- New Zealand -----
- NZ Govt. - Cancun meeting result disappointing, says minister
- National - Collapse of trade talks an indictment on politics
-GATT Watchdog - Face the Facts Mr Sutton
- Fonterra - Cancun Collapse A Lost Opportunity, Says Fonterra
----- International -----
- Greenpeace - USA and EU sink the WTO round in Cancun
- Oxfam - Rich Countries Wreck WTO Trade Talks
EARLIER CANCUN REPORTS:
Professor Kelsey Reports From Cancun On WTO Negotiations - The human tragedy of the World Trade Organisation’s approach to food and agriculture were brought home today with the
apparent suicide of 56-year old Korean farmer Lee Kyong Hae during a mass protest of indigenous peoples and peasant
farmers. See... Jane Kelsey: The Human Tragedy Of The WTO
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