No deal is better than a bad deal at the WTO (December 2005)
No deal is better than a bad deal
The negotiations for the Hong Kong talks put the interests of big business and rich countries ahead of the interests of poor people and the environment. People & Planet, Friends of the Earth, the World Development Movement and War on Want handed in a statement on the eve of the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial telling the government that no deal would be better than a bad deal.
Why no deal is better than a bad deal at the World Trade Organisation
Wheeling and dealing at the WTO (November 2005)
World Trade Rules aren’t working!
Trade talks in Hong Kong in December 2005 were supposed to conclude the Doha Round of trade negotiations. The round was launched in 2001 with the promise of a focus on development. However, unresolved disagreements mean talks are continuing into 2006. This briefing outlines the background to the current negotiations, the key issues under discussion, and considers whether no deal is better than a bad deal for developing countries.
Wheeling and dealing at the WTO
Older Briefings
Why Vote for Trade Justice? (July 2005)
Democracy and the WTO
This briefing looks at:
- the vote for trade justice as a campaigning tool: how we can use the vote to influence unfair trade rules and how it is a powerful way of showing our solidarity with other trade campaigners across the globe
- why we need to vote for trade justice: how the language of voting and democracy presents a real challenge to the global trade system.
Whose Round is it anyway? (2001)
Trade Justice Carnival, 2001
Why expanding the World Trade Organisation is a recipe for disaster. Briefing on the World Trade Oeganisation’s 2001 Doha Ministerial
What’s wrong with the GATS? (2001)
GATS: a little-known agreement with big consequences
Healthcare. Education. Water. Electricity. Basic rights or business opportunities? The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a little-known agreement with very big consequences. The brainchild of big business, this latest effort by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) could prove disastrous for developing countries, public services and democracy. This briefing looks at what the GATS is, what governments and the WTO say about it and what’s wrong with it.
What’s wrong with World Trade? (2000)
Trade Rules Suck
Worth around US$7 trillion each year, trade dominates the international agendas of most countries. International trade could be a massive help to poor countries, enabling them to sell what they make and buy what they need. But today the global trade system is only working for the rich.
What’s wrong with world trade?