Recent News and Updates

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• It's even "more pressing" to reach Doha deal next year, says Lamy by Kanaga Raja (16 Dec 08)
• Lamy recommends no WTO Ministerial meeting by year-end by Kanaga Raja (15 Dec 08)
• Gaps on key issues forces delay of possible WTO Ministerial by Kanaga Raja (10 Dec 08)
• Analysis of the new WTO texts on agriculture and NAMA by Martin Khor (10 Dec 08)
• WCO secretariat for disbanding SECURE Working Group by Sangeeta Shashikant (09 Dec 08)
• Key US Congressmen warn against hasty WTO Ministerial by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• NAMA Chair highlights three main challenging issues by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• No change in positions on GI register/extension, TRIPS disclosure by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• New draft texts end week, no dates yet for WTO Ministerial by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• Agriculture: G20 outlines its position on sensitive products by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• Argentina submits proposal on NAMA by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• "More engagement" on SSM, but no convergence yet by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• No progress cited on sensitive products in Green Room by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• Agriculture: There has been "no tsunami of flexibilities", says Chair by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• Another WTO Ministerial in December? by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• United Nations: FfD agrees on Reviews and UN summit on financial crisis by TWN (05 Dec 08)
• Basel Committee outlines strategy to address banking crisis by Kanaga Raja (05 Dec 08)
• BIS banking statistics amidst the financial turmoil by Andrew Cornford (05 Dec 08)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Key issues unresolved at WHO meeting on influenza virus sharing by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Dec 08)
• WHO-linked centre lays patent claim related to bird flu virus by Edward Hammond (19 Aug 08)
• WHO: Concerns over Chair's text on sharing of flu viruses and benefits by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Aug 08)
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TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Frustration as parties fail to agree on expanding sources of Adaptation Fund by Hira Jhamtani (17 Dec 08)
• Poznan meetings end after intense "mini-Ministerial" talks by Lim Li Lin (16 Dec 08)
• Blow to EU climate policy as big concessions made to industry by TWN (16 Dec 08)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Health: North-South fight on IP, Benefit Sharing issues in influenza talks by Sangeeta Shashikant (20 Dec 08)
• Key issues unresolved at WHO meeting on influenza virus sharing by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Dec 08)
• Divergence over IPR issues in technology transfer by Meena Raman (19 Dec 08)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Doha Round will not prevent another food crisis by Kanaga Raja (06 Jan 2009)
• Is ecological agriculture productive? by Lim Li Ching (19 Dec 2008)
• Recommendations of ecological agriculture conference (17 Dec 2008)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreement:

• White Paper on FTA (01 Dec 08)
• Malaysia moving forward in FTA talks with US by Jane Ritikos (06 Oct 08)
• Prospect of Malaysia-US FTA Seen Unlikely by November by Oh Young-jin (04 Sept 08)
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UN and UN Reform Process:

• Role of UN in rebuilding financial multilateralism by Kanaga Raja (28 Oct 2008)
• UN calls for a central role in finance crisis summit by Martin Khor (21 Oct 2008)
• UNCTAD urges right government action in "crisis of a century" by Kanaga Raja (08 Oct 2008)
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ANNOUNCEMENT

ANALYSIS OF THE NEW WTO AGRICULTURE, NAMA TEXTS OF 6 DECEMBER 2008 (DECEMBER 2008)
by Martin Khor


HOT MONEY AND CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THAILAND
(NOVEMBER 2008)
by Thawatchai Jittrapanun & Suthy Prasartset


THE MANAGEMENT OF CROSS-BORDER CAPITAL FLOWS AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN CHINA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by Yu Yongding


THE MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL FLOWS AND FINANCIAL VULNERABILITY IN ASIA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz


FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION AND THE NEW DYNAMICS OF GROWTH IN INDIA (NOVEMBER 2008)
by C P Chandrasekhar


OPEN LETTER TO THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION
(OCTOBER 2008)



COMPILATION OF SOUTH-NORTH DEVELOPMENT MONITOR (SUNS) ARTICLES ON THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) MINI-MINISTERIAL HELD IN GENEVA FROM 21-29 JULY 2008 (SEPTEMBER 2008)


FOOD CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE (JUNE 2008)
by Martin Khor

NO ADDITIONALITY, NEW CONDITIONALITY: A CRITIQUE OF THE WORLD BANK'S CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS (MAY 2008)
by Celine Tan

THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (FULL TEXT) (MAY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

ANALYSIS OF THE SSM TEXT OF THE CHAIR’S AGRICULTURE MODALITIES PAPER OF 19 MAY 2008 (MAY 2008)
by Martin Khor

CIVIL SOCIETY LETTER TO DR. MARGARET CHAN, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION REGARDING WHO's PUBLICATIONS POLICY (MAY 2008)


THE CURRENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL AND ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (SUMMARY) (APRIL 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

SOME KEY ISSUES FOR THE POST-BALI CLIMATE PROCESS (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Martin Khor

MANAGING FINANCIAL INSTABILITY IN EMERGING MARKETS: A KEYNESIAN PERSPECTIVE (FEBRUARY 2008)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

THE WTO'S DOHA NEGOTIATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Bhagirath Lal Das

THE IMPORTANCE OF A SPECIAL SAFEGUARD MECHANISM IN AGRICULTURE AT THE WTO FOR THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE RECENT WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTATIONS: DOMESTIC SUPPORT (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

COMMENT ON THE AGRICULTURE CHAIR'S DRAFT TEXT OF 17 JULY 2007 IN RELATION TO MARKET ACCESS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

THE UNEQUAL EXCHANGE IN THE DOHA NEGOTIATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

BILATERAL AND REGIONAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: SOME CRITICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS (DECEMBER 2007)
by Sanya Reid Smith

GLOBAL RULES AND MARKETS:CONSTRAINTS OVER POLICY AUTONOMY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (2007)
by Yilmaz Akyüz

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON INFLUENZA VIRUS SHARING


DEVELOPMENT ISSUES CRUCIAL FOR POST-2012 CLIMATE REGIME (SEPTEMBER 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN STATEMENT ON BUILDING BLOCKS TOWARDS GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (29 AUGUST 2007)


TWN REPORT ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE (AUGUST 2007)


PROPOSED MALAYSIA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (MUFTA): IMPLICATIONS FOR MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (FEBRUARY 2007)
by TWN

PATENTS, COMPULSORY LICENSE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES: SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES (FEBRUARY 2007)
by Martin Khor

TWN Info Service on Biosafety can be found by visiting Biosafety Information Centre. Link to the new Biosafety site can also be found at our LINKS section on the left side.

THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE:

No. #217-218 (Sept/Oct 2008) COVER STORY: The Deepening Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Developing Countries The current global financial turmoil and Asian developing countries By Yilmaz Akyüz As the US financial crisis impacts on developing countries, Yilmaz Akyuz attempts to gauge in what way and to what extent the crisis will affect the economies in the Asian region......... Full article

Last updated on 07 Jan 2009