The collapse of the Doha Trade talks in Geneva yesterday over disagreements on agriculture subsidies is a welcome respite for poor countries like the Philippines. In the end, the ambition that has been driving these talks since the Doha round was launched in 2001, became too much and the aggressive push by the rich countries…
Today, trade talks at the World Trade Organization in Geneva broke down. In view of this, the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) calls on the Philippine government to lead the demand for a democratic multilateral trade system. The Doha round did not collapse over small technicalities. The talks collapsed over the wide divergence between WTO…
Ambassador Manuel Teehankee Philippine Mission World Trade Organizationn (WTO) Dear Ambassador Teehankee, We are the stakeholders from agriculture, fisheries and labor sectors now here in Geneva monitoring the ongoing informal meeting of the Heads of Delegation. We are alarmed by your apparent adherence to the emerging text in NAMA and agriculture that we believe are…
We bring the Stop the New Round! (SNR!) campaign to a close. It has been a most grueling and glorious eight months for the farmers, fishers, workers and public interest groups and individuals who came together in February to push for wide-ranging reforms in Philippine trade, agriculture, industrial and general development policy. We take this…
The text of 13 September completely sidelines developing countries’ positions which they have voiced for a long time. It also back-tracks on the development promises made in Doha. US/EU – WTO Secretariat Driven Text The text does not represent developing countries’ concerns in all areas. It is also not a reflection of the positions expressed…
Nagaganap ngayon (Setyembre 10 – 13) sa Cancun Mexico ang ika-5 Ministerial Meeting ng World Trade Organization kung saan muling pag-uusapan kung paano pahihirapan ng mga mayayamang mga bansa ang mga mahihirap at ‘di pa maunlad na mga bansa gaya ng Pilipinas. Ang mga mayayamang bansa tulad ng United States(US), Japan, Canada, mga bansang kasapi…
Alliance of Progressive Labor APL 
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