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  Impacts of trade liberalization under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) of the World Trade Organization: a case study of rice

  Asia Pacific Research Network, 2002

  This paper asks whether or not Thailand is going to benefit from the multilateral trade mechanism according to the Agreement on Agriculture. More particularly, whether or not the small-scale farmers are going to benefit from the agreement.The paper demonstrates that, even as Thailand calls itself an ‘agricultural country’, agricultural products are valued only as commodities.
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  WWF Briefing Series: a guide to Cancun and the environment

  WWF Cancún Page, 2003

  Series of briefing papers presenting WWF recommended actions for the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in Cancun.
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  How much does it hurt? Measuring the impact of agricultural trade policies on developing nations

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This issue briefing from IFPRI documents an attempt to quantify the economic cost of agricultural trade policies of industrialised countries on developing nations economies using an economic model based upon data from the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP).
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  The US war on biosafety: renewed aggression by a rogue state

  Greenpeace International, 2003

  This document explores US actions on GMO trade and argues that the US is attempting to obstruct the comprehensive labeling and traceability legislation that is expected to replace the current moratorium.
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  On the road to Cancún: a development perspective on EU trade policies

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  Part I: This section gives an outline of policy perspectives that inform EU trade policies as well as a development perspective in examining those policies. It discusses the issue of adjustment in the EU and evaluates the EU's track record in the liberalisation of key industries of interest to developing countries.
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  Dumping without borders: how US agricultural policies are destrying the livelihoods of Mexican corn farmers

  Oxfam, 2003

  This document calls on the ministers attending the WTO talks in Cancun in September 2003 to act for Mexican farmers, who are facing a crisis as the markets for both corn and coffee collapse.
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  The electronic journal of governance and innovation

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This issue of eAfrica examines the critical issues and the demands for trade-offs that Africa can expect form the defenders of unfair trade at the fifth WTO Ministerial in Cancun. It outlines two aggressive tactics that Africa could use to win a better deal and how Africa needs to make fundamental changes if it is to exploit even the modest trade access it has now.
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  Farmers' privilege under attack

  GRAIN, 2003

  This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’.
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  Developing countries: victims or participants, their changing role in international negotiations

  Climate Change and Disasters Group, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, 2003

  This paper questions how developing countries can effectively participate in international negotiations as they become an increasingly important part of the international system.The author addresses the following questions:Can developing countries participate effectively in these negotiations, and can they obtain benefits from such participation?What lessons can be learnt from past
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  Trade and development at the WTO: issues for Cancún. Seventh Report of Session 2002–03

  UK Parliament, 2003

  This paper presents the UK Parliament’s recommendations for Cancun and for a genuine development round.Development-friendly agreements on specific issues:Agriculture: There must be substantial reductions in trade-distorting domestic support, export subsidies and tariffs, so that developing countries can trade their way out of poverty.

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