AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

NGO URGES INDONESIA TO REJECT WTO AGREEMENTS.

AsiaPulse News

| September 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

JAKARTA, Sept 1 Asia Pulse - The Indonesian government should cooperate with other developing countries in rejecting World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, the Institute for Global Justice (IKG) said.

Bonnie Setiawan, executive director of IKG, said here Thursday the government could convey its firm stance to reject WTO during the organization's ministerial conference, scheduled to be held in Cancun, Mexico, on September 9 to 13.

"The government should open a public consultation and increase people's participation in evaluating WTO's agenda," Bonnie said.

He referred to the agreement on liberalization of the agricultural sector as initiated by the chief of WTO's committee for agriculture, Stuart Harbinson.

Harbinson, he said, had an ambition to encourage liberalization in the agricultural sector in terms of market expansion, lowering import duties and elimination of domestic support.

Bonnie said liberalization of the sector had caused a decline in the export of ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
WTO and Developing Countries.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Foreign Policy in Focus Kwa, Aileen December 7, 1999 700+ words
...growth in developing countries is now associated...GATT/WTO trade rules...World Bank/WTO predictions...majority of developing countries have not...that the WTO first focus...negotiations, developing countries aim to redress...
The WTO and developing countries -- priorities for negotiations.
Press release article from: M2 Presswire April 25, 2001 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 April 2001-WTO: The WTO and developing countries -- priorities for negotiations...But perhaps more importantly from a WTO perspective, it means that developing countries are now full and active members of...
Developing countries hold WTO veto.(renegotiation of existing pacts is...
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs ELLIOTT, IAN April 2, 2001 700+ words
Developing countries' efforts...Organization (WTO) agreements...issue in WTO jargon is...implementation." Developing countries claim they...voiced by developing countries are stalemated...areas: the WTO agreement...
New Director-General of WTO calls for developing countries to press for...
Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 24, 1999 700+ words
...General of WTO calls for developing countries to press for...the Future of WTO Trade Agenda and Developing Countries being organized...by assisting developing countries in their integration...participation in the WTO encourages domestic...
Allied with developing countries; RP airs position at coming WTO...
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin December 5, 2005 700+ words
...the result of the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference...the interests of the developing countries are sufficiently reflected...permanent representative to WTO, has pointed this out...agreeing to demands from developing countries of dismantling their...
Need for greater solidarity among developing countries to face WTO challenges...
Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 16, 2001 700+ words
...solidarity among developing countries to face WTO challenges...Minister calls upon developing countries to harness potential...under the WTO, the WTO system had not...generation for developing countries. Moreover, the...
Coping with WTO trade reforms: mixed impact for developing countries.
Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 19, 2005 700+ words
...Coping with WTO trade reforms...impact for developing countries(C)1994...Implications of the WTO Industrial...Negotiations for Developing Countries",released...Expectations for the WTO negotiations...adjustment in developing countries, will be...
World Bank and IMF announce plans to support developing countries with...
Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 22, 2003 700+ words
...plans to support developing countries with trade...adjustment; Needs nn WTO round reaffirm...trade round to developing countries(C)1994...Organization (WTO), reiterating...trade talks to developing countries. The letter...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA