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lennart
14-09-03, 22:22
Dit wordt zojuist door de BBC gemeld in een headline (more soon)

een artikel uit India schrijft ook over het mislukken van Cancun

Cancun all but over, South rejects draft

CANCUN (MEXICO): Negotiations at Cancun headed for a breakdown after developing countries like India and Brazil rejected the World Trade Organisation draft resolution, saying it failed to address their main concerns and was heavily loaded in favour of the US and European Union on the contentious issue of agriculture and what are called the Singapore issues.

The draft resolution, running into 15 pages, was issued today after four days of hectic consultations among trade ministers of 146 countries.

Discussions between trade ministers have been on all night with the developing and developed worlds sticking to their positions. There were unconfirmed reports that the conference could be extended.

The developed countries are now trying break the alliance of 22 developing countries, hoping to isolate them while applying pressure for a compromise resolution.

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http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEH20030914134157&Title=Top+Stories&rLink=0

Het mislukken van de WTO zal veel grotere gevolgen hebben dan wij in Europa nu denken. Het zou me namelijk niets verbazen als de arme landen nu per direct hun samenwerking met het IMF en de WorldBank zullen opzeggen, hetgeen het Westen in een economische crisis van ongekende grootte zal storten.

lennart
14-09-03, 22:35
World trade talks 'collapse'

The world trade talks in Mexico appear to have collapsed without agreement, on the final day of discussions.
After four days of talks rich and poor nations remained deeply divided on agricultural subsidies and rules on how countries should treat foreign investors.

"It's over," said George Odour Ong'wen, a Kenyan delegate, the first to leave the talks after their apparent failure.

"The chairman is calling the delegates to announce that the talks have collapsed," he told waiting journalists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3108460.stm

an3sdej
14-09-03, 23:38
Iedereen beschermt de eigen toko, is in principe niet vreemd. Wat er aan die visie mankeert is een langetermijnvisie. Bij betere verdeling van de door de aarde geschonken middelen, zal m.i. ook de welvaart in de rest van de werelds toenemen