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Africa:
Trade - Doha Round Tariffs Cuts "Will Still Hit" Poor Countries
IPS, 1 February 2011
To allow least developed countries (LDCs) to protect nascent industries, they are not required to cut tariffs for industrial goods and fisheries in the Doha Development Round.… Read more »
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Africa:
Is the Doha Round Delivering On Poverty?
UNIRIN, 20 January 2011
Skepticism marked discussions at a just-ended global poverty summit in Johannesburg on whether the Doha Development Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization could help… Read more »
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Uganda:
Poor Countries Should Go Slow on Doha Deal
New Vision, 26 December 2010
THE Doha Round of Trade Negotiations launched in November 2001 and originally envisaged to be concluded by January 2005 is apparently entrapped in a strategic deadlock. Read more »
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Rwanda:
Trade Key to Poverty Alleviation - Prime Minister
New Times, 2 November 2010
Trade and investments are the engines of economic growth, expansion and development that have a potential to alleviate poverty and help countries realise the Millennium Development… Read more »
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Rwanda:
WTO Chief Calls on Kagame
New Times, 2 November 2010
President Paul Kagame yesterday held discussions with the Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, on regional and international trade. Read more »
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Africa:
Commission Deplores 'Glacial' Progress in Trade Talks
allAfrica, 13 September 2010
The Commission for Africa has criticized the "glacial" progress of talks aimed at eliminating the regime in which rich countries stack the odds in favour of their traders and… Read more »
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Africa:
Securing Greater - Participation for Africa in World Trade
Cameroon Tribune, 27 July 2010
Experts from ACP countries began meeting in Yaounde, yesterday, to close the first phase of the "Hub and Spokes" project. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Farm Trade Safeguard Would Have Limited Impact - Study
Vanguard, 24 June 2010
A controversial plan to allow developing countries to raise tariffs temporarily to cope with a destabilising flood of food imports or drop in food prices would actually have little… Read more »
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Africa:
Cotton Subsidies Key to World Trade Talks
IPS, 9 June 2010
The "cotton dossier" has become a litmus test for the "development dimension" of the languishing Doha Round trade negotiations, World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general… Read more »
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Kenya:
Doha Trade Talks May Take Longer
Nation, 8 June 2010
The chances of striking a deal during the World Trade Organisation talks are slim, a minister has said. Read more »
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Africa:
Developed World Inhibits African Trade - Report
allAfrica, 7 June 2010
Developed countries have responded to the global financial crisis by adopting protectionist measures which have damaged Africa's chances of boosting its exports, according to a… Read more »
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Africa:
Resistance Persists Against Early Harvest in Doha Round
IPS, 4 June 2010
Although the issue of an early harvest for least developed countries (LDCs) has been raised time and again, there remains "a certain reluctance" to prioritise it in the World Trade… Read more »
