Intense negotiations are currently taking place to come up with a draft of the Ministerial Declaration that will launch a new round of multilateral trade negotiations in Seattle in November. So far, two draft outlines have emerged,...

As the second preparatory phase for the Seattle Ministerial Conference - to be held from 30 November to 3 December - draws to a close, WTO Members’ objectives for the upcoming trade liberalisation talks are mostly clear. With more than...

The ‘proposal-driven’ second phase of the preparatory process for the Seattle Ministerial is drawing to a close in spite of the highprofile leadership struggle for a new WTO Director-General that currently commands...