From Cancún 2003 to Hong Kong 2006

Articles

• Walden Bello Are the WTO talks in trouble? Don't bet on it Focus on the Global South, 16 August 2005
• Walden Bello The End of an Illusion. WTO Reform, Global Civil Society and the Road to Hong Kong Focus on Trade, April 2005
• Boris Kagarlitsky Making WTO Happy, Not Average Russians The Moscow Times, 27 January 2005
• Walden Bello Roller Coaster of a Decade for the World Trade Organization Focus on the Global South, 26 January 2005
• Susan George Report on the "Etats généraux" of Local Governments against the GATS TNI Website, 18 November 2004
• Praful Bidwai Unequal Bargain at WTO Teh Daily Star, 23 August 2004
• Walden Bello and Aileen Kwa G20 Leaders Succumb to Divide-and-Rule Tactics. The Story behind Washington's Triumph in Geneva Focus on the Global South, 10 August 2004

The "July framework" negotiations were a departure from traditional North-South trade negotiations and may set patterns for things to come, writes Bello. The trade superpowers learned from the debacle of Cancún, and moved from confrontational strategy to one on co-optation and subtle divide and rule tactics. By bringing the leaders of the G20 into the centre of the negotiations and playing to their specific interests, they managed to sideline the group, thus diluting the strength of the negotiating position of the South.

• Walden Bello D-Day for the WTO Focus on the Global South, 28 July 2004

Commenting on the "July Framework", a document issued by the WTO General Council in Geneva at the end of July, Bello says developing country governments should consider that rejection of the July text may no longer suffice. It is time they actively explore or create other trade mechanisms or frameworks to make development and trade complementary, he argues.

• Dot Keet Challenging WTO Rules Countering Regional Development Strategies AIDC Regional Briefing 3/2004
• Walden Bello There is Life after Cancún Bangkok Post, 21 September 2003
• Dot Keet Reports from Cancún, Mexico AIDC, 9-15 September 2003
• Walden Bello Multilateral Punishment. The Philippines in the WTO, 1995-2003 Focus on the Global South, 20 June 2003

Activities

• Walden Bello After Cancún. Southern Prospects for Trade and Development The Hague, 5 April 2004
• Seminar Cancún Express Derailed. Movements Challenge the EU Agenda in the WTO and Free Trade Agreements organised by TNI, Seattle to Brussels Network, ATTAC, CEO, Campaign for the Reform of the World Bank, World Development Movement, Focus on the Global South and RMALC. Speakers include Susan George, Clare Joy, Erik Wesselius, Antonio Ticarico, Marc Maes, Claudia Torrelli, Manuel Perez Rocha, Walden Bello and Nancy Kachingwe. ESF, Paris, France, 13 November 2003

Links

• Hong Kong People's Alliance