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Greenpeace calls for a new start at WTO negotiations in Hong Kong

Last edited 13 December 2005 at 9:00am
13 December, 2005

Hong Kong, 13 December 2005 - As delegates from around the world gather for the WTO (World Trade Organisation) Ministerial meeting starting today, Greenpeace warned that free trade must not be prioritised over the interests of people and the environment. Greenpeace argues that the Hong Kong Ministerial can be called a success only if governments agree a complete social and environmental review of the global trade system.

Article tagged as: biodiversity, climate change, forests, global trade, press releases, WTO

WTO gambling with livelihoods and environment

Last edited 12 December 2005 at 9:00am
12 December, 2005

On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 6th Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, environment and anti-poverty campaigners have delivered a statement to Prime Minister Tony Blair, demanding the government reject any deal that continues to allow big businesses to compound poverty and environmental degradation. The deal on the table at the WTO, they say, reneges on government promises in both areas, taking international trade in the wrong direction. [2]

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The public interest Amicus coalition intervention in the WTO GM dispute - a summary

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
27 May, 2004

Summary

A coalition of 15 public interest groups from around the world, including Europe, North and South America and India (the Amicus Coalition ), have joined together to ensure the WTO hears the public's voice in the challenge by the US, Canada and Argentina over the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

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Background to the WTO GM dispute

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
27 May, 2004

Summary

At a time when GM food continues to cause controversy worldwide, and the legitimacy of the WTO itself has come under question, the WTO GM dispute between the US and EU looks set to be one of the most challenging in the WTO's history. The outcome of the WTO GM dispute will have major ramifications for the development of the environmental, social and health aspects of trade policy and is likely to have both substantive and symbolic importance worldwide.

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European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The US, Canada and Argentina are challenging the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

The Amicus Coalition represents a wide range of environmental, consumer and social justice groups lobbying the World Trade Organisation to prevent countries being forced to accept GM products that their consumers do not want.

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The World Trade Organisation

Last edited 5 December 2003 at 9:00am

Biotechnology companies are attempting a corporate take-over of the entire food chain. Farmers, especially those in developing nations, have already lost out because of subsidies and tarrifs. Meanwhile the World Trade Organisation (WTO), led by the USA, plans to bully more countries into accepting GM seeds, GM crops and unlabelled GM foods.

The WTO promotes free trade for the gain of private interests, over and above our health and the environment. Greenpeace is opposed to the globalisation that is increasing corporate power, evidenced by the agenda of the WTO.

Article tagged as: cancun, GM, GM food, press releases, WTO

Greenpeace takes Mexican Government to court over returned shipment of contaminated corn

Last edited 15 September 2003 at 8:00am

Due to the complicity of the Mexican government, the ship "Ikan Altamira" returned to the port of Veracruz, Mexico. Escorted by the military this afternoon, it began unloading its 40,000 tonnes of GE contaminated corn, even though this violates the Biosafety Protocol, an international agreement signed by the Mexican government.

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USA and EU sink the WTO round in Cancun

Last edited 15 September 2003 at 8:00am
15 September, 2003

14th September 2003, Cancun, Mexico. The fifth WTO ministerial conference failed to reach an agreement today. This failure is the "expected" end of a trade system ruled by WTO with a single-minded objective of trade liberalisation. Greenpeace urges governments to rapidly convene an international conference with the mandate to provide the basis for the creation of an alternative trade system.

The WTO's failure in Cancun to engage countries in more trade liberalisation confirms the commonly shared diagnosis of this organisation:

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Greenpeace enforces international law to stop GMOs entering Mexico

Last edited 12 September 2003 at 8:00am
12 September, 2003

As the World Trade Organisation meeting in Mexico looks set to leave developing countries at the mercy of the US and biotech companies like Monsanto, Greenpeace stopped the first shipment of genetically engineered maize entering Mexico after a new international law came into force yesterday allowing countries to reject GMOs.

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Take action: Make sure the UK says 'no' at the WTO

Last edited 27 August 2003 at 8:00am
Greenpeace volunteers stop a train full of GM maize in its tracks

Greenpeace volunteers stop a train full of GM maize in its tracks

The United States wants to force-feed the world genetically modified (GM) organisms.

On May 13, 2003 the US government filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union's (EU) de facto moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

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