WTO Qatar
November 2001: WTO Qatar.
IMF/WB Talks Meet Resistance
17-11-2001 23:00
Nov 17 2001The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank meet in Ottawa the weekend of 16-22 of November, after postponing their planned gathering in Washington, DC from September. Quickly planned anti-Globalization and anti-Capitalist protests are aiming to disrupt the meetings.
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WTO launches new round despite tensions and mass actions around the World
16-11-2001 15:14
After contentious and prolonged meetings threatened the viability of the WTO's new round of trade talks, delegates were presented with a declaration that they could vote only up or down. Entering the seventh day of what was meant to be a five-day meeting, the declaration finally passed today. Read the full coverage and reports of mass actions around the World in WTO-Qatar section.