Beyond Cancùn, before Hong Kong

The WTO prepares for the next ministerial in December this year. Read the analyses after the collapse of trade-talks in Cancún from several trade-experts:

The Post-Cancún Debate: Cancún – What Now?
The abrupt end of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún 2003 surprised a lot of people. Reactions varied greatly. By Barbara Unmüßig

WTO: END OF THE ROAD? by Devinder Sharma

The causes and implications of the failure of the WTO Ministerial in Cancún by Dr. Vandana Shiva, Director Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology

New Beginning for WTO after Cancun by Mark Ritchie and Kristin Dawkins (Foreign Policy In Focus)

Fair trade after Cancun - Agriculture remains the test case by Hannes Lorenzen, European Parliament, Brussels

A lot of HBF's Global Issue Papers deal with up-to-date issues on the trade-agenda:

No.18: Special and and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries
A study by Thomas Fritz, commissioned by HBF and Germanwatch.

No. 13: Liberalization of Agricultural Trade - The Way Forward for Sustainable Development ?
By Marita Wiggerthale, November 2004

No. 6: The Post-Cancún Debate: Options, Views, and Perspectives From South and North.
Published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, February 2004

El Debate tras Cancún. Opciones, Opiniones y Perspectivas del Sur y el Norte. Con contribuciones de 9 países. Editor: Rainer Falk, Marzo 2004 (versión castellana)

No. 3: Agreement on Agriculture and Food Sovereignty. Perspectives from Mesoamerica and Asia.
Edited by Arze Glipo, August 2003

Acuerdo sobre Agricultura y Soberanía Alimentaria: Perspectivas de Mesoamérica y Asia. Editora Arze Glipo, Agosto 2003 (versión castellana)

No. 2: From Rio to Cancun: The rights of the peoples are non-negotiable.
Editor: Silvia Rodríguez Cervantes, August 2003 (english version)

De Río a Cancún: Los derechos de los pueblos no son negociables. Editora Silvia Rodríguez Cervantes, Agosto 2003 (versión castellana)

No. 1: GATS: Public Services under Pressure to Liberalize. The GATS-negotiations in the WTO – A challenge for international civil society.
By Thomas Fritz and Peter Fuchs, August 2003 (english version)

GATS: Los servicios públicos bajo la presión de la liberalización. Las negociaciones del AGCS (GATS) en la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) – Un desafío para la sociedad civil internacional. Por Thomas Fritz y Peter Fuchs, Agosto 2003 (versión castellana)