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1. How important is the Sydney Meeting?
2. How does the WTO work?
3. Where do things stand in the WTO negotiations?
4. Who wants what in the WTO and who doesn't?
5. What are the protestors objecting to?
For concise background briefs on each of these topics, please click here
For technical details, contact Alan Oxley 0417 358 462
Alan Oxley is one of Australia's leading trade consultants. He is a former Ambassador of Australia to the GATT, the predecessor of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
For developing country perspectives, contact Barun Mitra ( 0414 016 593) or James Shikwati (0414 016 953)
Barun Mitra is Director of the Liberty Institute, a think-tank in New Delhi and a commentator in the Indian media on trade, globalization and development. James Shikwati is Director of the Inter Regional Economic Network in Nairobi, Kenya. He is one of East Africa's leading commentators on trade and growth in Africa.
For media queries, contact Brian Dale (0418 204 198) or Kristen Osborne (0412 852 550)
WTO---The Facts! is supported by www.worldgrowth.org
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#6 Refugees? War? What about a trade issue?
Joining any old issue to their protests against the WTO shows that the protesters simply don't care [Click here]
#5 WTO Sydney - the real issues: Agriculture
Action in the Doha WTO negotiations can radically raise standards in developing countries by allowing them benefits of open markets [Click here]
#4 The environment debate in the WTO coercion or co-operation?
How the WTO deals with the environment is the most controversial issue in the Doha negotiations [Click here]
#3 WTO - Bali, Nike and what matters
Why do two or three thousand people want to protest violently against the WTO in Sydney next week? [Click here]
#2 Sydney WTO - Backgrounder
Most complaints about the WTO are baseless. In our view the facts speak for themselves [Click here]
#1 Why the WTO Matters to Developing Countries
The WTO matters to developing countries; it is time to refute the myths that it does not [Click here]
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