2005 Bulletins Index

AFTINET Bulletin No 122
20 December 2005

AFTINET Bulletin No 121
5 December 2005

WTO draft text released for Ministerial Meeting - talks remain in crisis
Action stations: Write a letter to the editor and bring the negotiations out from behind closed doors!
Developing countries call to reclaim development in the Doha 'Development' Round
Doha Round's development impacts - Shrinking gains and real costs
Chances diminish for solution on TRIPS and Public Health before Hong Kong
Get informed: New info booklets on the WTO negotiations’
Get involved: Events in December in the lead-up to the WTO Ministerial (Sydney, Melbourne and Perth)

AFTINET Bulletin No 120
3 November 2005

AFTINET Annual General Meeting, 5:30pm 16 November 2005
High Court ruling on copyright may be overturned to comply with USFTA
Update on GATS benchmarking proposals – the campaign continues
Civil Society slams WTO’s dodgy drafting process for WTO trade in services text
US agriculture proposals at WTO keeps unfair system intact
Report-back from conference: ‘Piecing the Puzzle of the trade and aid jigsaw in the Pacific
Melbourne Social Forum, 19 – 20 November

AFTINET Bulletin No 119
6 October 2005

Action: Write a submission on the WTO negotiations by 21 October
Community and developing countries voice objections to benchmarking proposals in WTO trade in services agreement (GATS)
Stakes high in WTO dispute over genetically modified crops and food
Watching brief: Australia signs Trade and Investment Framework with Indonesia
Sydney event: Public forum on Piecing the Puzzle of the trade and aid jigsaw in the Pacific, Thursday 20 October
Sydney event: Public forum on Globalisation, Free Trade and Technology, 11 October

AFTINET Bulletin No 118
19 September 2005

Invitation to join AFTINET discussion e-list
Parliamentary review of US and Singapore trade agreements gives lie to claims of economic success
No easy ride in the land of the FTA, The Age
Update on Senate Inquiry on Australia’s relationship with China
Civil Society Declaration on the G20 Ministerial Meeting in Pakistan
Canadian groups launch appeal on the constitutionality of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Inquiry on Corporate Accountability
Conference - Piecing the Puzzle on trade and aid in the Pacific: 20 – 21 October, Sydney

AFTINET Bulletin No 117
16 August 2005

No agreement at July WTO General Council meeting – an assessment of the current negotiations
US FTA blamed for move to competitive tendering in community services
Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) passed in the US … and movement of peoples caught up in the horse-trading
Pacific Nations Threat, PNG Post Courier
‘NAMA Watch’: New website to monitor the WTO’s non-agricultural market access negotiations
Sydney Social Forum, 27 – 29 August

AFTINET Bulletin No 116
25 July 2005

EVENT REMINDER: What’s the WTO up to now? An AFTINET public forum in Sydney on 6pm Thursday 28 July
Report on progress of WTO Mini Ministerial: China meeting may be too little too late
Government under fire over China FTA, The Age
Media on access to medicines and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Call for submissions on Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement
Sydney event: Screening of ‘The Yes Men’, Wednesday 27 July

AFTINET Bulletin No 115
7 July 2005

What is the WTO up to now? An AFTINET public forum in Sydney on 6pm Thursday 28 July
AFTINET appears before Senate Inquiry on Australia’s relations with China
China FTA resolution passed at ALP State Conference
North and South countries differ on assessment of WTO services talks, and on the need or otherwise for a new negotiating approach
Preparations for WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong – Details for NGO and media registration
Reminder: AFTINET has moved to a new office

AFTINET Bulletin No 114
20 June 2005

AFTINET is moving offices
Government tables second round offer in GATS negotiations: Campaign victory as water for human use is excluded from offer
AFTINET press release: Government concedes that water does not belong in trade agreements
"Stop the GATS power play": GATS statement from civil society
Event: Make poverty history white wrist band day 1 July

AFTINET Bulletin No 113
12 May 2005

Calling on the WTO to make the agriculture negotiations more inclusive and transparent
Media reports: Social impacts of the China Free Trade Agreement
Environmental laws lined up for removal by new trade talks
Event: World Debt Day, Monday 16 May 2005

AFTINET Bulletin No 112
21 April 2005

AFTINET Bulletin No 111
23 March 2005

AFTINET Avant Card on WTO trade in services and the right to water
Senate Inquiry on Australia’s relations with China - please make a submission!
Report of Hong Kong planning meeting for the 2005 WTO Ministerial Meeting and meetings with Hong Kong organisations about the China FTA
Report on AFTINET lobbying trip to Canberra
WTO status hurts China’s rural poor: World Bank
Australia eyes free-trade deal with UAE as ‘launchpad’ for access to Middle East

AFTINET Bulletin No 110
18 February 2005

Urgent action: Send a message to the Trade Minister about the current GATS negotiations in Geneva
Senate Inquiry announced into Australia – China relations
Time to gear up for the generic v brand-name drugs showdown
Community groups and unions launch legal challenge on NAFTA investment rules
Event: Fair Wear Fabric of Society Dinner, 31 March.

AFTINET Bulletin No 109
19 January 2005

AFTINET planning meeting 16 February: all members welcome
Australia – ASEAN – New Zealand Free Trade Agreement: Call for public submissions
Monitoring the impacts of the US FTA in 2005
WTO report criticises increasing trend to bilateral trade relations
Australia pushes developing countries to make service commitments in WTO trade in services agreement (GATS)
Community Organising School, 3 – 6 April, Sydney

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