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Subject: [corp-watchers] Will Agriculture Derail the WTO?
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September 9, 2003
WTO
Will Agriculture Derail the WTO?
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=8408
A show down is taking place at the WTO over agricultural issues that pits
northern countries against the global south and small farmers against
worldwide agribusiness.. Winning an agreement on agricultural issues is key
to declaring success at the top-level international trade talks.
Tim Russo reports from Cancun.
WATER WARS
Suez' World Water Wars
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=8390
The latest battle in the war over privatization is being fought at the WTO
negotiations in Cancun.. Privatizing municipal water services is a worldwide
phenomenon in both developed and developing countries. However, community
outcry against the practice is also on the rise.
Deepa Fernandes reports on the role of the world s second largest water
company, Suez.
MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Guarding the Oil Underworld in Iraq
http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=8328
When unidentified saboteurs struck the vital Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in
northern Iraq recently, one in a number of recent attacks on the Middle
Eastern nation's oil production and transport, the United States government
announced that a company called Erinys would be brought in to train 6,500
Iraqis to guard oil pipelines, wellheads, and refineries, as well as water
and electrical facilities.
Jim Vallette and Pratap Chatterjee write about Erinys and other private
service companies.
IN THE NEWS
http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PNR.jsp
* Ethiopia: Prime Minister Hits Out at IMF
* US: Southern Co. Hires Clean Air Act Regulator
* World: Sesame Street Used to Promote US Army
* Colombia: US 'Private Army' Grows
* India: New Delhi Buys Hawk Jets from BAE
* Brussels: IMF, WB Donors Undeterred by Iraq Insecurity
BULLETIN BOARD
http://www.corpwatch.org/bulletins/PBR.jsp
* Electric Utilities Gave Millions to Blackout Investigators
* Campaigners Demand Democracy Overhaul of WTO
* Shell 'Commits' Not to Drill in World Heritage Sites
* WTO Policies Trigger Desertification
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