http://somo.nl daily 1 2008-04-15T15:10:46Z http://somo.nl/news-en/eu-failure-to-reform-international-investment-agreements-will-have-costs-for-taxpayers-and-the-environment European campaigners have denounced the EU Commission for failing to adequately reform international investment agreements, warning that ordinary taxpayers and our environment will suffer as a result. The Seattle to Brussels Network today also published a reader on the issue. No publisher Edith 2010-07-28T09:29:31Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/wto-the-cause-of-global-crises-not-the-solution During the WTO-conference taking place this week in Geneve representatives of the global network Our World Is Not for Sale (OWINFS) from four continents showed how the trade liberalisation model still promoted by the WTO has devastated communities across the world and how it has dramatically worsened the exploitation of women, food shortages, unemployment, and the financial crisis. No publisher Edith 2010-06-14T19:06:19Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/what-is-the-role-of-wto-services-rules-in-the-context-of-the-current-financial-crisis Has the WTO's services agreement contributed to the crisis or is it a tool which can help create a more stable environment for international financial services? Myriam Vander Stichele, TNI Fellow and senior researcher at the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, and Sergio Marchi, senior fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, discuss this topic with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson. No publisher Edith 2010-06-14T19:06:53Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/activists-and-campaigners-in-30-countries-demand-turnaround-in-epa-negotiations Through a collective mass fax and e-mail action, more than 80 organisations in 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Pacific have today called on decision-makers to fundamentally change the course of the ongoing negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and ACP countries. No publisher Edith 2010-06-14T18:38:32Z News Item http://somo.nl/news-en/g20-one-step-forward-two-steps-back On 24 and 25 September the G-20 in Pittsburgh will once again call for the signing of a trade agreement within the World Trade Organization (WTO). SOMO argues in a letter to the newspaper NRC that binding commitments regarding financial services as specified in WTO negotiations are actually an obstacle to creating an effective solution to the current financial and economic crisis. No publisher Edith 2010-06-14T18:38:17Z News Item