CAP failure puts trade talks at risk
News Article 27 March 2003
Failure to reform Europe's agriculture subsidies will put global trade talks at risk, a committee of peers has concluded.
Short shrift for Doha critics
News Article 25 March 2003
Reaching agreement on the Doha trade round would be a "win-win" situation for the developing and developed world, Clare Short has said.
Clare Short: Doha speech in full
News Article 25 March 2003
The full text of Clare Short's speech entitled "The dangers to Doha - The risks of failure in the trade round".
Minister backs more trade in legal services
News Article 18 March 2003
Legal markets around the world should be liberalised so that British lawyers can offer their services in more countries, a government minister has said.
Kennedy urges more action on free trade
News Article 13 March 2003
Charles Kennedy has pledged his party's support for efforts to boost free trade.
Kennedy backs global capitalism
Press Review 13 March 2003
Russia warned by IMF
Press Review 14 February 2003
Short warns oil bosses
Press Review 11 February 2003
Baroness Symons: Reaching agreement on GATS
News Article 11 February 2003
Writing exclusively for ePolitix.com Baroness Symons, the minister for international trade and investment, dismisses claims that GATS will mean the end of government's right to regulate.
Hewitt: World poverty is linked to terror
Press Review 31 January 2003
Lord Peston - Chairman of the Lords inquiry into globalisation
Interview 17 January 2003
Question: Is globalisation having a desirable effect in both the developing and the developed world?
Trade barriers undermining globalisation say peers
News Article 17 January 2003
Europe and the US must remove trade barriers and spread best practice if the poorest nations of the world are to reap the full benefits of globalisation, peers say today.
IMF warns on Britain's economy
Press Review 10 December 2002
Councils warn against WTO deal
Press Review 2 December 2002
US to urge end to trade tariffs
Press Review 26 November 2002