World Trade Organization WTO salvages historic $1 trillion trade deal

Published on Russia Today RT, Dec 6, 2013.

The World Trade Organization has formally approved a historic package of agreements after over a decade of negotiations. Trade talks among 159 world economies came to an end after Cuba dropped its objections to the draft agreement.

« For the first time in our history, the WTO has truly delivered, » WTO chief Roberto Azevedo said. « This time the entire membership came together. We have put the ‘world’ back in World Trade Organization. »   Continuer la lecture de « World Trade Organization WTO salvages historic $1 trillion trade deal »

Egypt: Protesting the protest law

The government is insisting on enforcing the controversial protest law despite wide opposition – Published on Al-Ahram weekly online, by Ahmed Morsy, Dec 4, 2013.

Over the past 10 days, the recently endorsed protest law has been met with strong opposition from various political parties, public figures, political and legal activists and human-rights organisations.

Protests have been staged on a daily basis in clear defiance of the law and in order to object to the arrests of anti-law activists and politicians. The 6 April activist movement has called for a week of protests starting on 30 November. The Friday Muslim Brotherhood demonstrations were staged with acts of violence recorded and with dozens arrested.   Continuer la lecture de « Egypt: Protesting the protest law »