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2001 Bulletins are listed below.

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AFTINET Bulletin No 33
18 December 2001

• MAI Resurrected: Report on Brussels Meeting of fair trade activists
• Campaigns in 2002
• AFTINET needs a Treasurer: please help
• Sign on Statement on Doha outcome and process from civil society groups

AFTINET Bulletin No 32
15 November 2001

• Successful Sydney Fair Trade Rally
• WTO Doha Meeting Outcome: US and EU twist arms to get compromise but negotiations on "new issues" delayed until 2003

AFTINET Bulletin No 31
5 November 2001

• Global Civil Society Protests for WTO Meeting and Sydney Fair Trade Rally, 12 noon, Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Tuesday November 13
• WTO tries to ram through draft statements despite disagreement
• Developing country governments reject WTO draft statements
• Civil Society Groups Slam Doha Draft

AFTINET Bulletin No 30
25 October 2001

• WTO Ministerial meeting to proceed in Doha, Qatar on November 9-13, but still no agreement on a statement
• Australian proposals on liberalisation of environment services and maritime services
• Anthrax scare reveals double standards on access to medicines in Canada and the US
• Reminder: Sydney Fair Trade Rally, 12 noon, Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Tuesday November 13, Seminar and Band Night Sunday November 11

AFTINET Bulletin No 29
10 October 2001

• Doha Meeting may be postponed
• Developing country governments criticise WTO draft Ministerial Declaration and Australian position paper on a new round
• Ambiguous messages from Australian WTO Paper on Education Services: need to keep campaigning
• Sydney Fair Trade Rally Tuesday November 13, 12 noon Darling Harbour Convention Centre, Seminar and Band Night Sunday November 11
• PNG, the IMF and Globalisation Sydney Seminar, October 15 and 16

AFTINET Bulletin No 28
27 September 2001

• Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s relationship with the WTO released
• Conflicting WTO drafts on TRIPS and access to Medicines
• An end to the myth of security, by Kathy Kang

AFTINET Bulletin No 27
13 September 2001

• Still no agreement on WTO draft for Doha
• French Government calls for delay in WTO Ministerial Meeting; French Prime Minister supports Tobin Tax
• US-Australia Free Trade Agreement delayed: more time to send your letter to the Minister
• Please send urgent letter to Germany’s Chancellor Schroeder on Environmental Agreement for Export Credit Agencies by Monday 17 September
• Conference: Corporate Power or Peoples’ Power? Transnational Corporations and Globalisation 27, 28, 29 September, University of Technology, Harris St, Sydney
• Political Parties debate Trade and Aid Policy, Tues Oct 9, Pitt St Uniting Church, Sydney
• Action for World Development (AFTINET member) seeks sub-tenant

AFTINET Bulletin No 26
31 August 2001

• Public Meeting: Political Parties debate Trade and Aid Policy, 9 October, 6pm, Pitt St Uniting Church, 264 Pitt St, Sydney
• Website for World Forum on the WTO, Beirut, 6-8 November 2001
• "Our World is not for Sale" Global Statement needs your signature
• Vision of Human Unity from World Council of Churches

AFTINET Bulletin No 25
17 August 2001

• Developing Countries Speak Against New Round At WTO Council Meeting
• World WTO Civil Society Forum In Beirut 6-8 November, before WTO Ministerial Meeting In Doha
• The latest DFAT Brief on the Doha Ministerial Meeting
• Protesting or blockading at CHOGM?
• Bush fails to win support for "Fast Track" Trade
• Argentinian debt sparks mass protest
• Coming Events, Brisbane & Sydney

AFTINET Bulletin No 24
26 July 2001

• Developing Countries reject Doha Agenda for WTO at Geneva and African Meetings
• NGO reply to WTO Mike Moore’s attack reported in Bulletin 23
• AID/WATCH sign on letter to World Bank for Tues for July 31 and Soup Kitchen Protest August 1, 5pm, ANA Hotel, 176 Cumberland St, the Rocks, Sydney
• Waldon Bello’s Account of the Battle of Genoa

AFTINET Bulletin No 23
12 July 2001

• AFTINET website revamped
• ACTU on new WTO Round
• DFAT Consultation Reports
• WTO Symposium with NGOs: Mike Moore attacks Civil Society Groups
• Sydney Events

AFTINET Bulletin No 22
5 July 2001

• Launch of Global WTO statement in Geneva
• Sydney events

AFTINET Bulletin No 21
27 June 2001

• Reply to Financial Review article attack on the Fair Trade Movement
• Australia-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: letter to the Minister
• Useful articles on GATS and DFAT report on WTO and APEC services negotiations
• New WTO Round in Doubt: NY Times article
• Coming Events in Sydney

AFTINET Bulletin No 20
7 June 2001

• WTO International Sign-On Statement

AFTINET Bulletin No 19
4 June 2001

• DFAT WTO Consultations Sydney 28 June and Melbourne 5 July
• DFAT WTO submissions deadline extended until August 1
• US Corporations push Aust-US Free Trade Agreement: article and letter for you to send to the Minister
• Sydney Coming Events

AFTINET Bulletin No 18
29 May 2001

• Reminder: DFAT consultations for WTO Ministerial meeting to be held in most cities in June and July; submissions to DFAT due July 1
• Trade in Services: NGOs rebut the WTO GATS Fact and Fiction paper
• Jubilee 2000 Letter to G8 Finance Ministers to drop IMF/WB debt to poorest countries
• US Professor Larry George responds to Fareed Zakaria's attack on Quebec protesters in April 30 Newsweek
• Coming Events

AFTINET Bulletin No 17
15 May 2001

• WTO Australian Consultations begin: New Round Precarious
• Indian government and Business Oppose new WTO issues (summarised from BUSINESS LINE May 3, 2001)
• WTO Registration for NGOs for Qatar WTO Ministerial Conference
• Sydney Events

AFTINET Bulletin No 16
27 April 2001

• Report from Buenos Aires: No to the FTAA. Another America is possible
• Reports from Quebec: 60,000 protest while leaked tape reveals Latin American government concerns about FTAA
• Drug Companies settle in South Africa: a win for right over profits
• New Internationalist special edition on the WTO
• NSW activist group on trade: are you interested?
• NSW Events for May Day: May 1 and 6
• Globalisation forum at Byron Bay, May 3, June 2 - 3

AFTINET Bulletin No 15
8 April 2001

• Government announces public consultations on the WTO
• US-Australia Free Trade Agreement: letter to the Minister
• Letter to community groups to organise for a rally for Global Justice in Sydney in November to coincide with the WTO meeting in Qatar
• Sign the Petition for drug companies to drop their case against South Africa

AFTINET Bulletin No 14
30 March 2001

• Trade in Services Campaign
• Meeting with DFAT on Trade in Services
• Protests against the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas on April 6 in Buenos Aires and April 21 in Quebec
• International Day of Action on WTO Agreement on Agriculture on April 17

AFTINET Bulletin No 13
22 Feb 2001

• Report on Sydney WTO Inquiry public hearings and rally
• WTO inquiry dates for other cities
• Corporate Code of Conduct Bill hearings Melbourne March 14, Sydney March 15
• World Social Forum Report
• WTO and Drug Companies
• Coming Events