Top stories from 23 January update:

Trade/WTO:

• TWN REPORT: The situation at the WTO a year since Seattle
• New Round? Maybe, but implementation up front, says India
• DSB adopts Appellate Body report on sanctions 'sequencing' dispute
• Recent Event: Joint NGO statement on the review of Art.27.3b of the TRIPS agreement [version francais]
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Biotechnology/Access

• Killer virus sparking biotech fears
• US: Dangerously high antibiotic use in farms
• Brazil: In the vanguard of genome research
• TWN Information Service on Biosafety

Other news

• Latin America: A united front against climate change?
• US: The ten worst corporations of the year 2000
• Neoliberal regime has failed, need to change course
• World's majority face dismal prospects
• Thailand: Premier-elect for softening IMF terms
• US: Strong leadership urgently needed, warns report