TOP STORIES FROM 7TH JULY UPDATE

Trade/WTO:

• Globalization and the South: Some critical issues

• The WTO and its Dispute Settlement System: Tilting the balance against the South

• WTO starts work on implementation issues

• Two more sessions planned on China working party

• US disregards 'confidence-building' measures

• WTO study less conclusive than Moore's assertions

• The Panel and Appeal process at the WTO

Biotechnology/ Biodiversity:

• Biotechnology and indigenous peoples

• Horizontal gene transfer happens

• Swallowing the tale of the swallowtails

• To Bt or not to Bt

• 'Golden rice' has no shine, say critics

Other news:

• FDI, globalisation, UNCTAD and human development

• M&A is takeover of firms in North, economies in South

• Financial speculation - taming the shrew

• World Development Report lead author resigns in apparent protest

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