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Teacher unions and NGOs, including Education International, have played a critical role in limiting the inclusion of education services in the WTO’s GATS agreement, according to a new book by Antoni Verger of the University of Amsterdam.

Members of the World Trade Organization will hold a “scaled-down, no frills” ministerial conference in Geneva November 30 to December 2, the first formal gathering of trade ministers since 2005.

The European Union and Canada have agreed on the main areas to be negotiated in a possible comprehensive economic agreement.

The global financial crisis and the liberalization of financial services has led to a financing shortfall for developing countries of between $US 250 and $US 750 billion, according to Martin Khor, executive director of the South Centre.

EI has completed a new study into the increasing role and impact of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in education systems across all continents.

WTO negotiations aimed at liberalizing the international trade in services, including education, are set to begin again after nearly a year-long hiatus.

Concerns are being raised that trade agreements like the WTO could hamper the ability of governments to respond effectively to the growing economic crisis.

Criticism is growing over the inclusion of a “Buy American” clause in the U.S. stimulus legislation.

Talks aimed at creating a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, originally scheduled for March in Morocco, have been postponed at the request of the United States.

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy was forced to call off plans for a mini-Ministerial meeting last month after key countries failed to bridge their differences.

India’s higher education regulators are proposing new rules to combat an influx of low-quality, private higher education providers into the country.

Labour unions and civil society organizations in Canada are expressing outrage over the recent announcement that the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has reached a free trade deal with Colombia.

Le titre de l’ouvrage récent écrit Eddy Khali et Muriel Fitoussi est inquiétant pour l’enseignement public de qualité, libre et gratuit en France.

Experts are warning members of the World Trade Organization of the risks they face if they include public services like education in trade and investment agreements.

A group of public interest organizations in the United States is suing the US Trade Representative office in an effort to obtain a copy of a draft treaty on intellectual property currently.

Une nouvelle étude commanditée par l’Internationale de l’Education révèle qu’une tendance croissante à la privatisation de l’éducation publique est souvent dissimulée sous le vocable de « réforme éducative » ou introduite subrepticement en tant que « modernisation ». D’où le titre de l’étude :La privatisation déguisée dans le secteur éducatif...

After nine grueling days of negotiations, trade ministers meeting in Geneva July 21-30 admitted defeat in their attempts to reach a new global trade deal, but promised to regroup at a later date.

With trade ministers set to meet in Geneva the week of July 21 in what is being billed as the last ditch effort to complete the troubled WTO Doha Round of trade talks, the chair of the services negotiations has released a controversial new framework to guide the discussions.