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In co-operation with Public Services International, Education International will for the first time hold a session on public services and GATS at the upcoming World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum in September.

A new study commissioned by Education International reveals that a growing trend towards privatization of public education is often camouflaged by the language of “educational reform,” or introduced stealthily as “modernization.” Hence the title of the study: Hidden Privatisation In Public Education.

The Director General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, says negotiations aimed at liberalizing the trade in agriculture, industrial products and services have progressed to their final critical stage.

The European Union, the United States and Canada are negotiating a new international agreement intended to combat global infringements of intellectual property.

Education International and Public Services International will be hosting a session at the 2008 WTO Public Forum on September 24-25 in Geneva.

L'émergence du "commerce international" des services éducatifs est l'un des développements les plus importants affectant l'éducation, ces dernières années. Le recrutement agressif par les institutions éducatives, d'étudiants du monde entier soumis à des frais de scolarité; l'explosion de l'apprentissage en ligne, commercial et sans frontières; la franchisation d’institutions éducatives et...

Talks aimed at liberalizing global trade are heading into yet another crucial phase as the prospects of successfully completing a deal before the end of the year quickly fade.

Development groups and trade unions are warning that treaties that regulate international investment are undermining democracy and human rights.

Talks between the European Union and India on a bilateral free trade agreement may not be completed by the end of year as originally planned.

Several nations are backing a new proposal for special exemptions from copyright rules under the agreements of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

A WTO panel has given Antigua and Barbuda the right to impose $21 million in annual trade sanctions against the United States for its restrictions on cross-border Internet gambling.

The U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has lashed out against non-governmental organizations for their criticisms of WTO trade talks.

Talks aimed at liberalizing the international trade in services under the WTO’s GATS agreement are moving at a slow but steady pace even as deep divisions remain on key issues, according to officials in Geneva.

Canada has become the first WTO member to take advantage of new pharmaceutical licensing rules intended to improve access to essential medicines in developing countries.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says that developing nations need to "think carefully" before signing bilateral and regional free trade agreements with the developed world.

The future of the World Trade Organization's troubled Doha Round of talks remains in doubt again as negotiators from developing and developed countries have been unable to bridge their deep differences despite a series of intensive negotiations in September.