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• Sept. 2, 2003 - Unlocking cheaper medicines: The WTO paves the way for greater access for the poor
  

• Sept. 1, 2003 - The name game: EU wants to protect the names of its traditional products
  

• Aug. 31, 2003 - At a standstill: Outcome of the fourth and final mini-ministerial (S)
  

• Aug. 15, 2003 - Indian chillies blocked in EU: Indian exporters of chilli products are smarting. The EU has all but shut the door on them after recently detecting Sudan red 1, a carcinogenic industrial dye, in a consignment to France (S)
  

• July 31, 2003 - Round 1 to USA: India's textile trade battle with the USA (S)
  

• July 15, 2003 - Prescription for relief: The EU has adopted a law that will provide 76 developing countries access to cheaper drugs (S)
  

• July 15, 2003 - No common ground: The EU’s attempt to reform its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) comes a cropper (S)

News from the WTO site

• Sept. 9, 2003 - Poor countries need trade to escape poverty, Supachai tells Cancún forums
• Sept. 3, 2003 - WTO Members agree on ways to boost least-developed countries’ participation in services negotiations
• Aug. 30, 2003 - Decision removes final patent obstacle to cheap drug imports

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News Published in other dailies

• Sept. 6, 2003 - Bumps on the road to Cancun 
  Source: The Economic Times
  
• Sept. 6, 2003 - Cancun meet may see more progress than Doha
  Source: Business Standard
  
• Sept. 5, 2003 - India firm on cut in farm subsidies 
  Source: Times News Network