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LATEST IRC NEWS FROM DOHA -LOG #2

by #radiodoha log
Here's the next irc log from #radiodoha giving us some of the latest news from the wto meetings. we'll be getting more final information in several hours when the meetings will announce their final decisions.
Listen to "No New Round Radio" for more updates during the next few hours: http://freeteam.nl:8000/playlist.pls?mount=/no-wto&file=dummy.pls


mexicatl: new updates
mexicatl: second hand from indian delegation
mexicatl: "The talks are on the brink of collapsing" about 5:00
mexicatl: "The ACP countries are fighting their own battle"
mexicatl: does this mean two fronts for the EC and US?
anna: the mike is on..:)
mexicatl: 1st hand from Hans Schramml, Austria Delegation
mexicatl: "We are not against extending the study period"
anna: then it was really hard ti understand what you said :) can you repeat please? :)
zapATIsta: hey anna, the mic is on.
mexicatl: although he said everything was going fine, once i told him about what the chief delegates from benin and ivory coast told me (last update) he froze, became uncooperative
zapATIsta: http://flag.blackened.net/ati/isthisthingon.mp3
mexicatl: for him there seemed to be a problem with the black african countries
mexicatl: what that was, i do not know
zapATIsta sings a verse of "dancin' on the ruins of multinational corporations"
mexicatl: oh, funny story. people in the delegation section seem really bored. taped one guy using the WTO connection to surf for porn :)
mexicatl: they are desperate methinks
mexicatl: the people here seem to think that they will fail, maybe go into the bilateral talks
PlatinumD: i'm sure the guy has "diplomatic immunity" or some other silly thing.
blicero dances on the ruin of the global trade!
mexicatl: hld on
ana: bilateral talks are even more dangerous, if you can imagine that
mexicatl: sorry i was talking to Milan HOVORA, permanent ambassador from the czech rep. to the WTO
mexicatl: he's good, nice spin doctor.
mexicatl: he has no doubt that a trade round will be launch
mexicatl: no nice quotes from him, very sharp guy. talks a lot, says little :)
ana-nyc: what his his reasoning for believing trade rounds will go thru...sounds like thats very debatable at this point?
mexicatl: people starting to come on
mexicatl: i agree, but he's an expert on this
mexicatl: ok, that's it until next round unless there are questions?
mexicatl: well, this guy Milan, he's not a chief delegator, so he probably doesn't know all the details
mexicatl: he believes that an agreement of some sort will be reached
mexicatl: it's a public access, so i don't know
PlatinumD: ahhh, so nice getting first-hand news from a place the mainstream will barely mention:)

end of log

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log #1 http://www.indybay.org/2001/11/109228.php
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