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Global Positions Notebooks

February 19, 2008, With Articles On...

Editor's Letter: the Doha Life Cycle
Carlos de Abreu of Brazil at GBD
TTALK - Advice: Vargo to China

January 24, 2008,  With Articles On...

Editor's Letter on GBD and the year Ahead
China's WTO Fit by Thomas Howell
AD/CVD - TTALK Quote from Don Cameron
AD/CVD - letter from John Magnus
 

September 10, 2007, With Articles On...

Editor's Letter on KORUS
A KORUS Overview
Pork, U.S. Agriculture and KORUS
KORUS: The Financial Services Chapter
KORUS And the Digital World
KORUS and Express Delivery

April 4, 2007, With Articles On...

Letter: KORUS, Dramatis Personae
Three in the Round
Quote & Context, Rep. Levin

October 17, 2006, With Articles On...

Letter: Something's Gotta Give
Doha ─ An Indian Business View
Quote & Context: Ted Turner's Plea

August 11, 2006, With Articles On...

Letter: Development And Honest Differences
Shadow of July: Reactions to Suspension
Q&C: Development, The Core

July 21, 2006, With Articles On...

To End All Rounds
GBD, Development and the WTO Forum
Quote & Comment: Doha and the G8
Calendar of Events

July 6, 2006, With Articles On...

Lane and the Language of Trade
Imler Ten Take-Aways from Geneva Meetings
Murphy's Three Points on the WTO and Doha
Quote from CII

November 24, 2005, With Articles On...

The Development Dilemma, Editor's Letter
Antidumping: Proposals, Perspectives, and Calibrations
GBD Calendar
Ward for the Day

October 20, 2005, With Articles On...

Editor’s Letter: Edward, Katrina & Rita
Ehrenhaft on Force Majeure
A New NAFTA?
QC: English on Antidumping
GBD Calendar: November 4 & 8

October 6, 2005, With Articles On

Editor's Letter: Parkinson and GBD in Hong Kong
Katrina Snapshots
Kolbe's Red Flags
The Other (Customs) Kyoto -- Done
Calendar Notes: Trade Facilitation on October 11

September 24, 2005, With Articles On

Editor’s Letter: W & The WTO
The Big Three In China
Responses: Investment Subsidies
…….From Senators Grassley & Baucus
…….From John Magnus
Calendar Note: Trade Facilitation on October 11

August 18, 2005, With Articles On

Editor’s Letter: Appreciation and Plans
The Penglai Mayor’s Welcome Mat
Moran Critiques U.S.-China Intersect
Editorial: Subsidies and Investment

August 9, 2005, With Articles On

Editor's Letter: Let's Talk Investment
Hong Kong Prepares for Its WTO Ministerial
Calendar Notes: August 11 - The US & China

July 31, 2005, With Articles On

Editor’s Letter: CAFTA’s Five P’s
The Pork in CAFTA-DR
Calendar: US & China Cross Investment, August 11
Overheard – A Farm Group at Breakfast

* A Note on Comments

July 1, 2005 , With Articles On

Editor's Letter: Well Done, Ambassador
Action, Reaction – The EU Sugar Proposal
Milestone & Quote: Senate Approves CAFTA Calendar
July 7 -- Agriculture and FTA's

June 15, 2005, With

Editor’s Letter: Geneva Impressions

May 5, 2005, With Articles On

      Editor’s Letter: Reflections on a Symposium
      Symposium Breakout – The NFTC Panel
      China in the Global Bazaar and
      GBD Calendar – Washington and Geneva

March 25, 2005, With Articles On

Editor’s Letter: Portman at USTR
U.S. Out of the WTO: A Call from 3 Congressmen
CAFTA Voices: Meat on the Table
Quote: Brazil ’s WTO Candidate
GBD’s WTO Study Mission

March 10, 2005 , With Articles On:

Editor's Letter: CARDIN AT WITA
Three Decisions: Seixas Correa On The WTO
Vargo's Question: Tariffs
Quotes: Ben Cardin At WITA

March 3, 2005, With Articles On:

Editor’s Letter: A Trade Triangle
John Jackson and The Sutherland Report
Cunningham’s Dissent
Quote: NZ Caucus Report

February 15, 2005 , With Articles On:

Editor’s Letter: Visas – Time For Research
Feb 28 – Jackson and the Future of the WTO
Perspectives on U.S. Visa Policy
Mode 4: Quotes in Conflict
Angola Traffic Report

January 13, 2005, With Articles On:

Editor's Letter: Products, Trade & Connections
The WTO Horse Race
The Tsunami: Corporate Responses

December 2, 2004 , With Articles On:

Editor’s Letter: APEC IMPRESSIONS, SETTING AND POLICIES
NZ Trade Talk: Santiago And Vientiane
Padilla On NGO’s And The WTO
December 9 – Trade In The Pacific
GBD Announces New Prices

October 26, 2004, With Articles On:

Editor’s Letter: Off To Chile
Jara, Services, and the WTO \
 NGO’s and the WTO: Perspectives
He said …Jara and the Role of the U.S.

October 8, 2004, with articles on:

Groser’s Tour De Force
Proposal: A Code For NGO’s
Letter: The NGO Jumble
He said…: Groser on India

May 27, 2004, with articles on:

Editor’s Letter: Trade Perspectives Old and New
Speaking of Letter: The Doha Round in May
Calendar Notes: Japanese Business and the DDA

March 23, 2004, with articles on:

White Water on the Trade River --
Report from a GBD colloquium
Editor's Letter: Outsourcing Opportunity
The TAA Solution
The China Trilogy: Labor, Semiconductors, and Currency

July 3, 2003, with articles on:

Lamy: Partnership for a Great Purpose
The FTA Surprise: China and Hong Kong
GMO’S: Debate on Connecticut Avenue
Product Literature: July 14
Intern’s Journal: Phones Etc.

July 3, 2003, Chinese Edition

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Global Positions

(All published issues of this hard-copy newsletter follow below.)

From Vol. 4, No. 1 of July 2005

 GBD, FAQ, & YOU -- A Portrait in Responses of the Global Business Dialogue

From Vol. 3, No. 3 of April 15, 2002

Corporate Social Responsibility: Panacea?
Allgeieir On The Doha Round
A Brief Exchange: Lane & Mastel
Milestones For The Doha Round
Developing the Doha Agenda: Programs

From Vol. 3, No. 2 of March 18, 2002

The FSC, The Box & The Cave
GBD's New Address
CII Opens Kabul Office
Connections: GBD & The Mangoes of Nayarit

From Vol. 3, No. 1 of January 7, 2002

An NGO Looks Back
Fixing the 49th Parallel
2001 Milestones, Q4

From Vol. 2, No. 6 of September 25, 2001

Tribute and Condolence
Frenzel Joins GBD Advisers
GBD OK for Doha
Editorial: Terror, Tethers and the WTO
Next! Russia & The WTO

From Vol. 2, No. 5 of July 11, 2001

Grassley Pushes TPA
Business Upbeat on New Round
GB Observer: S.1104, A Good Star

From Vol. 2, No. 4 of June 12, 2001

CII and India's New Realities
Calendar Notes: Conference & Colloquium
GP Observer: Cheerleaders Wanted
Member Notes: Dow Sponsoring GBD

From Vol. 2, No. 3 of May 5, 2001

FMD - Business As Usual or Cataclysm?
First Montreal
Sinha's Map: The Indian Budget
GP Observer: Governments Must Reach Out

From Vol. 2, No. 2 of April 6, 2001

Target: Tariffs
Disease, Development, & Tariffs
Hola, America!
Quebec: A Table For 34
GP Observer: The Urgent Round

From Vol. 2, No. 1 of February 15, 2001

Baucus Urges Consensus
Zoellick Confirmed
Member Notes
Zoellick To Finance Committee
Byrd Amendment Debate

From Vol. 1, No. 5 of Dec 8, 2000

NGO’s, Governments & The WTO.
December 19 Colloquium: China.
GP Observer: Touchstones
The Amicus Muddle.
GBD’s Newest Members.

From Vol. 1, No. 4 of October 25, 2000

GBD Sponsors Vajpayee Dinner
November 6 Colloquium: NGOs
The Danish Euro Vote
Vajpayee Speaks To Business
GP Observer: Business and EU Governance
Euro Values

From Vol. 1, No. 3 of September 1, 2000

Asia: From Puzzle to Brightening Picture
In The Wake of Seattle
NAM Hosts India's Vajpayee
WTO Issues and Priorities

From Vol. 1, No. 2 of July 18, 2000

Colloquium Series Launched
The G8 and the New Round
GP Observer: If Not Now, When?
Lessons From Congress

From Vol. 1, No. 1 of June 30, 2000

Testing, Testing Tariffs
Who Are We?
GP Observer: Ways & Means Keeps WTO

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