81. Jeffrey Lang, the U.S. deputy trade representative called for the issue of trade and labor rights to be part of a future agenda for the trade body. 82. Japan expressed confidence Thursday it would win any showdown with the United States before a world trade body. 83. Medvedkov said Russia should have all the necessary legislation in place to join the trade body by the end of the year. 84. Members chain themselves to each other, link arms to form human walls, perform street theater, hoist huge puppets to mock world trade bodies. 85. Ministers also agreed that investment, fair business practices and the notoriously corrupt area of government contracting should be the new focus of the trade body. 86. None of the four candidates for leadership of the world trade body has an outright majority. 87. Officials said the talks would be held in Geneva under the auspices of the new World Trade Organization, the main trade oversight body. 88. Orlando Marville, assistant secretary-general of the Caribbean Community, said in January that Haiti planned to apply for full membership in the trade body, known as Caricom. 89. On Friday, the United States filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based world trade body, demanding Japan honor copyright laws. 90. Renato Ruggiero, head of the World Trade Organization Tuesday urged investment issues to be taken up by the trade body. |