Agriculture

Growers Reportedly Plan Suit vs. Cigarette Firms

By STEVEN VAMES / New York Times A group of tobacco farmers is expected to file a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, claiming the four largest U.S. cigarette makers violated antitrust laws by using their market power to bully farmers into cutting prices for raw tobacco.

Hundreds of Thai Farmers Oppose Free Trade in Agriculture

The Associated Press BANGKOK -- About 500 Thai farmers were cited as demonstrating peacefully outside a U.N. trade conference Tuesday to, according to this story, protest the liberalization of agricultural trade and use of genetically modified crops.

British Ag Minister Outlines Views on Negotiating Round

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Disputes Delay World Trade Talks

By DAVID THURBER | Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Prospects for a rapid resumption of world trade negotiations weakened Monday with differences between rich and poor nations remaining wide at a U.N. trade conference.

NZ Official Says WTO Round Pushed out to 2001

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The next round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks could be delayed until 2001 due to the U.S. elections, a senior New Zealand official said on Thursday.

U.S. Considering New Ways to Force European Union to Lift Ban on Beef Imports

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said Feb. 8 that an interagency task force has been established to look into new ways that the United States might use to force the European Union to lift its long-standing ban on imports of beef produced with growth-promoting hormones.

UNCTAD is in a Unique Position

The Nation With the failure of the WTO, the IMF, G-7 and other bodies, Unctad has an opportunity to influence the world, write Walden Bello and Nicola Bullard.

New WTO Leader Addresses Activists

New WTO Leader Addresses Activists Tue, 8 Feb 2000 8:10:14 PST BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The future leader of the World Trade Organization today told activists demanding a greater voice in trade talks that globalization was entering a "crucial" stage and their concerns would be heeded.

Activists Want WTO and IMF Pared Down

BANGKOK: Non-governmental groups have seized a prominent place at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) following violent anti-globalisation protests at last year's World Trade Organisation summit in Seattle and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last month.