Health

Japan, US End Meeting Without Agreement On Lifting Beef Import Ban

AFX - Asia | January 23, 2004 Japanese and US officials said they ended a day of talks without agreeing on the conditions needed to lift Tokyo's ban on US beef imports, imposed after the discovery of mad cow disease in the US.

Beyond Mad Cow

IATP | By Mark Ritchie | January 1, 2004

State Can""t Say Who Sold Beef/Rules Bar Telling Which Stores, Restaurants Had Tainted Meat

SF Chronicle | Saturday, By Sabin Russell and Nanette Asimov | January 3, 2004 Meat from a Washington state slaughterhouse that contained cuts from a lone cow that tested positive for mad cow disease was sold in as many as nine California counties, but current rules forbid the state or counties from telling consumers exactly where recalled meat was sold.

US Delegation Arrives In S Korea For Beef Talks Amid Farm Protests

AFX European Focus | December 30, 2003 A US delegation arrived here to negotiate the resumption of trade in US beef, officials said with prospects for a deal apparently clouded by a number of ongoing farm and trade-related protests.

Candidates Criticize Bush on Beef Safety

Washington Post | By Mike Allen | December 29, 2003 CRAWFORD, Tex., Dec. 28 -- President Bush's stewardship of the nation's food supply was attacked Sunday by Democratic presidential candidates who charged that the case of mad cow disease in a Washington state Holstein could have been discovered earlier if the administration had not coddled the livestock industry.

Economic Pain of Mad Cow Widespread as Crisis Enters 2004

The Canadian Press | By Judy Monchuk | Dec. 22, 2003 CALGARY (CP) - In a world where super-sized is the norm, the $1.27 cheque Todd Fraser recently received for selling his cow wouldn't pay for a junior cheeseburger.

Dispute Settlement Body Establishes Three Panels

WTO NEWS | November 7, 2003 DS136 & DS162: United States - Anti-dumping Act of 1916 The US said that the US Administration would continue to work with Congress to achieve further progress in resolving this dispute. The EC complained about the lack of progress and added that EC companies were currently facing substantial litigation costs.

Mad Cows -- Ottawa""s Fear of NAFTA

Country Life in BC | November 2003 Canada's cows should be MAD! It took a while to dispel the "spin", but by mid-October, Canada's ranchers finally had the straight goods: "Yes, NAFTA applies. No, we are not going to use it. Why? Because we prefer a "soft approach". Euphemisms aside, Canada is AFRAID to use NAFTA to reopen the US border to Canadian beef.

Globalization Hurts USA

USA TODAY | By John Sweeney | October 2, 2003

Chretien Presses Bush on Canadian Beef

ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 8, 2003 TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien on Monday asked President Bush to reopen the border to Canadian beef as quickly as possible after an investigation found no evidence that a recent case of mad cow disease spread beyond a single cow.