Agriculture

Supachai Backs Indian Farmer

World Trade Organisation director general Supachai Panitchpakdi has said that developed country members have to recognise the sensitivities of developing countries such as India in agriculture if the on-going WTO negotiations are to move forward.

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U.S. Maintains Competitive Edge Over Canada And Mexico As The NAFTA Countries Confront Asia

The United States is in the best position of the three NAFTA nations to weather the challenges posed by lower cost overseas producers, according to the latest NAFTA Quarterly, released today by Scotia Economics.

China Committed To Closing Trade Gap With US

US Commerce Secretary Don Evans said Thursday he had won a pledge from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to make efforts to lower China's massive 124 billion dollar trade surplus with the United States. "Premier Wen said that he is committed to closing the trade gap," Evans told journalists as he wound up a six-day trip to China.

Groups Chide U.S. Response to Mad Cow

WASHINGTON - Food and consumer groups handed mediocre grades to the Agriculture Department in a "report card" Tuesday on its handling of mad cow disease.

G8 Leaders Meet, Discuss Cooperation Processes

Six African leaders and the leaders of the world's eight richest countries concluded their meeting in Georgia, in the US yesterday, with a pledge to work together to ensure better living conditions in the African continent.

U.N. Forum Delegates Cite Technology Gap

The technology gap between poor and rich countries remains a major barrier to easing world poverty, officials said at a U.N. forum on trade and development. Poor countries said they can't afford better technology when they are already struggling to fix crumbling roads, feed the hungry and vaccinate children.

FTAA Nudged From Spotlight By Other Free-Trade Deals

With talks for an Americas-wide free trade pact deadlocked over farm subsidies, executives of companies active in Latin America are increasingly turning attention to opportunities from other smaller, pending free-trade deals. A study released Wednesday found the strongest interest in free-trade talks between Europe and South America's Brazil-led Mercosur group.

U.S. Accused of Weakening U.N. Document

Humanitarian and environmental groups accused the United States of pressuring other countries at a United Nations forum to dilute language in a draft document on corporate responsibility in the Third World.