Agriculture

BSE Bailout Ok With Yanks For Now

Edmonton Sun (Alberta, Canada) | By DOUG BEAZLEY | March 24, 2004 American ranchers say they're not planning any trade challenge of Ottawa's BSE bailout for the beef industry - unless it affects their domestic sales. And the head of a U.S. cattle lobby admits that probably won't happen if the program remains a one-time payout to keep the Canadian industry from collapse.

US Calls For Farming Trade Swap With Poor Countries

Agence France Presse | March 25, 2004 The United States on Thursday urged developing countries to open up their markets to agricultural imports in exchange for cuts in subsidies Washington pays to US farmers.

US, EU Agriculture Talks Should Restart

Associated Press Online | By JONATHAN FOWLER | March 25, 2004 Governments seeking to breathe life into stalled agriculture talks at the World Trade Organization should aim by the summer to agree on a framework for a deal, trade officials said Thursday.

Genetically Modified Organisms At Centre Of Major WTO Dispute

THE LAWYERS WEEKLY | By John W. Boscariol and Orlando E. Silva | March 26, 2004 Genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the subject of a long-simmering quarrel between the United States and the European Union, are now at the centre of a major trade dispute at the World Trade Organization.

Why We Say No to CAFTA

This report on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) was released by Bloque Popular Centroamericano, the Alliance for Responsible Trade and the Hemispheric Social Alliance. Through the collective effort of U.S. and Central American groups, this analysis sounds the warning that CAFTA would throw into chaos everything from agriculture to pharmaceutical drug prices.

EU Ready To Discuss Elimination Of Agricultural Export Subsdies: Fischler

Agence France Presse | March 22, 2004 The European Union is prepared to discuss the elimination of agricultural export subsidies on all products, European Union agriculture minister Franz Fischler said here Monday. Fischler recalled that the EU last year asked developing countries to provide a list of specific products on which they wanted to see the subsidies scrapped.

FAO-assisted Project For Boosting Productivity Launched

Financial Express | By ASHOK B SHARMA | March 21, 2004 The rising inflow of fresh exotic apples into the country has invited concerns for the growers and the domestic industry Apple growers and the industry have blamed the government for allowing imports of `diseased apples' without any proper quarantine checks.