Agriculture

U.S. Files WTO Complaint Vs Mexico Over Drink Sweetener

AFX European Focus | March 16, 2004

Trade Agreement Is A Blight On Quarantine

The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, Australia) | By ALISON REHN | March 11, 2004 CLOSING a loophole in the quarantine laws that allows 4500 weeds to be imported may not be possible if the Australia-US free trade agreement is passed, the Democrats said.

UNEP Regional Office Urges Caution On Transgenics

IPS | March 3, 2004 Mexico City, 3 Mar (IPS/Diego Cevallos) -- The United Nations Environment Programme warned Wednesday in Mexico that transgenic crops could pose a threat to biodiversity and human health, and recommended that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean act with caution in using genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Cause Of Sugar Crisis Missed

Townsville Bulletin/Townsville Sun (Australia) | By MARGARET MENZEL | March 8, 2004 RECENT claims that the sugar industry is "unsustainable" completely miss the cause of this industry's crisis.

Agreement Will Force U.S. Exporters To Label GE Foods

Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) | March 5, 2004 Eighty-seven countries reached an historic agreement here today that takes concrete steps towards establishing new, internationally recognized rights to protect public health, sustainable agricultural production and the environment from genetic contamination caused by international trade in genetically engineered (GE) organisms.

Stop The Administration From Putting U.S. AgricultureOn The Trade Chopping Block - Again!

Rep. Collin C. Peterson | March 4, 2004 Dear Colleague, The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations are coming to a boil - numerous countries are demanding major U.S. concessions on agriculture market access and new limits on U.S. domestic farm programs.

Over 10,000 People Support the Coalition for a Fair Agricultural Model

Coalition for a Fair Agricultural Model | March 3, 2004 Over 10,000 People Support the Coalition for a Fair Agricultural Model Launched a few months ago at the ministerial miniconference held in Montreal within the context of the WTO negotiations, the GO5 Coalition for a Fair Agricultural Model has reached the 10,000 member milestone... and it's still growing!

UNCTAD Study On African Development Calls For Easing Burden Of Commodity Dependence

United Nations | March 1, 2004

Europe And US Warned Of Trade Dispute ""Impoverishment""

Lloyd's List | By Sandra Speares | March 3, 2004 AS TRADE disputes between the Europeaun Union and the US multiply "retaliatory imposition of trade sanctions tends to impoverish both," Richard Plender QC of 20 Essex Street has warned. "Multiplication of WTO proceedings on a retaliatory basis is not in the interest of the US or the European Community."

Trade Deal Worse Than Was Touted

The Australian | By Christine Wallace, Robert Lusetich, Roy Eccleston | March 4, 2004 THE free trade deal between Australia and the US gives Australian farmers fewer benefits than publicly claimed, according to a secret public service document.