Agriculture

Victory Over US Claimed As Rules Agreed On GM Exports

Agence France Presse | By M. JEGATHESAN | February 27, 2004 Environmentalists claimed victory over the United States Friday as more than 100 countries agreed to international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

UN New Rules On Clear Labelling Of GM Crop Exports Agreed; US ""Disappointed""

AFX - Asia | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR -- More than 100 signatories to the UN's Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety have agreed to abide by international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

Agriculture Talks Must Also Tackle Domestic Subsidies, Says Ricupero

SUNS | By Chakravarthi Raghavan | February 26, 2004

Arbitrator Approves EC Countermeasures Against US Anti-dumping Law

World Trade Organization - Arbitrator approves EC countermeasures against US anti-dumping law Now on the WTO website:

All Farm Export Subsidies on Table: EU

Reuters | Feb. 26, 2004 The EU's refusal to embrace the goal of getting rid of all farm export subsidies by a certain date has been a major obstacle to progress in world trade talks.

WHO Calls Elimination Of Bird Flu ``Increasingly Challenging""""

Associated Press | February 20, 2004 BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - None of the eight Asian countries struck by the bird flu strain that has decimated poultry and killed 22 people have managed to control their outbreaks despite intense efforts in many of them, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

U.S. Officials Says No Trade Talk Round Without EU Elimination Of Agricultural Export Subsidies

The Associated Press | By NAOMI KOPPEL | February 20, 2004 A global treaty to boost the economy by cutting barriers to international trade is only possible if the European Union agrees to scrap subsidies on farm exports, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick said Friday.

Farm Trade Nations To Meet In Costa Rica On Stalled WTO Negotiations

Agence France Presse | February 20, 2004 The 17-nation Cairns Group of agricultural exporters meets in Costa Rica next week to discuss ways to kick-start the stalled Doha round of global trade liberalisation negotiations, Australia said Friday.

The Trade Deal Nobody Wanted

Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) | February 20, 2004 After the Feb. 8 announcement that U.S. and Australia negotiators had survived two weeks of contentious, continuous deal-making to forge a bilateral free trade pact, the loudest reaction from the biggest pro-trade American farm groups was complete silence.

UN Study Calls for Improved Initiatives On African Commodity Trading

Africa News | February 19, 2004 While industrialized countries undermine Africa's anti-poverty efforts with huge subsidies for their own commodity producers, the continent's own non-fuel exports have lost international market share over the last two decades, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said today.