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The New Miami Dolphins March to Oppose the FTAA

U.S. Newswire | November 19, 2003

FTAA Agriculture Proposals Would Hurt Farmers, Forum Concludes

Proposed agricultural trade rules at the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial would continue a failed policy approach that has damaged the livelihood of farmers in developed and developing countries, concluded a panel of experts from countries throughout the Americas.

U.S. Seeks Separate Free Trade Pacts

Associated Press | By Traci Carl | Nov. 18, 2003 MIAMI - The United States, struggling to negotiate a free-trade area that would stretch from Canada to Chile, announced Tuesday it would seek separate agreements with Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.

Ministers Begin Talks on Free Trade Pact

Associated Press | By John Pain | Nov. 17, 2003 MIAMI - Negotiations to turn the Americas into the world's largest free trade zone hit a roadblock Monday on the second day of talks.

U.S. Farm Groups Oppose Favoring Brazil in WTO

Southwest Farm Press | By Forrest Laws | November 20, 2003 The nation's largest farm organizations have written the Bush administration, asking it to continue to fight efforts by Brazil and other so-called "developing" countries to garner preferential treatment in the Doha Round of WTO negotiations.

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.

Activists Begin Free-Trade Protests

Associated Press | By John Pain | Nov. 16, 2003 MIAMI - Hundreds of anti-globalization activists kicked off demonstrations Sunday as representatives of 34 Western Hemisphere nations started talks on creating the world's largest free trade bloc.

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.

No US Breakthroughs With Brazil Reported In Trade Talks

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES | November 8, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP)--The Bush administration reported no breakthroughs Saturday in informal discussions aimed at trying to resolve deep differences between the U.S. and Brazil over the scope of a hemisphere-wide free trade agreement.

Japan Farms: An Old Man""s Game

New York Times | By James Brooke | Nov. 7, 2003 MIHARU, Japan, Nov. 6 - When the motorcade of earnest agricultural promotion agents rolled up the other morning to his father's rice paddy, Shunseki Ouchi sensed a lecture on the virtues of farming. Without even a bow, Mr. Ouchi, a 22-year-old college student, ran away.

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