Agriculture

Citrus, Sugar Industries Cast Eye Toward Miami

The Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | September 19, 2003 At first glance, the collapse of global trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, would seem like good news for Florida's citrus and sugar interests -- key state industries that face major regional competition.

Farm Subsidies: To be or not to be?

National Family Farm Coalition | By George Naylor | September 19, 2003 When I met fellow farmers from around the world at the WTO trade talks in Cancun, Mexico, last week, I found that low commodity prices were destroying their rural communities, just like mine.

Cancun Demise Over Singapore Issues Allows U.S. To Avoid Blame

Inside US Trade | September 19, 2003 The decision by the chairman of the fifth ministerial of the World Trade Organization to end negotiations in Cancun on the subject of the Singapore issues has the effect of allowing the U.S. and other developed countries to avoid being blamed for the collapse of talks, according to informed government and private-sector sources.

Soy Farming Cuts Deep Into Amazon Brazil""s Choice / Big Export Market

International Herald | September 18, 2003

WTO Loses; Farmers Win

Capital Times (Madison, WI) | September 16, 2003 Any time the World Trade Organization is prevented from furthering the agenda of the global corporations that seek to dominate the economic, social and political life of the planet, it is cause for celebration. So pop the champagne corks, because the news from Cancun is very good, indeed.

Global talks On Trade Raked As ""One-Sided""

Des Moines Register | By PHILIP BRASHER and JERRY PERKINS | September 16, 2003 The collapse of global trade talks Sunday in Mexico was regrettable, but it was unfair of poor countries to insist on deep cuts in U.S. and European Union farm subsidies without opening their markets to imported food, Iowa lawmakers and farmers said Monday.

Brazil Says Americas Accord Threatened by WTO Failure

Bloomberg | September 15, 2003 Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar, oranges and coffee, said the collapse of world Trade Organization talks threatens efforts to create a free-trade agreement spanning the Americas.

WTO: Great Expectations

Grand Forks Herald | September 15, 2003 Monday European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said Sept. 12 that he expects the United States to agree to reform its 2002 farm bill to follow the lines of the European Union Common Agricultural Policy reform as part of the Doha trade round.

Falling Int""l Prices Hit Coffee Growers In Developing Nations""

In The Financial Express | By Ashok B Sharma | Sept 15, 2003 The current nature of global trade has affected coffee exporters of developing countries. Global prices of unprocessed coffee have fallen by 70 per cent since 1997 causing a loss in foreign exchange earnings of developing countries by $ 8 billion, estimates a study conducted by the Oxfam International.

Small-Scale Farmers Decry WTO Policies

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution | By SUSAN FERRISS | September 14, 2003 Cancun, Mexico --- Representatives of developing countries lashed out Saturday at the United States and the European Union, declaring that a draft World Trade Organization declaration fails to change trade policies that harm millions of farmers around the world.