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Brazil, India, China Table Counterproposal To U.S.-EU Farm Framework

Inside U.S. Trade | August 20, 2003 Brazil, India and China today presented their own version of a framework for agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organization as a counterproposal to one championed by the U.S. and European Union last week.

Kicking the Subsidies: Third World Farmers Need a Fair Deal

The Guardian | August 18, 2003

Poorer/Developing Countries Make WTO Ag Trade Offer

Agweb.com | By Roger Bernard | August 20, 2003 A group of some 16 developing or "poor" countries have offered up an ag trade proposal for the latest round of WTO talks. The plan is seen as a response to the framework plan that the U.S. and European Union (EU) tabled last week.

EU-U.S. Trade Reform Proposal and WTO Cancun Talks: Fair Trade Experts Available

IATP | August 14, MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 14 [AScribe Newswire] -- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy [IATP] expressed deep concern over the agricultural trade reform proposal submitted to the World Trade Organization yesterday by a joint European Union-United States committee.

Guess Who Comes Out On Top At Cancun? (and What to Do About It)

The East African | By Gichinga Ndirangu | August 18, 2003

TRIPs Agreement: Who Owns and Controls Knowledge and Resources?, The

Number five of six in the WTO Cancun Series.

Brazil Rejects US-EU Ag Proposal At WTO

EFE | August 14, 2003 Brazil rejects a joint U.S.-EU proposal for liberalizing trade in farm products as part of a possible broader agreement to be negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thursday.

EU, US Strike Joint WTO Bid to Revive Stalled Farm Talks

Agence France Presse | By Kate Millar | Aug. 13, 2003 The European Union and the United States have agreed on a joint position for WTO farm reform talks that could breathe new life into stalled global trade negotiations, trade sources said on Wednesday.

EU, U.S. Put up WTO Farm Trade Plan, Meet Flak

Reuters | By Richard Waddington | August 14, 2003 The European Union and the United States Wednesday put up a plan for farm trade reform that could inject new life into stalled talks for a new global trade pact -- but poorer countries said "no go."

US, EU, Canada Team up in WTO Talks but Receive Cool Response

Agence France Presse | Aug. 12, 2003 The EU, Canada and the US said Tuesday they had teamed up in crafting a proposal aimed at reviving deadlocked WTO talks on opening up markets for industrial goods' trade.

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