Agriculture

Buoyed by CAP Reform, EU Says Changes Needed in U.S. Farm Policy

Deutsche Presse-Agentur | July 11, 2003 Buoyed by last month's long-awaited accord on revamping European Union farm policy, E.U. trade chief Pascal Lamy said Friday he now expected similar concessions from the U.S. and other members of the World Trade Organisation.

U.S. Seeks Japan""s Leadership For Successful Cancun Meeting

Japan Economic Newswire | By Yoichi Kosukegawa | July 11, 2003 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged Japanese farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei on Friday to take the lead in breaking the impasse over farm trade liberalization to achieve a successful World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in September.

Jailed French Militant Farmer Will Have Sentence Shortened In Bastille Day Clemency

Associated Press | July 10, 2003 PARIS (AP) - French militant farmer Jose Bove's jail sentence will be reduced by four months in this year's traditional Bastille Day clemency, the government said Thursday. Bove, best known for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant under construction in 1999, was jailed last month to serve 10 months for destroying genetically modified crops.

US Says EU Must Show More Farm Trade Movement

Reuters | By Doug Palmer | July 9, 2003 The United States pressured the European Union on Wednesday to show more flexibility in farm trade talks even if it does not offer new proposals.

In Africa, Bush Raps Europe and Japan on Agricultural Subsidies

Agence France Presse | July 10, 2003 President George W. Bush, criticised for shielding US farmers with huge state aid, on Thursday told Europe and Japan to slash agricultural export subsidies blamed for choking Africa's bid to feed itself. Bush said he discussed the issue in talks here with Botswana's President Festus Mogae on the third stage of his five-leg African tour.

Japan Farm Minister to Visit US, Canada Next Week to Discuss WTO/Trade Row

AFX News | July 9, 2003

Chretien Presses Bush on Canadian Beef

ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 8, 2003 TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Jean Chretien on Monday asked President Bush to reopen the border to Canadian beef as quickly as possible after an investigation found no evidence that a recent case of mad cow disease spread beyond a single cow.

Mexican Grower Dissatisfaction Rises Over National Agriculture Accord

Food Chemical News | By Steven Lewis | July 7, 2003 Grower associations are increasingly expressing their dissatisfaction with the government's slow pace in implementing the National Agreement on Agriculture and disseminating the promised aid to farmers.

Harbinson Faces Conflicting Pressures Over WTO Farm Talks

Inside US Trade | July 4, 2003

Japanese Farm Minister Due in Canada for Talks on Mad Cow Disease

Agence France Presse | July 1, 2003 Japanese Agriculture Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei is due here July 12 for talks with Canadian counterpart Lyle Vanclief on mad cow disease, a spokesman for Prime Minister Jean Chretien said Tuesday.