Agriculture

Saving Coffee by Spending More: ""Fair-trade"" Certification for Specialty Beans Aims to Keep Growers on Their Land in the Developing World

Chicago Tribune | By James P. DeWan | July 3, 2003 Back in the day, milk was milk, vegetables came in cans, and everybody got their chickens from a funny-looking guy named Frank we all knew from TV.

EU Officials Urge Biotech Food Changes

Associated Press | July 1, 2003 BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union officials urged lawmakers Tuesday to approve regulations on genetically modified foods that could end an EU ban on new biotech products, but keep labels that the United States says could make the foods impossible to sell.

EU Blasts US "Lectures" over GMOs and Africa

Agence France Presse | July 1, 2003 The head of the European Parliament Tuesday angrily rejected US "lectures" about genetically modified organisms as deputies debated new laws that would allow an EU ban on GMOs to be lifted.

EU Environment Commissioner Says Bush GMO Comments "Nonsense"

BBC Monitoring International Reports | June 30, 2003

UN Commission to Set New Safety, Trade Standards on Food Security

Agence France Press | June 26, 2003 Experts from around the globe are to gather under UN auspices next week to adopt new standards in food safety, with biotechnology, intensive farming and refinement becoming major public health issues, the UN's food and agriculture agency said.

Europe Points Finger at US After Striking Farm Accord

Agence France Presse | By Michael Thurston | June 26, 2003 The EU called on the United States Thursday to follow its lead and slash farm aid after striking a landmark accord to reform its own system that it said would strengthen its hand in world trade talks.

EU Farm Ministers Reach Deal on Cutting Farm Subsidies

The Associated Press | By Constant Brand | June 26, 2003 European Union agriculture ministers reached a final agreement Thursday to overhaul the EU's $50 billion farm subsidy program, a move aimed at strengthening Europe's bargaining position in world trade talks.

EU farm agreement will help revive world trade talks: WTO chief

Agence France Presse | June 26, 2003 World Trade Organisation (WTO) director general Supachai Panitchpakdi on Thursday welcomed the EU's agreement on farm policy reform, saying it would revive deadlocked world trade talks on agriculture. "I see this would lead to more movement in areas of agriculture," he told journalists.

Rethink on Global Trade

The Guardian (London) | By Thomas Tritton and Justin Forsyth | June 26, 2003