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Australia May Challenge US Farm Subsidies in WTO

AFX European Focus | April 29, 2002 SYDNEY - The government will consider challenging US farm subsidies in the World Trade Organisation and may impose punitive duties on subsidised US farm produce exported to Australia, Agriculture Minister Warren Truss said. "Any of the measures which do not comply with WTO rules, we will challenge," he said.

Managing the Invisible Hand

Report examining the weaknesses of the WTO's Agreement on Agriculture and how it will not succeed in helping farmers and economic development until it addresses the market power held by transnational corporations. The full report, Executive Summary and press release are below.

Australia Fails to Block Consensus: 177 Other Countries Agree a Precautionary Approach to Risk Management on Biodiversity

IATP Press Release | By Kristin Dawkins | 19 April 2002

US and Australia Trade Blows over Wheat Monopoly

Lloyd's List | April 18, 2002 The world's biggest wheat exporters, the US and Australia, traded blows yesterday over an Australian wheat export monopoly caught in the crossfire of free trade talks, Reuters reports.

Farm Groups from U.S. and Canada Unite on GM Wheat Ban

Action coincides with International Day of Farmers' Struggle FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | APRIL 17, 2002

Cargill Third Quarter Earnings Up 63%

Cargill Press Release | April 16, 2002 MINNEAPOLIS, MN--Cargill reported $161 million in earnings for the third quarter ended Feb. 28, up 63% from $99 million earned in the same period a year ago. Earnings for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 totaled $683 million, a 53% increase from the $445 million net income reported for the first three quarters of last year.

NFU Asks Senate to Stop Fast Track in Its Tracks

National Farmers Union | April 16, 2002 | Press Release WASHINGTON - The National Farmers Union board of directors advised Senate leadership to not consider "fast track" trade negotiating authority.

Canadian Farmers Call for Trade Injury Compensation

Agweb.com | April 11, 2002 | by Julianne Johnston The Grain Growers of Canada and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture are calling on the federal government to introduce a program that compensates producers for the economic injury that foreign subsidies have caused Canadian growers.

WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) Harms Small Farmers

Pesticide Action Network Updates Service Media Release | April 8, 2002

U.S., Mexico To Work Together on Farm Trade

United Press International | Apr 08, 2002 Agriculture officials from both the United States and Mexico have approved an agreement that could boost agriculture-related trade between the two countries.

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