Agriculture

WTO: Farm, Fishing Subsidies among Environmental Topics for Later Discussion

Greenwire | November 15, 2001 | Vol. 10, No. 9 | Damon Franz, Greenwire staff writer

Farm Subsidies Remain WTO Stumbling Block

Wall Street Journal | November 14, 2001 | By Helene Cooper and Geoff Winestock DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at the World Trade Organization meeting here battled late into last night to come up with a deal to launch a new round of trade talks, with French farmers standing in the way.

No Deal Yet for Global Trade Talks

By Paul Blustein | Washington Post | November 14, 2001 Farm Subsidies, Textile Tariffs Are Key Points of Disagreement on Agenda DOHA, Qatar -- Negotiators at a World Trade Organization meeting continued working through the night in hopes of reaching an agreement on a new round of global trade talks, with France and India threatening to block any deal.

Ag Export Credits Become Bargaining Tool at Trade Talks

Star Tribune (Mpls-St. Paul) | November 13, 2001 The United States is willing to eliminate export credits for its farmers, leaving the European Union (EU) isolated in its insistence on continuing such subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Monday during world trade talks in Doha, Qatar.

WTO Nears Broad Generic-Drug Accord; U.S. May Renegotiate Antidumping Rules

Wall Street Journal | November 13, 2001 | By GEOFF WINESTOCK and HELENE COOPER, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

South Korean Farmers Stage Violent Anti-Import, Anti-WTO Protest

Agence France Presse | November 13, 2001 SEOUL - Thousands of South Korean farmers, enraged with falling rice prices, staged violent protests here Tuesday against imports and US-led globalization as symbolized by the WTO.

Thai Farmers, Aids Activists March On Us Embassy

By Nicola Bullard, Focus on the Global South BANGKOK, 9 November - In one of the first protests on the international day of action against the WTO, more than 1,500 farmers, jasmine rice producers, trade unionists and HIV/AIDS activists marched from Bangkok's World Trade Centre to the US Embassy.

Third Day of WTO Meeting Shows Advance on Agriculture, Lags on Other Problems

Inside U.S. Trade | November 12, 2001

US Says Farm Export Credits "On the Table" at WTO

Wall Street Journal | Dow Jones Newswires | November 12, 2001 DOHA, Qatar (AP)--The U.S. is willing to put the payments it makes to U.S. farmers "on the table" at any new global trade talks, leaving the European Union isolated in its insistence on keeping farm subsidies, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said Monday.

EU Isolated on Agriculture as Japan Signals Support for Draft

Inside US Trade | November 12, 2001 DOHA--The European Union is increasingly isolated in its demand that an existing draft declaration on future negotiations in the World Trade Organization be changed with respect to agriculture.