Agriculture

WTO Members Mull Proposed Changes to Green Box, Blue Box Farm Subsidies

International Trade Daily | October 1, 2001 | By Daniel Pruzin GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization have put forward new proposals for reforming rules covering the use of so-called "green box" and "blue box" subsidies in agriculture.

WTO Norms Don""t Entail Change in Farm Policy: Ajit

The Economic Times | Global News Wire | September 30, 2001 | BY: OUR BUREAU AGRICULTURE minister Ajit Singh on Saturday said that Indias WTO obligations do not entail any change in the existing policies on agricultural subsidy. He also stated that the countrys foodgrains production is likely to go up by seven per cent this year.

Developing Countries Urge Mechanism to Fight against Subsidized Farm Exports

International Trade Daily | September 27, 2001 | By Daniel Pruzin

Fischler Says EU Would Loosen Agriculture, But ""Extremist Views"" by U.S., Others in Way

International Trade Daily | September 27, 2001

Resort Proposed for Hunger Summit

The Associated Press Sept. 25, 2001

Administration Seeks to Shift Farm Policy from Subsidies

New York Times | September 20, 2001 | By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON - The Bush administration called today for a major shift away from the current farm policy, arguing for more conservation and international trade over an existing approach that it said was too generous to wealthy grain and cotton farmers.

Thai Pineapples Threaten Mexico Farmers"" Livelihood

Chicago Tribune | September 16, 2001 | By Chris Kraul Special to the Tribune. Chris Kraul is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, a Tribune newspaper.

Quad Works to Break Two Deadlocks in Ministerial Preparations

Inside US Trade | September 14, 2001

Third-World Imports Besiege Mexico Farmers

Los Angeles Times | September 10, 2001 Trade: Ill-prepared for competition, they are fighting to survive a deluge of cheap produce. BY: CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Treaties May Curb Farmers"" Subsidies

By Elizabeth Becker New York Times WASHINGTON - Every five or six years Congress argues over how to subsidize farmers. But this time around the forces against big subsidies have a new weapon: the international trade agreements the United States signed promising to reduce those payments.