Agriculture

Billion Dollar NAFTA Challenge to California MTBE Ban

Environmental Data Services | By Cat Lazaroff | September 11, 2000 WASHINGTON, DC - An international tribunal has begun considering a claim that the United States must pay a foreign investor almost $1 billion because of a California measure to prevent water contamination.

Hungry in Times of Plenty

By Devinder Sharma

As ag exports grow, Peter gets robbed

Farm and Food File Alan Guebert When stumping for farm votes, any politician worth his snakeskin boots will say the word "exports" as he shakes your hand. If you fail to rise to the bait, the glad-hander quickly will add the phrase "free trade" to convince you he understands farmers.

Industry and Ag Reps Seek to Limit Environmental Review of Trade Pacts

Inside US Trade - Vol. 18, No. 35

Aussie Trade Stance Could Stump Free Trade Deal

NZ Times Staff Reporter Patric Lane 29/08/00 13:32:00 A perception that Australia is a hard country to do business with may be an obstacle to the formation of an Asia-Pacific free-trade area, says Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton.

Free Trade a Myth, Says New Zealand Meat Board Director

By FOX Andrea A MEAT BOARD director says international tolerance for New Zealand's "holier than thou" free-trade preaching is running out. John McCarthy said yesterday that the free-trade concept promoted by political and farming leaders was a lemon. Free trade would never happen and if it did, could backfire badly on New Zealand red-meat producers.

Canada Opens Regional Dumping and Subsidy Case on U.S. Corn

Inside US Trade Vol. 18, No. 33 The Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency late last week launched a dumping and subsidy investigation on U.S. grain corn exports that will focus on showing injury to Canadian producers in the regional market west of the Ontario-Manitoba border.

Glickman Announces Additional Food Assistance, Export Credits During Africa Visit

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 3, 2000 - Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced new GSM export credits for Nigeria and additional food assistance for refugees in Kenya.

Program Aimed at Jump-Starting Global School Lunch Program

Feedstuffs / By SALLY SCHUFF, Feedstuffs Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two of America's senior statesmen -- former U.S. Sen. George McGovern and Bob Dole -- last week laid out a vision for a global nutrition program that could help boost U.S. food exports while targeting food aid to school children in the world's neediest countries.

Chicken dumping, chicken dumpling

"Philippine Daily Inquirer" By Bernardo V. Lopez