Agriculture

Exports Projected to Increase Next Year, But Value Will Decline, Annual Study Finds

U.S. agricultural exports are expected to increase in the next year, but their value will continue to drop for another year before recovering, according to a Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute study released Feb. 23.

U.S. Firms Cleared to Ship Meat to China Under Bilateral Agreement, Barshefsky Says

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said Feb. 23 that the Chinese government has now approved exports of U.S. meat to China under the bilateral agricultural agreement signed between the two countries last spring.

China""s Slow Response to Ag Agreement Draws Scrutiny

Outside Influences Chinese leaders are failing to follow through on a major agricultural trade agreement--a critical misstep that could hamper efforts to convince Congress to grant China permanent normal trading relations status, according to top lobbyists working the issue. By not making new food purchases and by being slow to finalize agreements with individual U.S.

China""s WTO Entry may Leave Farmers in the Dust

Los Angeles Times / By HENRY CHU, TIMES STAFF WRITER LAISHUI, China -- Li Jun knows next to nothing about the World Trade Organization, but what little he's heard doesn't sound good.

Growers Reportedly Plan Suit vs. Cigarette Firms

By STEVEN VAMES / New York Times A group of tobacco farmers is expected to file a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, claiming the four largest U.S. cigarette makers violated antitrust laws by using their market power to bully farmers into cutting prices for raw tobacco.

Hundreds of Thai Farmers Oppose Free Trade in Agriculture

The Associated Press BANGKOK -- About 500 Thai farmers were cited as demonstrating peacefully outside a U.N. trade conference Tuesday to, according to this story, protest the liberalization of agricultural trade and use of genetically modified crops.

British Ag Minister Outlines Views on Negotiating Round

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Disputes Delay World Trade Talks

By DAVID THURBER | Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Prospects for a rapid resumption of world trade negotiations weakened Monday with differences between rich and poor nations remaining wide at a U.N. trade conference.

NZ Official Says WTO Round Pushed out to 2001

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The next round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks could be delayed until 2001 due to the U.S. elections, a senior New Zealand official said on Thursday.