GMO

Britain Fires Early Salvo In GM Foods Row

Agence France Presse | February 17, 2004 Britain fired a shot across the bows of the United States over genetically-modified (GM) food as environment ministers from around 70 countries prepared to meet here Wednesday on preserving the diversity of life on earth.

Wheat Patent : Govt Assures Action

Financial Express | ASHOK B SHARMA | February 16, 2004 The Union government today assured the Supreme Court that all necessary steps would be taken, if the situation so required, to object to the patent rights on Indian wheat landrace accorded to the US seed multinational, Monsanto by the European Patent Office (EPO).

Brazilian Farmers To Pay Monsanto For Soybean Seeds

The New York Times | By Tony Smith | January 29,

Zambian Govt To Give 100,000 People Free AIDS Drugs As Work Force Is Decimated

AFX | January 16, 2004 President Levy Mwanawasa announced today that his government will provide free anti-retroviral drugs to about 100,000 patients by next year through the country's public health system.

EU Rejects Application To Import Syngenta GM Corn, Keeps Moratorium

AFX European Focus | December 8, 2003 An EU panel of experts has rejected an application to import Syngenta AG's 'Bt-11' genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn, effectively postponing a decision on whether to lift a ban on biotech crops, the European Commission said.

Accord Offers Buffet-Style Free Trade; Nations Can Spurn Parts They Dislike

Chicago Tribune | By James P. Miller | November 21, 2003 Top trade officials from 34 nations reached agreement Thursday on a framework for the planned Free Trade Area of the Americas, though the accord falls far short of the concrete plan that the meeting had originally been expected to yield.

Trade Draft Criticized As Diluted

The Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | November 20, 2003 A 'great timing, less filling' debate emerges at the Miami trade talks, as a compromise buys negotiators time but is attacked as 'FTAA Lite' for not resolving disputes.; FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS BYLINE: AND GREGG FIELDS; jbussey@herald.com

Ministers Begin Talks on Free Trade Pact

Associated Press | By John Pain | Nov. 17, 2003 MIAMI - Negotiations to turn the Americas into the world's largest free trade zone hit a roadblock Monday on the second day of talks.

Dispute Settlement Body Establishes Three Panels

WTO NEWS | November 7, 2003 DS136 & DS162: United States - Anti-dumping Act of 1916 The US said that the US Administration would continue to work with Congress to achieve further progress in resolving this dispute. The EC complained about the lack of progress and added that EC companies were currently facing substantial litigation costs.

Foreign Minister Amorim Interviewed on Washington Meetings on FTAA

BBC Monitoring Latin America | November 14, 2003, Friday Text of report by Arnaldo Galvao on telephone interview with Celso Amorim on 8 November from Washington, published by Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense web site on 10 November