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Farm bill plays big role in politics

Washington --- Control of the Senate next year might well depend on agriculture. Specifically, that control might depend on compromise farm legislation packed with issues and disputes important to battleground states in this year's key Senate elections.

Japan solar cell makers to boost production

TOKYO - Major Japanese solar cell makers, Sharp Corp , Kyocera Corp and Sanyo Electric Co , are boosting output capacity as demand grows on heightened environmental awareness, a newspaper said on the weekend.

German Greens target right in election plan

WIESBADEN - Germany's junior coalition party, the Greens, on the weekend set out policies they hope will claw them back into third place by a general election in September and keep Germany from shifting to the right.

Brazil Predicts WTO Cases on U.S. Soybeans, Cotton, EU Sugar

Inside US Trade | May 3, 2002 A senior Brazilian official this week said Brazil is expected to launch three World Trade Organization dispute settlement cases against the agricultural policies against the U.S. and the European Union. Brazil is expected to first challenge U.S. soybean subsidies, then the European Union export subsidy program for sugar, and then U.S. cotton subsidies.

Farm Bill Boosts Commodity Support, Raising Doubts About Wto Caps

Inside US Trade | May 3, 2002

In a Pending Trade Scrap, Brazil May Fight U.S. Farm Bill in WTO

Wall Street Journal | May 3, 2002 | By NEIL KING JR., Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- Brazil is preparing to challenge the U.S.'s farm-subsidy program, in what could become another major trade headache for President Bush.

European Commission Planning WTO Challenge to U.S. Farm Bill

European Voice, Roll Call | May 3, 2002 BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission is poised to mount a World Trade Organization challenge against U.S. plans to massively increase spending on agricultural subsidies.

Taxpayers for Common Sense: Farm Bill Fleeces Taxpayers, Harms Family Farmers

The Farm Bill agreed to by the House today is flawed farm policy that will continue to throw billions of dollars at the biggest, most profitable farms. This vote will boost agriculture spending by more than 50 percent and drive up the budget deficit while continuing the national travesty of shifting the lion's share of federal aid away from those who most need the support.

Food security and small scale irrigation

OUAGADOUGOU - The UN Food And Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has provided some US $380,000 for a programme aimed at boosting food security in member countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA - French acronym) through small scale irrigation.

When Investor Rights Go Too Far

Toronto Star | By Marc Lalonde | May 1, 2002 No part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, has generated more controversy than the foreign investor rights provisions in Chapter 11 of the agreement. This feature of the treaty has become a lightning rod for those who oppose or have concerns about globalization.