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China Grains-No swift farm imports seen as trade awaits GMO

SHANGHAI - China has issued the bulk of low-duty import quotas on agricultural imports for its freshman year in the WTO, but some issues need to be sorted out before it sees quick arrivals of foreign farm produce, traders said.

Senators to push for Alaska oil drilling this week

WASHINGTON - Arguing that the United States should not depend on Iraq as an oil supplier, Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski of Alaska said on Tuesday he will offer this week an amendment to a broad energy bill to allow drilling in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

Philippines Mulls Withdrawal from WTO, Cairns

Philippine Trade Secretary Manuel Roxas on 15 March said the country was considering withdrawing from the WTO over what he claims is the trade body's discrimination between its developed and developing country Members.

Opportunity Lost on Aid?

In the three years of planning for the United Nations conference on development held last month in Monterrey, Mexico, U.S. negotiators steadfastly insisted that the conference was not about more public aid. U.S. negotiators argued that aid had, at best, a mixed record, and that the benefits of international trade revenues now dwarf any conceivable level of public aid.

Opportunity Lost on Aid?

WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) Harms Small Farmers

Pesticide Action Network Updates Service Media Release | April 8, 2002

U.S., Mexico To Work Together on Farm Trade

United Press International | Apr 08, 2002 Agriculture officials from both the United States and Mexico have approved an agreement that could boost agriculture-related trade between the two countries.

Farmers Struggle against WTO, IMF

The Djakarta Post | April 3, 2002 | A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Freedom from injustice as a result of political reform in the country has proven short-lived for Indonesian farmers, who are now facing tougher challenges in the form of a global regime, an activist said.

U.S. Cites Nations on Trade Barriers

Associated Press | April 2, 2002 | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON - Japan, the European Union and China came in for the most criticism by the Bush administration on Tuesday in a report spotlighting trade barriers against U.S. exporters.

World Environment Agency Would Ease Chaos - Study

Reuters | April 2, 2002

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