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Can This Man Save the World?

Newsweek | August 13, 2001 Newsweek's Christopher Dickey speaks with the head of the World Trade Organization, Mike Moore

In Coming Trade Talks, a Battle of Competing Interests

Christian Science Monitor | August 13, 2001 | By David R. Francis, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor An ambition of the Bush administration is to launch another round of world trade negotiations in November. But officials don't know what to call it.

Protesters Won""t Stop Trade Efforts

Associated Press | By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer | August 13, 2001 DES MOINES, Iowa -- Protesters seeking to disrupt world trade negotiations won't win the political struggle in developing countries eager for outside help to fight hunger and improve living conditions, the nation's top trade official said Monday.

Prices For Orchard Land Take Nosedive As Growers Bail Out

Puget Sound Business Journal | August 10, 2001 Orchard values in North Central Washington are collapsing because of the beating that apple growers are getting in the marketplace. Some land used for apple orchards has lost half its value, county assessors say, driving down prices to the lowest levels in 20 years.

Mexican Farmers Target Free Trade

Toronto Star | August 9, 2001 | By Will Weissert Protesters want subsidies, return to pre-Fox ways Thousands of farmers marched through the Mexican capital yesterday demanding subsidies and a halt to free trade posing the most direct challenge yet to President Vicente Fox's eight-month-old administration.

U.S. Pressures India on Trade Talks

Associated Press | August 9, 2001 | By RAJESH MAHAPATRA, Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI, India - The United States put more pressure on India Thursday to agree to a new round of global trade negotiations, saying the South Asian nation would be the biggest loser otherwise.

U.S. Groups Seek Protection Amid Concerns about a Glut of Cheap Fruits and Vegetables

Los Angeles Times | August 8, 2001 | By EVELYN IRITANI, Times Staff Writer SALINAS -- Early in his career, Richard Uchida heard Chinese farmers were starting to grow broccoli, celery and lettuce. "Give them 10 or 15 years," thought the young California vegetable broker, "they could be tough competitors." Uchida didn't have to wait that long.

U.S. Sugar Growers Urged to Oppose Foreign Subsidies

National Journal's CongressDaily | August 8, 2001 | by Jerry Hagstrom

Groups Are Seeking Protections Amid Concerns About A Glut Of Cheap Fruits

Los Angeles Times | By EVELYN IRITANI | August 8, 2001 Early in his career, Richard Uchida heard Chinese farmers were starting to grow broccoli, celery and lettuce. "Give them 10 or 15 years," thought the young California vegetable broker, "they could be tough competitors." Uchida didn't have to wait that long.

Kentucky Tobacco Farmers to Receive Share of Agriculture Assistance Funds

Lexington Herald-Leader | August 4, 2001 | By Janet Patton Kentucky tobacco farmers will get a third round of federal aid. The $ 5.5 billion agriculture assistance bill sent to President Bush yesterday after a Senate compromise contains about $ 129 million for tobacco growers. Kentucky's share will probably be between $ 40 million and $ 50 million.