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U.S. Cuts Back Agriculture Demands for China WTO Entry

March 16, 2001 / Inside US Trade / Vol. 19, No. 11 The U.S. has floated a new proposal aimed at breaking the impasse in negotiations on China's accession to the World Trade Organization by allowing China greater leeway on limits to domestic subsidies to farmers, according to informed sources.

French Rebel Bove Convicted of GM Food Assault

by Nicolas Fichot REUTERS NEWS SERVICE March 16, 2001 MONTPELLIER, France - A French court handed rebel farm leader Jose Bove a 10-month suspended jail sentence on Thursday for destroying genetically modified rice plants during an assault on a research centre.

Help Family Farms Survive

Capital Times (Madison, WI) / February 22, 2001 / Editorial / By Margaret Krome

Trade: Withstanding Pressures for New Round, a Major Challenge for South

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WTO Upholds France""s Ban on Asbestos

REUTERS | March 13, 2001 GENEVA - The World Trade Organization (WTO) appellate body ruled yesterday that France was justified in banning imports of goods containing white asbestos, rejecting a Canadian bid to have an earlier finding overturned.

EU Faces More Trade Woe over Foot-and-Mouth

Reuters | By David Evans

Target Subsidies to Mid-Size Farms

The Des Moines Register / March 4, 2001 / By TIMOTHY J. GALVIN

Trade Not Worth U.S. Lives

USA Today / By James P. Hoffa Despite strong opposition from millions of working families, Congress turned a deaf ear and passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993. The job losses since have been staggering. Our blue-collar base is shriveling as more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since '94.

EU Calls on China to Protect Right to Trade Unions

Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, March 12 (AFP) - The European Union called Monday on China to guarantee by law the right to form and join trade unions. In a statement, the EU welcomed China's ratification last month of the UN International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

WTO Members To Begin Informal Talks For Qatar Ministerial

WTO MEMBERS TO BEGIN INFORMAL TALKS FOR QATAR MINISTERIAL _______________________________________________ Date: March 9, 2001 - Inside US Trade -