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Ventura Seeking China Trade Deal

By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says he is joining forces with the Clinton administration to push for permanent normal trade relations with China. "If we turn our back on China, rest assured the other nations throughout the world are not going to turn their back on them," Ventura said on 'Fox News Sunday.'

WTO Farm Trade Negotiators Settle on Work Program Timetable, Details

A special World Trade Organization meeting on agriculture in Geneva ended its second day March 24 with an agreement on a detailed program of work and a formalized timetable of meetings and proposal deadlines stretching into 2001.

Rep. Paul Obtains Seven Co-Sponsors for Resolution Calling on U.S. to Quit WTO

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) has managed to win seven co-sponsors so far for a resolution that he introduced earlier this month calling on the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization, a spokesman for the congressman said March 24.

WTO Agriculture Talks Off to Good Start: Moore

Agence France Presse GENEVA, March 27 (AFP) - The first round of World Trade Organisation agriculture talks (WTO) was constructive and showed good hope for the possibility of an accord, WTO director general Mike Moore said on Monday.

Survey: Vulnerable Incumbents Generally Favor PNTR

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China Upbeat on EU WTO Talks, But Has Limits

BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - China is upbeat on clinching a deal with the European Union on China's entry to the World Trade Organisation, but signalled there were limits to what it would concede in EU talks this week, a state newspaper said on Monday.

China-EU to Restart WTO Talks

Agence France Presse BEIJING, March 26 (AFP) - European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy will fly in to Beijing on Tuesday for a new round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks that may end China's 14-year quest to join the trade body. The EU is by far the largest remaining trading partner with which China has to work out a WTO deal.

Clinton, Trade Representatives Seek to Make the World Safe for Cigarettes

by John Hall / Richmond Times-Dispatch The same White House that has now begun a campaign to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug has just negotiated a trade agreement that substantially increases cigarette and tobacco exports to China.

A Not-So-Perfect Market

Trade barriers of many kinds are making agriculture less efficient than it could be The Economist | March 25, 2000

WTO Agriculture Talks Falter Over Chairmanship Dispute

CongressDaily / Friday, March 25, 2000