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EU Says Trade Talks Must Include Health Concerns

Reuters | October 19, 1999

EU Fails to Agree on Common WTO Strategy

Agence France Presse LUXEMBOURG - The European Union failed Monday to agree on a common approach to upcoming multilateral trade talks under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) mostly because of differences over film and television productions.

Senate Nears Vote on Farm Bailout

By PHILIP BRASHER / AP Farm Writer / 10/12/99 WASHINGTON (AP) -- After getting sidetracked by disputes over health insurance, dairy policy and the Cuban trade embargo, Congress is finishing work on an $8.7 billion aid package for farmers hurt by bad weather and a second year of depressed commodity prices.

Farm Crisis Ripple Effect Spreads Wide

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Beef Battles Expose EU""s Health Dilemma

Reuters | October 11, 1999 | By David Evans BRUSSELS - The European Commission is under pressure to take legal action against France over a refusal to import British beef, while using similar arguments to France in keeping U.S. hormone-treated meat out of Europe, analysts say.

WTO Urged to Protect Environment

Reuters | October 5, 1999 International action to protect the global environment is under threat from the drive toward trade liberalization in the World Trade Organization (WTO), a leading environmental group warned Monday.

Trade-South Africa: Tough Talks Expected at the Seattle Summit

IPS | October 4, 1999 | By Farah Khan JOHANNESBURG - Developing countries must band together to reshape the context in which the worlds' trade ministers decide whether to hold another world trade negotiating round when they meet in Seattle, U.S., later this year.

EU Farm Ministers Map Out Strategies to Defend Position on Food Safety in Seattle

International Trade | By Bengt Ljung BRUSSELS - European Union farm ministers started to erect their defenses of the European agricultural system Sept. 28 ahead of the expected onslaught at the global trade negotiations starting in Seattle in late November.

Impasse on Farm Bill

Journal of Commerce / Opinion EDITORIAL A bill to provide $8 billion in aid to farmers is stalled in Congress largely because of a dispute over a provision that would allow sales of food and medicine to Cuba.

GOP Leaders Advance Farm Aid Package

09/30/99 / USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) -- Showering favors on key lawmakers' states, congressional leaders on Thursday ended the impasse on a $8.7 billion farm-relief package without yielding to producers' demands that they ease the Cuban trade embargo.