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Democrats Concur On Trade Protection

The New York Sun | By JOSH GERSTEIN | January 5, 2004 Seven Democratic presidential candidates returned from their holiday hiatus yesterday to lock horns over trade, education policy, and the war against terrorism as this state's critical early caucus looms little more than two weeks away.

Philippine Gov""t Negotiators Don""t See New WTO Pact By Yearend

BusinessWorld | January 5, 2004, Philippine trade negotiators are skeptical that the 146-member World Trade Organization (WTO) would be able to wrap up the current round of trade talks before the end of 2004.

State Can""t Say Who Sold Beef/Rules Bar Telling Which Stores, Restaurants Had Tainted Meat

SF Chronicle | Saturday, By Sabin Russell and Nanette Asimov | January 3, 2004 Meat from a Washington state slaughterhouse that contained cuts from a lone cow that tested positive for mad cow disease was sold in as many as nine California counties, but current rules forbid the state or counties from telling consumers exactly where recalled meat was sold.

The End Of World Trade As We Know It?

South China Morning Post | By M.J. Akbar | December 30, 2003 No matter what your point of view, it was obvious that the collapse of the most recent round of global trade negotiations, held in September in Cancun, Mexico, marked a crisis in the march towards a truly global trade order.

U.S. Misses WTO Deadline On Payments

The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec) | December 30, 2003

US Delegation Arrives In S Korea For Beef Talks Amid Farm Protests

AFX European Focus | December 30, 2003 A US delegation arrived here to negotiate the resumption of trade in US beef, officials said with prospects for a deal apparently clouded by a number of ongoing farm and trade-related protests.

The Unkept Promise

The New York Times | December 30, 2003

Candidates Criticize Bush on Beef Safety

Washington Post | By Mike Allen | December 29, 2003 CRAWFORD, Tex., Dec. 28 -- President Bush's stewardship of the nation's food supply was attacked Sunday by Democratic presidential candidates who charged that the case of mad cow disease in a Washington state Holstein could have been discovered earlier if the administration had not coddled the livestock industry.

Reform, Revitalization Of United Nations To Face New Global Threats Stressed During 58th General Assembly

United Nations | December 29, 2003 Page 1 of 2

S Korean Farmers Rally To Protest Free Trade Agreement With Chile

AFX European Focus | December 29, 2003 Thousands of farmers took to the streets here to protest at a free trade agreement with Chile, urging parliament not to ratify the accord signed 10 months ago, witnesses said.