Omaha World Herald | December 26, 2003
The debate over agricultural subsidies is probably about to get a lot hotter. A long-tanding clause in the World Trade Organization agreement, which protects countries' ag subsidies from WTO disputes, expires at the end of the year.
Associated Press Worldstream | By NAOMI KOPPEL | December 23, 2003
The "peace clause" that for nine years has protected the US$1 billion in daily subsidies paid to farmers in wealthy nations is about to expire, and some countries are threatening to file their first legal challenges to the payments.
AAP NEWSFEED | By Shane Wright | December 23, 2003
CANBERRA AAP - The running street battles of Seattle may not have been repeated in the sun-drenched hotels of Mexico's Cancun.
But the results of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting at Cancun this year were just the same as that in Seattle four years earlier - a failure of world trade talks to get on track.
The Canadian Press | By Judy Monchuk | Dec. 22, 2003
CALGARY (CP) - In a world where super-sized is the norm, the $1.27 cheque Todd Fraser recently received for selling his cow wouldn't pay for a junior cheeseburger.
Business Week | By Paul Magnusson in Washington, Frederik Balfour in Phnom Penh, and Michael Shari in Jakarta | December 15, 2003
Thirty million jobs could disappear with the end of apparel quotas
The Army Corps of Engineers continues to use questionable economic methodology to evaluate whether a massive multibillion dollar lock expansion project is necessary on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterways (UMR-IW), according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel released today.
Christian Science Monitor | By Peter Ford | Dec. 8, 2003
PARIS - European leaders hailed President Bush's retreat from import tariffs on steel Friday, welcoming it as a sign that Washington is ready to abide by international rules despite the US administration's reputation abroad for "America First" policies.
Agence France Presse | Dec. 8, 2003
NEW YORK (AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, on an official US visit, warned Washington against politicising Sino-US economic disputes and sought to soothe US concerns over its massive trade deficit with China.
AFX European Focus | December 8, 2003
An EU panel of experts has rejected an application to import Syngenta AG's 'Bt-11' genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn, effectively postponing a decision on whether to lift a ban on biotech crops, the European Commission said.
