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Left Behind: Globalization is Pushing Coffee Prices to Historic Lows

The Houston Chronicle | By John Otis | July 13, 2003 Bibiano Mendoza has spent much of his life gingerly plucking crimson coffee cherries by hand at their peak moment of ripeness. Now, instead of pondering retirement, the sunburned, 60-year-old grandfather frets about where he'll get his next meal.

Lula Attacks US Trade Stance

BBC News | July 14, 2003

NGOs: More Than Flower Power

Christian Science Monitor | By Peter Ford | July 11, 2003 When Global Exchange decided to make Starbucks sell "fair trade" coffee, the nongovernmental organization campaigning for more thoughtful and fairer ways of running the world economy planned dramatic demonstrations outside the chain's outlets nationwide.

US and Europe on Brink of Trade War

The Guardian (London)| By Andrew Osborn in Brussels and Larry Elliott | July 12, 2003 The European Union and the United States were teetering on the brink of a transatlantic trade war last night after Brussels threatened a Dollars 2.2bn package of sanctions unless Washington scrapped steel tariffs ruled illegal by the World Trade Organisation yesterday.

Drops on Parched Soil

The Economist | July 5, 2003

Kohler Urges Developed Countries to End Trade Imbalances

Africa News | July 11, 2003 Developed economies must reduce trade-distorting subsidies and improve market access for developing countries, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Horst Kohler has said.

U.S. Seeks Japan""s Leadership For Successful Cancun Meeting

Japan Economic Newswire | By Yoichi Kosukegawa | July 11, 2003 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged Japanese farm minister Yoshiyuki Kamei on Friday to take the lead in breaking the impasse over farm trade liberalization to achieve a successful World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in September.

Buoyed by CAP Reform, EU Says Changes Needed in U.S. Farm Policy

Deutsche Presse-Agentur | July 11, 2003 Buoyed by last month's long-awaited accord on revamping European Union farm policy, E.U. trade chief Pascal Lamy said Friday he now expected similar concessions from the U.S. and other members of the World Trade Organisation.

WTO Rules U.S. Steel Tariffs Violate Global Trade Rules; US to Appeal

AFX | July 11, 2003

In Africa, Bush Raps Europe and Japan on Agricultural Subsidies

Agence France Presse | July 10, 2003 President George W. Bush, criticised for shielding US farmers with huge state aid, on Thursday told Europe and Japan to slash agricultural export subsidies blamed for choking Africa's bid to feed itself. Bush said he discussed the issue in talks here with Botswana's President Festus Mogae on the third stage of his five-leg African tour.