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Saving Coffee by Spending More: ""Fair-trade"" Certification for Specialty Beans Aims to Keep Growers on Their Land in the Developing World

Chicago Tribune | By James P. DeWan | July 3, 2003 Back in the day, milk was milk, vegetables came in cans, and everybody got their chickens from a funny-looking guy named Frank we all knew from TV.

EU Officials Urge Biotech Food Changes

Associated Press | July 1, 2003 BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union officials urged lawmakers Tuesday to approve regulations on genetically modified foods that could end an EU ban on new biotech products, but keep labels that the United States says could make the foods impossible to sell.

EU Blasts US "Lectures" over GMOs and Africa

Agence France Presse | July 1, 2003 The head of the European Parliament Tuesday angrily rejected US "lectures" about genetically modified organisms as deputies debated new laws that would allow an EU ban on GMOs to be lifted.

EU Environment Commissioner Says Bush GMO Comments "Nonsense"

BBC Monitoring International Reports | June 30, 2003

Annan Urges More Flexibility in Global Trade Talks

Agence France Press | By Kate Millar | June 30, 2003 UN chief Kofi Annan on Monday called for countries to show greater flexibility in order to overcome difficulties in global trade talks ahead of a key World Trade Organization meeting in Mexico in September.

Brazil Urges South America To Unite For Trade Concessions From U.S.

Associated Press | June 28, 2003 CARMEN DEL VIBORAL, Colombia (AP) - Brazil's president told a summit of South American leaders they must merge the continent's two largest trading blocs to force the United States into granting concessions in upcoming free trade negotiations.

UN Commission to Set New Safety, Trade Standards on Food Security

Agence France Press | June 26, 2003 Experts from around the globe are to gather under UN auspices next week to adopt new standards in food safety, with biotechnology, intensive farming and refinement becoming major public health issues, the UN's food and agriculture agency said.

Brussels Reiterates Criticism of US over Biotech Foods Debate

AFX | June 27, 2003

Rethink on Global Trade

The Guardian (London) | By Thomas Tritton and Justin Forsyth | June 26, 2003