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U.S. Plans Steps To Open Markets In China, India

The Washington Post | By Paul Blustein | March 10, 2004 U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick, said yesterday that the United States soon may file its first global trade case against China and plans to aggressively pursue open markets in India as well. China and India are two of the countries at the center of the controversy over job losses in the United States.

Agreement Will Force U.S. Exporters To Label GE Foods

Aberdeen American News (South Dakota) | March 5, 2004 Eighty-seven countries reached an historic agreement here today that takes concrete steps towards establishing new, internationally recognized rights to protect public health, sustainable agricultural production and the environment from genetic contamination caused by international trade in genetically engineered (GE) organisms.

How Do You Solve The Problem That Is WTO?

BusinessWorld | By Benjamin G. Defensor | March 3, 2004 After the collapse of the World Trade Organization's Fifth Ministerial Conference in Cancun, Mexico because of irreconcilable differences between their needs and problems, should there be a separate organization each for the developed and developing world?

Victory Over US Claimed As Rules Agreed On GM Exports

Agence France Presse | By M. JEGATHESAN | February 27, 2004 Environmentalists claimed victory over the United States Friday as more than 100 countries agreed to international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

UN New Rules On Clear Labelling Of GM Crop Exports Agreed; US ""Disappointed""

AFX - Asia | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR -- More than 100 signatories to the UN's Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety have agreed to abide by international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

Europe Claims Victory Over U.S. On Genetically Modified Foods; U.S. Warns Of Disrupted Trade

Associated Press | By SEAN YOONG | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Europe and developing countries claimed a victory over the United States on Friday when a conference of more than 80 nations agreed to improve the labeling of genetically modified food shipments despite U.S. objections.

Agriculture Talks Must Also Tackle Domestic Subsidies, Says Ricupero

SUNS | By Chakravarthi Raghavan | February 26, 2004

Arbitrator Approves EC Countermeasures Against US Anti-dumping Law

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India Resists Trade Arm-Twisting

The Australian | February 24, 2004 INDIAN IT leaders say they are not concerned by what they see as Western "arm-twisting" for the country to open its markets to offset jobs that rich nations have lost to offshore outsourcing.

WTO To Overcome Deadlock In Doha Round Soon: Supachai

XINHUA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE | February 24, 2004HEADLINE: SAN JOSE, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) --Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Supachai Paniitchpakdi expressed his confidence that the deadlock hindering the Doha negotiations would soon be overcome.