Agriculture

Trade Ministers to Tackle Farm Issues in Montreal

Rueters | By Gilbert Le Gras | July 28, 2003 Top trade officials from the United States, European Union and two dozen other countries launched new efforts to kick start stalled world trade talks on Monday, searching for common ground on farm subsidies and tariff reforms.

Denmark Comes Into the Open

Danish Association for International Co-operation | July 22, 2003

Europe Adopts Hardline Stance on CAP Cuts

The Guardian | By Charlotte Denny | July 21, 2003 The European Union will today raise the stakes in vital global trade talks when it adopts a hardline negotiating stance for September's World Trade Organisation meeting in Cancun, Mexico.

Fixing Subsidies Won""t End Woes of the Poor

The Vancouver Sun | By Ben Bradshaw | July 21, 2003 A troubling detail accompanying the release of the UN Human Development Report for 2003 makes it clear why farm subsidies are hard to defend: Every European cow gets a $3-a-day subsidy whereas 40 per cent of Africans live on less than $1 a day.

WTO Bids to Move Stalled Trade Talks Forward

Agence France Presse | July 18, 2003 The World Trade Organisation on Friday published an initial draft of key decisions that ministers will need to make at an upcoming meeting in Mexico to revive stalled global trade talks.

U.S. Trade Deficit Climbs $41.84B in May

Associated Press | July 11, 2003 WASHINGTON - America's trade deficit, on track to set an all-time high this year, edged up slightly to $41.84 billion in May as imports of foreign cars, televisions and business equipment all showed big gains.

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.

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.

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.