Agriculture

Developing Countries Urge Mechanism to Fight against Subsidized Farm Exports

International Trade Daily | September 27, 2001 | By Daniel Pruzin

Fischler Says EU Would Loosen Agriculture, But ""Extremist Views"" by U.S., Others in Way

International Trade Daily | September 27, 2001

Resort Proposed for Hunger Summit

The Associated Press Sept. 25, 2001

Administration Seeks to Shift Farm Policy from Subsidies

New York Times | September 20, 2001 | By ELIZABETH BECKER WASHINGTON - The Bush administration called today for a major shift away from the current farm policy, arguing for more conservation and international trade over an existing approach that it said was too generous to wealthy grain and cotton farmers.

Thai Pineapples Threaten Mexico Farmers"" Livelihood

Chicago Tribune | September 16, 2001 | By Chris Kraul Special to the Tribune. Chris Kraul is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, a Tribune newspaper.

Quad Works to Break Two Deadlocks in Ministerial Preparations

Inside US Trade | September 14, 2001

Third-World Imports Besiege Mexico Farmers

Los Angeles Times | September 10, 2001 Trade: Ill-prepared for competition, they are fighting to survive a deluge of cheap produce. BY: CHRIS KRAUL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Treaties May Curb Farmers"" Subsidies

By Elizabeth Becker New York Times WASHINGTON - Every five or six years Congress argues over how to subsidize farmers. But this time around the forces against big subsidies have a new weapon: the international trade agreements the United States signed promising to reduce those payments.

Trade Restrictions Hang over Farm Legislation

Associated Press | September 3, 2001 | By PHILIP BRASHER, AP Farm Writer WASHINGTON - As lawmakers spend the fall overhauling federal farm programs, they will have to keep one eye on an international trade agreement that could limit how much money they give to growers.

NAFTA Doesn""t Treat All Farmers Equally

Dallas Morning News | September 3, 2001 | BY: JIM LANDERS WASHINGTON - When the coffee beans were ripe, there was no sense picking them. World prices were too low. When the sugar cane fields warmed, there was no sense in planting. Refiners haven't paid growers for many months.