Agriculture

Industry and Ag Reps Seek to Limit Environmental Review of Trade Pacts

Inside US Trade - Vol. 18, No. 35

Aussie Trade Stance Could Stump Free Trade Deal

NZ Times Staff Reporter Patric Lane 29/08/00 13:32:00 A perception that Australia is a hard country to do business with may be an obstacle to the formation of an Asia-Pacific free-trade area, says Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton.

Free Trade a Myth, Says New Zealand Meat Board Director

By FOX Andrea A MEAT BOARD director says international tolerance for New Zealand's "holier than thou" free-trade preaching is running out. John McCarthy said yesterday that the free-trade concept promoted by political and farming leaders was a lemon. Free trade would never happen and if it did, could backfire badly on New Zealand red-meat producers.

Canada Opens Regional Dumping and Subsidy Case on U.S. Corn

Inside US Trade Vol. 18, No. 33 The Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency late last week launched a dumping and subsidy investigation on U.S. grain corn exports that will focus on showing injury to Canadian producers in the regional market west of the Ontario-Manitoba border.

Glickman Announces Additional Food Assistance, Export Credits During Africa Visit

NAIROBI, Kenya, August 3, 2000 - Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today announced new GSM export credits for Nigeria and additional food assistance for refugees in Kenya.

Program Aimed at Jump-Starting Global School Lunch Program

Feedstuffs / By SALLY SCHUFF, Feedstuffs Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two of America's senior statesmen -- former U.S. Sen. George McGovern and Bob Dole -- last week laid out a vision for a global nutrition program that could help boost U.S. food exports while targeting food aid to school children in the world's neediest countries.

Chicken dumping, chicken dumpling

"Philippine Daily Inquirer" By Bernardo V. Lopez

Using the South to Promote GE in Europe

LETTERS FROM DR. TEWOLDE BEHRAN GEBRE EGZHIABER RE: USING THE SOUTH TO PROMOTE GE IN EUROPE - ONCE AGAIN! Dear Colleagues,

Impact of WTO on LDCs and Net Food-Importing Countries

UNCTAD is organizing an Expert Meeting on the Impact of the Reform Process in Agriculture on LDCs and Net Food-Importing Countries, and Ways to Address their Concerns in Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Geneva, 24 - 26 July 2000. The web site includes the background documents and other information.

Dispute Panel Faults United States for Preemptive Action in Banana Case

WASHINGTON--A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has faulted the United States for changing customs bonding requirements on certain European goods before receiving WTO authorization to retaliate against the European Union's WTO-illegal banana import regime, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced July 17.