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Insurers press for climate-change controls

LONDON - Having extracted government action on exposure to terrorist attacks, the insurance industry must now press politicians for climate-change controls, one of its leaders said this week.

U.S. Official Courts African Allies for Brewing Biotech-Food Fight

Wall Street Journal | February 20, 2002 | By NEIL KING JR., Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL PETIT, South Africa -- On his grand tour of Africa this past week, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has had many warm chats with top government officials. But when he met a Zulu cotton farmer on Friday, the trade official really perked up.

USTR Seeks Industry Input on Possible Challenge in Biotech Dispute

Inside US Trade | February 15, 2002 U.S. trade officials met yesterday with representatives of agriculture, food processing and biotechnology sectors in an effort to gauge support for a possible U.S. World Trade Organization challenge to the European Union's three-year hold on allowing new genetically modified organisms onto its market.

Asia-Pacific: Seeds Are Key to Rebuilding Devastated Farms

Financial Times A massive plan to replace seeds lost to drought and war has been unveiled, writes John Mason February 14, 2002 | By JOHN MASON

Renewing a Latin Trade Pact

New York Times | February 14, 2002

Major Traders Throw Cold Water on Calls for ""Development Box"" in Agriculture Talks

International Trade Reporter | Volume 19 Number 7 | February 14, 2002 | By Daniel Pruzin

Veneman Says US to Pressure China on WTO Promises

Reuters | February 14, 2002 KANSAS CITY - The United States will keep up pressure on China to meet its obligations for imports and exports of agricultural goods following its accession to the World Trade Organization last year, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Ann Veneman said this week.

Suez In Talks With Enron Administrators On Korea,Spain, Mexico Assets

AFX - Asia | February 14, 2002

U.S. Senate Insists on Ban on Packers Owning Herds

Reuters | Charles Abbott | February 12, 2002 Washington - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to stick with a ban on meatpackers raising livestock or overseeing independent feedlots, despite warnings it could cause huge disruptions in the livestock markets.

Klamath Water, Klamath Life; the Water Wars of the Northwest.

Earth Island Journal | Winona LaDuke | March 22, 2002 SECTION: No. 1, Vol. 17; Pg. 26; ISSN: 1041-0406 IAC-ACC-NO: 82263404