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Increase Grain Production

New York Times / AP / Nov. 6 1999 WASHINGTON -- A study from the International Food Policy Research Institute was cited as saying that the world's farmers will have to increase grain production by 40 percent to meet global needs in 2020.

Once-Rosy Outlook Dims as Harvest Nears Completion

Langdon, N.D., couple played the farming game the way Uncle Sam suggests and still got stung October 24, 1999 / By Ryan Bakken / Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald

Trade: Working Papers Show Up Continued Yawning Gaps

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Cattlemen Will Ponder Beef Hormone Payments from EU

CongressDaily | by Jerry Hagstrom

Trade: ""Singapore Issues"" Face More Opposition

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European Commission Backs Reforms to Banana Rules

Reuters | November 10, 1999

Billions at Stake as Food Is Frozen Out

The Herald | October 27, 1999 | By CRAIG SKEHAN, Herald Correspondent in Bangkok Thai authorities are struggling to protect billions of dollars worth of exports as countries with restrictions or bans on genetically modified crops start to reject Thai food products.

Another Chance for Trade Access to U.S.

Business Day (Johannesburg) | November 1, 1999 | By Simon Barber Washington - Increased African access to the US market, seemingly killed by Senate Democrats, has one more shot at being enacted this week after an 11th-hour compromise, with authenticity of which remains in question.

EU Official Warns GMO Foods Could Beget Trade War between United States, Europe

International Trade Daily | October 25, 1999 | By Corbett B. Daly A top European official said Oct. 21 the rift between Europe and the United States over so-called "Frankenstein foods" could cause a trade war between the two economic powerhouses.

Second Meeting of Transatlantic Environment Dialogue (TAED)

Washington, D.C. | October 12-15, 1999 Statement of the Trade & Environment Working Group