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UN Rights Expert Slams WTO-Led Push For Free Farm Trade

Agence France Presse | March 30, 2004 A UN human rights expert on Tuesday slammed the World Trade Organisation's handling of agricultural trade, saying countries should be allowed to opt out of liberalisation to ensure their populations are fed adequately.

WTO Nonfarm Trade Talks Begin In Geneva

Japan Economic Newswire | March 29, 2004 Member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) began a three-day meeting of trade liberalization talks Monday in an attempt to narrow differences over tariffs and other key issues in nonagricultural areas.

Poor Nations May Soon Get AIDS Medicine

Associated Press Online | By BARBARA BORST | March 29, 2004 Efforts to get AIDS medications to millions of HIV-infected people in poor countries may be on the verge of a breakthrough, some experts say. Disagreements abound over drug safety, trade rules, funding and the sincerity of U.S. government efforts, but there are signs of progress.

Japanese Group Voices Opposition To Biotech Wheat

Associated Press | March 26, 2004 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - As a state trade delegation negotiated contracts in Japan, a group from that country asked North Dakota's agriculture commissioner on Friday to resist the introduction of biotech wheat.

U.S. Online Gambling Policy Violates Law, W.T.O. Rules

New York Times | By MATT RICHTEL | March 26, 2004 The World Trade Organization, in its first decision on an Internet-related dispute, has ignited a political, cultural and legal tinderbox by ruling that the United States policy prohibiting online gambling violates international trade law.

Trade In Services: Movement Of Persons A Key Issue

The Hindu | March 25, 2004 Movement of persons across borders has become a key dimension of trade in services even as it is increasingly becoming of great importance to developing countries. The freer flow of labour from one country to another is also expected to lead to substantial welfare gains on account of remittances.

Why China Is Making the Valley Fret

Business Week | By Cliff Edwards, Jim Kerstetter, Bruce Einhorn and Paul Magnusson | March 29, 2004

The Key To A Breakthrough On Trade And Poverty; Cotton

The International Herald Tribune | By Anwarul K. Chowdhury | March 26, 2004

US, EU Agriculture Talks Should Restart

Associated Press Online | By JONATHAN FOWLER | March 25, 2004 Governments seeking to breathe life into stalled agriculture talks at the World Trade Organization should aim by the summer to agree on a framework for a deal, trade officials said Thursday.

US Calls For Farming Trade Swap With Poor Countries

Agence France Presse | March 25, 2004 The United States on Thursday urged developing countries to open up their markets to agricultural imports in exchange for cuts in subsidies Washington pays to US farmers.