World Trade Organization

Farm Groups, Firms Seek to Include Trade Laws in Negotiations

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 More than twenty agriculture groups and agribusiness firms have called on President Bush to leave U.S. trade remedy laws on the table for upcoming multilateral and regional negotiations in an effort to counteract a Senate message earlier this month that U.S. trade laws should not be bargaining chits in trade deals.

U.S. Slams WTO Lamb Ruling over Appellate Body Mandate

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 The U.S. this week denounced the World Trade Organization Appellate Body for exceeding its mandate in a ruling against a U.S. safeguard on lamb meat imports that the U.S. said created new obligations for invoking section 201. The Appellate Body said that WTO members must prove that unforeseen developments necessitate the imposition of a safeguard.

EU Business Leader Calls for Limited WTO Round

Inside US Trade

Moore Hails Spirit of Co-operation Among Ministers

WTO Press Release May 18, 2001

The European Union View on Agriculture

United Press International | By ANNA K. HUTCHINSON, Special to UPI Franz Fishler, Austrian-born EU agriculture commissioner, is on a five-day visit to the United States to further negotiations between the EU and United States on agriculture as part of the current round of talks in respect of a further World Trade Organization (WTO) trade liberalization round.

U.S. Support for New Round Contrasts with Hardline on LDCs

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20

EU to Target U.S. Farm Loans in WTO Agriculture Talks

Inside US Trade | Vol. 19, No. 20 The European Commission plans to propose next week that the World Trade Organization impose the same reduction commitments on U.S. farm supports like the $8.1 billion U.S. marketing loan and deficiency payment program that trading partners' agriculture negotiators want to place on the European Union's export subsidies, informed sources said.

China to Liberalize Grain Trade After WTO: Official

AFX News Limited BEIJING (AFX-ASIA) - China is irreversibly moving towards a freer farm produce market, and will have to further adapt its agricultural polices after it joins the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a senior agriculture official said yesterday, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

WTO General Council Chair Launches Preparations For Qatar

Inside US Trade May 11, 2001

U.S., EU Seen Drifting Apart in Approach To Environmental Matters in WTO Talks

By Gary G. Yerkey International Environment Reporter Volume 24 Number 10 May 9, 2001 Page 358