WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Clinton administration Tuesday called on the World Trade Organization to increase public access to its operations, hoping to address the concerns of free-trade critics who say the WTO is too secretive.
Specifically, the United States urged the Geneva-based trade body to release more of its documents and reports, open its meetings and improve its Web site.
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UK Press / Ananova: 8th October 2000
In a major breakthrough, researchers in the United States are cloning a
rare Asian gaur - with the help of an ordinary cow called Bessie, according
to a report in the Washington Post newspapers.
Editors, Progressive Farmer / Friday, October 06, 2000
The U.S. has become the supplier of last resort for corn and soybeans thanks to the controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops, according to Jim Skiff, president of USSoy in Mattoon, Illinois.
Associated Press / Philip Brasher, AP Farm Writer / 10/05/00
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers who produce everything from avocados to milk would benefit from a $3.5 billion package of election-year aid.
New York Times / October 4, 2000 / By Andrew Pollack
A federal judge has upheld the Food and Drug Administration's policy on genetically modified food, throwing out a lawsuit by biotechnology opponents that sought to require that such foods be labeled and tested for safety.
