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By Lorry Erickson Regional Editor Country Today, Aug. 23,2000 LONE ROCK -- The Sustainable Woods Cooperative is open for business. Three years in the planning, the Lone Rock-based cooperative officially opened its doors June 10.

UN report finds freer trade boosted smoking By Robert Evans GENEVA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - A United Nations-sponsored report has found that freer global trade over the past two decades has boosted smoking, especially in developing countries, by making the dangerous habit cheaper.

August 22, 2000 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Kristin Dawkins, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Tel: 612-870-3410; Fax: 612-870-4846; Email: [email protected] UNITED NATIONS BODY WARNS OF CONFLICTS BETWEEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS COULD INFLUENCE PATENTS FOR DRUGS, BIOTECH SEEDS

Geneva, Aug 18 (IPS/Gustavo Capdevila) -- Efforts made to limit the powers of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights have not produced the effects desired by some, and instead have led to resolutions critical of economic embargoes, prompting an angry reaction from the United States.

Inside US Trade Vol. 18, No. 33 The Canadian Customs and Revenue Agency late last week launched a dumping and subsidy investigation on U.S. grain corn exports that will focus on showing injury to Canadian producers in the regional market west of the Ontario-Manitoba border.

The Associated Press / August 8, 2000 On one hand, Novartis A.G. says it's eliminating genetically modified ingredients from its foods. On the other, the agriculture and pharmaceutical giant is selling the crops to farmers through its Minnesota-based international seed unit. Midwestern farmers say it's unfair to sell the biotech seeds and then shun the harvest.

World Bank Development News, 14 Aug. 2000 A United Nations-appointed study team calls the World Trade Organization a ''nightmare'' for developing countries and suggested the body should be brought under UN scrutiny, Reuters and IHT report(8/12, p. 13).