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Agence France Presse JAKARTA, July 25 (AFP) - Indonesian authorities plan to file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against anti-dumping measures on Indonesian polyester imposed by the European Commission, a report said Tuesday.

For Immediate Release, July 19, 2000 / Contact: Washington NFU Office, Clarence White, 202-314-3191, [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 19, 2000)-The National Farmers Union (NFU) today reacted to legislation introduced by Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., that seeks to address shortcomings in federal farm policy.

Agence France Presse / Jitendra Joshi TOKYO, July 24 (AFP) - Japan's government was forced onto the defensive Monday over the massive sums it lavished on a Group of Eight (G8) summit that supposedly had global poverty relief as a major goal.

by Joanna Glasner On the surface, the Internet and meat packing would seem to be two industries with very little in common.

Smithsonian / July 2000 There is no direct route to Joel and Teresa Salatin's Polyface Farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. To get there city folk need to pay attention. Joel Salatin's hand-drawn map is scribbled with turns that break off without warning onto skinny roads rimmed with wire fences curving in and out of fields of mustard and rye.

Yesterday, the US Export-Import Bank announced a new initiative to make $1 billion in loans per year to African countries to purchase HIV/AIDS drugs.

By Richard A. Levins / Monday, July 17, 2000 / Minneapolis Star Tribune Here's a new twist in farm policy: Give billions to giant grain companies so they can pass it along to farmers. As odd as this sounds, a proposal for larger locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River System is being heralded as a way to help struggling farmers.

UNCTAD is organizing an Expert Meeting on the Impact of the Reform Process in Agriculture on LDCs and Net Food-Importing Countries, and Ways to Address their Concerns in Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Geneva, 24 - 26 July 2000. The web site includes the background documents and other information.