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Agence France Presse PARIS, June 25 (AFP) - Trade ministers from almost 30 industrial countries will discuss prospects for further world trade liberalisation here this week, their first meeting since failing to launch a new trade round in November.

Agence France Presse GENEVA, June 25 (AFP) - As many as 6,000 people took to the streets here Sunday in a demonstration organised by anti-globalisation groups on the eve of the United Nations special world summit on social development.

GENEVA--Members of the World Trade Organization have agreed on a work program for addressing the contentious issue of how to deal with the difficulties faced by its poorer members in implementing existing WTO agreements.

By Ramesh Jaura BONN, May 26 (IPS) - Agricultural experts from industrialised and developing countries have pledged themselves to "a food-secure world for all."

WASHINGTON--Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) June 21 introduced legislation that would establish a commission to review dispute settlement decisions taken by the World Trade Organization against the United States.

By Ranjit Devraj NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (IPS) - Despite weathering the worst drought in living memory, India has granaries overflowing with foodgrain, forcing a worried government to get rid of the surplus.

PR Newswire / June 23, 2000, Friday TULSA, Okla., June 23 -- A new national survey on genetically modified (GMO) crops has found considerable farmer concern over the issues of segregation and liability.

The Bureau of National Affairs WASHINGTON--The United States will propose at the World Trade Organization next week that countries currently providing the highest levels of support for agriculture agree to the deepest cuts, leading to substantial reductions in trade-distorting government backing for the farm sector, U.S. officials said June 21.