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Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune / April 5, 2000, Wednesday / By Christopher Leonard When the bean police came for the Mayfield brothers, they went looking for help and found attorney Dale Reesman.

BEIJING (AP) - President Jiang Zemin, meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley, called on Congress on Thursday to give China permanent low-tariff access to U.S. markets.

April 5, 2000 / Reuters / Bill Rosato

International Trade Reporter GENEVA--Nearly four months after their Seattle ministerial meeting ended in embarrassing failure, members of the World Trade Organization appear to be shying away from their initial demands for a major overhaul of the WTO's decisionmaking procedures.

Wed, Apr 5, 2000 BRUSSELS (AP)--The European Union on Wednesday agreed to start E.U.-wide testing for mad cow disease as of Jan. 1, 2001, focusing on animals that die on farms, are killed because they are sick or are suspected of suffering from neurological disorders.

By Muddassir Rizvi ISLAMABAD, Apr 4 (IPS) - Rising costs of agricultural inputs, declining soil productivity and poor government support are making it tough for Pakistan's small farmers and threatening the food security of the country.

The Globe and Mail Investment regulations have allowed foreign firms to sue government By Heather Scoffield, Parliamentary Bureau, Ottawa Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew says he will never again pursue strict NAFTA-like investment rules that allow foreign companies to sue the Canadian government.

Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, April 6 (AFP) - A US-based private firm said Thursday it had taken a major step forward in the race to map the genetic makeup of the human body.