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Mar 31, 2000

EU Ministers Call for Action on Hormone Chemicals

March 30, 2000 / Reuters BRUSSELS -- European Union environment ministers were cited as calling for speedy action Thursday to identify and possibly phase out hormone-mimicking chemicals which can damage human and animal health.
Mar 31, 2000

EU Deals a Blow to China""s WTO Bid, PNTR Debate

Agence France Presse | March 31, 2000 | Rachel Morarjee BEIJING - The breakdown of Sino-EU trade talks is a blow to hopes by China of joining the World Trade Organisation this year and could hurt its bid for permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) from the United States.
Mar 31, 2000

AgBiotech and World Food Security - Threat or Boon?

April 2000 / Nature Biotechnology / Volume 18 Number 4 p 361 / Richard Gilmore
Mar 31, 2000

France Still Wants Rapid Chinese Membership of WTO

Agence France Presse | March 31, 2000 PARIS - France still wants to see rapid Chinese membership of the World Trade Organisation, despite the collapse Friday of negotiations with the European Union, the French foreign ministry said.
Mar 31, 2000

Farmers to Cut Biotech Plantings

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Farmers intend to plant a record 75 million acres of soybeans this year, up 1 percent from 1999, and also are increasing their corn, cotton and sugar acreage despite a continuing slump in prices, the government said today. This year's corn acreage is estimated at 77.9 million acres, also up 1 percent from 1999, based on Agriculture Department surveys of farmers.
Mar 31, 2000

USTR Trade Barriers Report Hits EU Over Bananas, Beef

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Mar 31, 2000

Biotech Activists, 03/30/00: Filling the Bowl; For Billions Worldwide, a Modified Grain Could End the Lean Times

April 1, 2000 / New Scientist / Andy Coghlan
Mar 31, 2000

Japan Raps U.S. Plan to Take WTO Action Over Telecom Row

Agence France Presse TOKYO, March 31 (AFP) - Japan on Friday denounced a US plan to complain to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) about Japan's telecommunications regime, saying Tokyo does not violate WTO rules. "The announcement was one-sided, which is regrettable," Post and Telecommunications Minister Eita Yashiro told a news conference.