by Lewis Machipisa
HARARE, Mar 28 (IPS) - Developing countries should not be expected to compete on the same playing field as developed countries with regards to trade in agriculture, trade experts meeting here Tuesday said.
GENEVA, March 28 (Reuters) - Militant French farm leaders opposed to open trading in agricultural produce said on Tuesday they planned to set up a watchdog in Geneva to exert "democratic control" over the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Mar. 28 (IPS) -- Most U.S. citizens support trade and deeper integration into the global economy so long as workers' rights and environmental protection are not compromised, according to a new study released here Tuesday.
Agence France Presse
ABU DHABI, March 28 (AFP) - Saudi membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is still at least two years off, a senior WTO official said Tuesday, while welcoming an easing of US sanctions against Iran.
The soil has been a source of agricultural carbon dioxide emissions over the past century and more so now because of industrial farming methods. This article is a discussion of solutions and why properly managed soil carbon provides many agricultural and environmental benefits.
This article was published in the February/March 2000 Newsletter of the Wedge Community Co-op.
BEIJING, March 27 (UPI) -- China is set for talks with the European Union this week in search of an agreement that would clear one of the last big obstacles for Beijing before entering the World Trade Organization.
