Agence France Presse / Virginie Montet
WASHINGTON, March 23 (AFP) - The IMF executive board Thursday named Horst Koehler as the new managing director of the organization, handing him the reins of an institution struggling to redefine its own mission.
Agence France Presse
LISBON, March 23 (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Shroeder hailed Thursday the appointment of Germany's Horst Koehler as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), French sources said.
March 22, 2000 / Financial Times / HENRY MILLER
Excessive regulation of GM foods is misplaced and irrational and will make
it impossible for these products to compete in the market
Clare Nullis, Associated Press Writer
GENEVA (AP) -- The World Trade Organization on Thursday formally launched negotiations to break down barriers to trade in farm products -- an exercise which likely will last years and be fraught with problems.
Agence France Presse
GENEVA, March 23 (AFP) - Ambassadors to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) failed Thursday to name a chairman for a new round of talks on agricultural trade, said Norway's representative, Kare Bryn.
