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Decision on EU Biotech Strengthens WTO Rules-Based System PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 05 October 2006
A WTO dispute settlement panel’s rulings on U.S., Canadian and Argentine cases against the EU on approval of biotech crops released on September 29th are critical for the WTO in establishing a rules-based system for handling trade disputes on biotech crops. The cases were not about biotech crops being safe, but did the EU act as it had agreed to as a WTO member.

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Non-Farm Group Weighs in on Agricultural Policy and Trade PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 28 September 2006
With U.S. domestic agricultural policy receiving part of the blame for the suspension of the Doha Round of WTO trade policy talks, the 2007 farm bill and its link to trade policy has become a prime target for comments by non-agricultural groups. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs released a report titled “Modernizing America’s Food and Farm Policy: Vision for a New Direction.” It was developed by an Agricultural Taskforce that included economists from land-grant universities, agribusiness people, former members of Congress, one farmer and representatives of related institutions.

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Remaining Cautious about the Precautionary Principle PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 21 September 2006
The U.S. and the EU have had fundamental trade policy differences on hormones in beef and the use of biotechnology in food production for over ten year. The EU has been steadfast in its use of the precautionary principle in its regulatory approach on food and environmental issues. In an analysis for the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies titled “Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO” Sabrina Shaw of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization and Risa Schwartz, Counsel for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Canada, explore how the precautionary principle has developed and how it is used in the WTO.

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The Generalized System of Preferences PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006
As the trade policy debate has focused on the suspended WTO negotiations and efforts on bilateral trade agreements, reauthorization of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) has received little attention. The system was created in the Trade Act of 1974 to provide opportunities for developing countries to increase exports to the U.S., and its latest reauthorization in 2002 expires on December 31 of this year.

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Opportunities and Challenges for Agricultural Biotechnology PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 07 September 2006
Predicting the exact direction of developments in agricultural biotechnology is impossible. What is certain is that federal regulations and other government actions will have a major impact. To help anticipate the future, the USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture developed a report titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Decade Ahead” that USDA released in late August.

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Biotech crops are sprouting up around the globe. The one billion acre milestone for biotech crops planted and harvested has been exceeded. Watch as we meet and pass the two billion mark as well.
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