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MERCOSUR Increases Tariffs on Industrial Products
The four member countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay of MERCOSUR (Common Market of the South) have agreed to increase import tariffs to 35 percent, the maximum allowed under WTO rules, on 100 industrial products until December of 2014 to protect domestic industries. Their manufacturing companies have been under import pressures from Asian competitors and [...]
Russia becomes WTO member after 18 years of talks
BBC December 16, 2011 www.bbc.co.uk Original Source Russia has finally joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) at a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday, after 18 years negotiating its membership. The Swiss brokered a deal between Russia and Georgia earlier this year that removed the last obstacle to Russia’s accession. Georgia had tried to block Russia’s [...]
USDA weighs biotech compensation plan
Capital Press (Oregon) November 17, 2011 By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Original Source The USDA is floating the idea of creating a mechanism to compensate farmers harmed by cross-pollination from genetically engineered crops. The agency has suggested the concept as a way to resolve conflicts between biotech, conventional and organic farmers, but experts say developing such a [...]
Asian Bloc Looks to U.S. for Trade Boost
Wall Street Journal By Eric Bellman November 16, 2011 www.wsj.com Original Source NUSA DUA, Indonesia—As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Indonesia for a series of summits, Southeast Asia is hoping the U.S. will take further steps to tighten economic ties with the region, where U.S. trade and investment have been outflanked in recent [...]
Column by Gilbert arap Bor in The Wall Street Journal
A column by Global Farmer Network member Gilbert arap Bor from Kenya is in The Wall Street Journal. Bor’s piece “Africa Can Feed the World…” is in the Opinion Europe section for November 15, 2011. Recently, Bor was named the recipient of the 2011 Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award. The announcement was made October [...]
APEC Meeting is Center Stage for Trade Talks
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Honolulu on November 8-13, with the Leaders meetings on the 12th and 13th, have become an important gathering of government officials interested in expanding international trade in the Asia-Pacific region. Its strengths lay in general meetings of the 21 member economies and hundreds of small group meetings that [...]
European Commission Plan for CAP Reforms for 2014-2020
The European Commission has proposed a set of reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the EU that needs to be implemented by January 1, 2014. The European Parliament will debate the Commission’s proposal, craft final legislation and send it to the European Council, the government leaders of the 27 member countries, for approval. [...]
Group seeks labels on genetically altered food
USA Today October 3, 2011 By Bruce Horovitz Original Source Americans are mostly clueless about whether the food they buy has been genetically altered. But in a nation increasingly concerned about food ingredients, there’s a new push for that to change. Today, a coalition of 300 companies, organizations and doctors will announce that it has [...]
Global Farmer Network commentary in The African Executive
The latest commentary by Gilbert Arap Bor from Kenya appears in the Agri Focus section of The African Executive as Kenya: Determination To Fight Malnutrition Mr. Bor farms in Kenya and is a member of Truth About Trade & Technology’s Global Farmer Network and participated in the 2009 Global Farmer Roundtable. He recently had another [...]
Export Restrictions Receive More Attention at the WTO
As WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy and agriculture talks chair David Walker prepare for a ten-day Easter break in trade negotiations and resumption on April 29th, agricultural export restrictions are receiving increased attention. At a March 31 meeting of the Agriculture Committee and a later agriculture negotiations meeting, WTO members expressed concerns similar to ones raised [...]
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