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Asia Pacific

 

Asian survey: Consumers rejecting USA brand-name products
a five-country Asian survey, 24 percent of respondents said that they reject U.S. brands, but a majority liked branded products, regardless of national origin, according to the trade journal Advertising Age.

 

Australian Trade Minister: Missed Chance for Ag Reform
Following the failure of World Trade Organization members to agree on guidelines for agricultural reform by late week's deadline, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said it was "a serious setback for the Doha round and the world’s non-subsidized farmers."

 

Europe

 

EU takes 12 member states to court over GMO law
Twelve of the European Union's 15 countries face court action for failing to implement new regulations on testing and monitoring genetically modified (GM <GM.N>) foods, the European Commission said on Thursday. The Commission, the EU's executive arm, said the 12 countries had missed an October 2002 deadline to put the new EU rules, which they agreed in 2001, into their own laws.

 

USA

 

U.S. cash hogs trade steady-lower, pork weak-trade
Cash hogs traded steady to $1.00 per cwt lower at Midwest markets on Thursday, with the lower prices blamed on lower cash pork prices and ample hog supplies, cash dealers said.