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Asia Pacific New Campaign To Boost Beef
The Federal Government and the beef industry have launched a new campaign to boost sales to

Australia backs trade promotion authority for Bush
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - Australia urged the U.S. Congress on Thursday to give the Bush administration a mandate to negotiate on trade so that Australia and the United States can start serious talks on a free trade agreement.

First woman PM for South Korea
President Kim Dae-jung reacts to mounting criticism by naming the country's first woman prime minister and reshuffling his cabinet.

Americas

Mexico to file a complaint against China at WTO
The government will file a complaint against China before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for "disloyal" market-distorting practices, Commerce Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Wednesday.

Europe

French beef farmers protest price fall
Around 300 French farmers with dozens of cows in tow held a protest in Dijon, the main city of the eastern Burgundy region, to protest falling beef prices and to call for government help.

Meat-free diet puts infants at risk
Children of parents who eat no meat are more likely to suffer from birth defects than children of parents with a wider diet, according to new research in the UK.

USA

Smithfield introducing new line of naturally smoked bacon
Smithfield, Va.-based Smithfield Packing Co. is reacquainting consumers to the way bacon is supposed to taste, company executives recently announced.

U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules That Beef Producers And Importers Must Continue To Pay Beef Checkoff Assessments
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit granted a request for stay which allows the beef promotion program to continue without interruption while the appeal is pending.

Court Grants Stay Of Injunction In Beef Checkoff Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Wednesday granted a request for stay by the Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, of the June 21, 2002, decision by the District Court in South Dakota that would have ceased collection of assessments under the Beef Checkoff Program. The stay allows the beef promotion program to continue without interruption while the appeal is pending.

Stay Granted in Beef Checkoff Case
Collection of funds from producers and others for the beef checkoff will not halt on July 15 as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has granted a request for a stay pending appeal of a court decision last month that the checkoff was unconstitutional.

Court Issues Stay on USDA Injunction
A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued a stay of a lower court's order that would have halted collections of the national beef checkoff program next week, the Department of Agriculture said.