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Asia Pacific

 

Tokyo opposes new farm trade plan
Tokyo dug in its heels Monday at the World Trade Organization, demanding in Geneva that a draft ministerial declaration on the current round of trade talks omit provisions to liberalize trade in agriculture.

 

Australia urges new check of sheep refused by Saudi
Australian authorities were hoping on Wednesday to convince Saudi Arabia to conduct a second inspection of a shipment of 57,000 live sheep rejected due to scabby mouth disease, a government spokesman said.

 

Americas

 

Report: U.S. Farm Subsidies Fuel Mexico Corn Crisis
A report published by Oxfam International concludes that Mexico's corn production is being destroyed after just 10 years of "free trade rules with the United States."

 

NAFTA Moves on BSE
Canada's Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief, US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, and Mexican Secretary of Agriculture Javier Usabiaga have jointly called on the Organization of International Epizootics (OIE) to encourage a more current practical, risk-based approach to BSE.

 

Europe

 

EU Wants Document Changes
New draft World Trade Organization document would put too much financial burden on Europe and the United States, officials say.

USA

USA: USDA certifies 22 plants for beef exports to Japan
Officials from the US Department of Agriculture have said they have certified 22 US beef plants to export beef to Japan under a new agreement aimed at satisfying Japanese concerns about mad cow disease.

USDA begins issuing Canadian beef permits
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said the agency would begin issuing permits to allow some Canadian beef into the United States this week.

 

Sharp differences remain in WTO talks - US aide
Countries remain sharply divided in negotiations on agriculture heading into an important World Trade Organization meeting next month in Cancun, Mexico, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.

 

Economist Sees Beef Herd Building Beginning in 2004
Virginia Tech ag economist Wayne Purcell says drought, pasture and forage problems have kept the herd-building phase of the cattle cycle from starting. But he sees that stage beginning in 2004 - even if the Jan. 1, 2004 inventory numbers do not show any increase in beef cows.

Asia Pacific

 

Tokyo opposes new farm trade plan
Tokyo dug in its heels Monday at the World Trade Organization, demanding in Geneva that a draft ministerial declaration on the current round of trade talks omit provisions to liberalize trade in agriculture.

 

Australia urges new check of sheep refused by Saudi
Australian authorities were hoping on Wednesday to convince Saudi Arabia to conduct a second inspection of a shipment of 57,000 live sheep rejected due to scabby mouth disease, a government spokesman said.

 

Americas

 

Report: U.S. Farm Subsidies Fuel Mexico Corn Crisis
A report published by Oxfam International concludes that Mexico's corn production is being destroyed after just 10 years of "free trade rules with the United States."

 

NAFTA Moves on BSE
Canada's Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lyle Vanclief, US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, and Mexican Secretary of Agriculture Javier Usabiaga have jointly called on the Organization of International Epizootics (OIE) to encourage a more current practical, risk-based approach to BSE.

 

Europe

 

EU Wants Document Changes
New draft World Trade Organization document would put too much financial burden on Europe and the United States, officials say.

USA

USA: USDA certifies 22 plants for beef exports to Japan
Officials from the US Department of Agriculture have said they have certified 22 US beef plants to export beef to Japan under a new agreement aimed at satisfying Japanese concerns about mad cow disease.

USDA begins issuing Canadian beef permits
Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman said the agency would begin issuing permits to allow some Canadian beef into the United States this week.

 

Sharp differences remain in WTO talks - US aide
Countries remain sharply divided in negotiations on agriculture heading into an important World Trade Organization meeting next month in Cancun, Mexico, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.

 

Economist Sees Beef Herd Building Beginning in 2004
Virginia Tech ag economist Wayne Purcell says drought, pasture and forage problems have kept the herd-building phase of the cattle cycle from starting. But he sees that stage beginning in 2004 - even if the Jan. 1, 2004 inventory numbers do not show any increase in beef cows.