Asia Pacific | Australia beef faces bright prospects in 2004-MLASYDNEY, Feb ...

Asia Pacific

Australia beef faces bright prospects in 2004-MLA
SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - There are good prospects for Australia's beef cattle and beef market this year, Meat and Livestock Australia said on Friday

Focus on the Future
Australia predicts a substantial jump in lamb production and exports within five years.

Americas

LIVE FROM NMA: Mexico trade could resume in days
SAN ANTONIO--Beef trade with Mexico could resume in a matter of days, and almost certainly will resume before Japan reopens its borders to U.S. beef, a top Agriculture. Department/Agriculture Marketing Service official told National Meat Association convention attendees here Thursday.

Europe

EU, G20 alliance do some tough talking on trade
GENEVA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The European Union and the newly emerged G20 developing country alliance ended two days of trade talks on Friday with no narrowing in their deep differences over farm subsidies, diplomats said.

US unlikely to avoid EU trade sanctions in tax case
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Amid election-year worries about manufacturing job losses, U.S. lawmakers are unlikely to repeal export tax subsidies that violate global trade rules in time to avoid punitive European Union trade sanctions on billions of dollars of U.S. goods.

USA

LIVE FROM NMA: Murano says USDA eyeing increased cooperation with CDC
SAN ANTONIO-- Elsa Murano, the keynote speaker at the National Meat Association's annual convention here, told attendees the Agriculture Department plans to build on its food safety successes in 2003 through a three-pronged initiative—including developing a closer relationship with the Center for Disease Control which could lead to a joint USDA-CDC food safety task force.

Asia Pacific

Australia beef faces bright prospects in 2004-MLA
SYDNEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - There are good prospects for Australia's beef cattle and beef market this year, Meat and Livestock Australia said on Friday

Focus on the Future
Australia predicts a substantial jump in lamb production and exports within five years.

Americas

LIVE FROM NMA: Mexico trade could resume in days
SAN ANTONIO--Beef trade with Mexico could resume in a matter of days, and almost certainly will resume before Japan reopens its borders to U.S. beef, a top Agriculture. Department/Agriculture Marketing Service official told National Meat Association convention attendees here Thursday.

Europe

EU, G20 alliance do some tough talking on trade
GENEVA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The European Union and the newly emerged G20 developing country alliance ended two days of trade talks on Friday with no narrowing in their deep differences over farm subsidies, diplomats said.

US unlikely to avoid EU trade sanctions in tax case
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Amid election-year worries about manufacturing job losses, U.S. lawmakers are unlikely to repeal export tax subsidies that violate global trade rules in time to avoid punitive European Union trade sanctions on billions of dollars of U.S. goods.

USA

LIVE FROM NMA: Murano says USDA eyeing increased cooperation with CDC
SAN ANTONIO-- Elsa Murano, the keynote speaker at the National Meat Association's annual convention here, told attendees the Agriculture Department plans to build on its food safety successes in 2003 through a three-pronged initiative—including developing a closer relationship with the Center for Disease Control which could lead to a joint USDA-CDC food safety task force.