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AUSTRALIA: Weak consumer demand hits Australian red meat exports
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) said total beef and veal exports fell 20% to 64,000 tones in August, while lamb exports fell 17% and mutton exports dropped 55%, reported Asia Pulse.

Australia Dominates Retail Market
Australian chilled beef is a favorite meat among Malaysian consumers.

Exports to China to move faster
Legal access into Chinafor Australian fruit and vegetables, livestock, dairy and meat is one step closer following discussions this week between the two countries.

Sharp Fall in Exports of Red Meat from Australia
Red meat exports have slumped on the back of the high Australian dollar and consumer resistance. Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) said today total beef and veal exports dropped 20 per cent to just 64,000 tones in August, while lamb exports (down 17 per cent) and mutton exports (down 55 per cent) also fell.

Americas

Canada and U.S. firm up beef export rules
Canada and the United Stateshave agreed on details about how Canadian slaughter plants can process boneless beef from young cattle for export, beef industry officials said on Thursday.

CANADA: Canada to focus on export subsidies at WTO meeting
Canada plans to focus on putting an end to export subsidies while protecting state marketing agencies, such as the Canadian Wheat Board, at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico next week, senior government officials have said.

Breakthrough US meat deal 
The Canadian government has struck a crucial deal with the U.S. on the use of slaughterhouses that will finally allow major shipments of Canadian beef south of the border, possibly as early as today. After a single case of mad cow disease surfaced in Alberta in May, the U.S. demanded that Canada use separate slaughterhouses for older and younger cattle before the Americans would re-open their border to Canadian beef. It is believed that animals under 30 months of age do not develop the brain-destroying disease.

Europe

Democrats urge U.S. resist EU on investment at WTO
A pair of Democrats urged the Bush administration on Thursday to resist efforts by the European Union to "force" other World Trade Organization members to begin talks on international investment rules.

USA

UPDATE 1-US urges WTO members to aim high at Cancun
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged countries on Thursday to use next week's World Trade Organization meeting to forge a new world trade deal by January 2005 but said Washington would pursue bilateral or regional agreements if the talks failed.

USDA awards grants to aid disadvantaged farmers
The Agriculture Department is awarding 34 institutions grants totaling more than $6.4 million to strengthen efforts aimed at serving minority and disadvantaged farmers.

Fifth WTO Ministerial Tele-news Conference
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S Trade Representative Ambassador Allen Johnson held a tele-news conference to discuss the upcoming WTO Ministerial. Agricultural and trade officials from around the world will convene in Cancun, MexicoSeptember 10-14 for the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference

AsiaPacific

AUSTRALIA: Weak consumer demand hits Australian red meat exports
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) said total beef and veal exports fell 20% to 64,000 tones in August, while lamb exports fell 17% and mutton exports dropped 55%, reported Asia Pulse.

Australia Dominates Retail Market
Australian chilled beef is a favorite meat among Malaysian consumers.

Exports to China to move faster
Legal access into Chinafor Australian fruit and vegetables, livestock, dairy and meat is one step closer following discussions this week between the two countries.

Sharp Fall in Exports of Red Meat from Australia
Red meat exports have slumped on the back of the high Australian dollar and consumer resistance. Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) said today total beef and veal exports dropped 20 per cent to just 64,000 tones in August, while lamb exports (down 17 per cent) and mutton exports (down 55 per cent) also fell.

Americas

Canada and U.S. firm up beef export rules
Canada and the United Stateshave agreed on details about how Canadian slaughter plants can process boneless beef from young cattle for export, beef industry officials said on Thursday.

CANADA: Canada to focus on export subsidies at WTO meeting
Canada plans to focus on putting an end to export subsidies while protecting state marketing agencies, such as the Canadian Wheat Board, at the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico next week, senior government officials have said.

Breakthrough US meat deal 
The Canadian government has struck a crucial deal with the U.S. on the use of slaughterhouses that will finally allow major shipments of Canadian beef south of the border, possibly as early as today. After a single case of mad cow disease surfaced in Alberta in May, the U.S. demanded that Canada use separate slaughterhouses for older and younger cattle before the Americans would re-open their border to Canadian beef. It is believed that animals under 30 months of age do not develop the brain-destroying disease.

Europe

Democrats urge U.S. resist EU on investment at WTO
A pair of Democrats urged the Bush administration on Thursday to resist efforts by the European Union to "force" other World Trade Organization members to begin talks on international investment rules.

USA

UPDATE 1-US urges WTO members to aim high at Cancun
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick urged countries on Thursday to use next week's World Trade Organization meeting to forge a new world trade deal by January 2005 but said Washington would pursue bilateral or regional agreements if the talks failed.

USDA awards grants to aid disadvantaged farmers
The Agriculture Department is awarding 34 institutions grants totaling more than $6.4 million to strengthen efforts aimed at serving minority and disadvantaged farmers.

Fifth WTO Ministerial Tele-news Conference
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman and Chief Agricultural Negotiator for the Office of the U.S Trade Representative Ambassador Allen Johnson held a tele-news conference to discuss the upcoming WTO Ministerial. Agricultural and trade officials from around the world will convene in Cancun, MexicoSeptember 10-14 for the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference