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Published: Nov 20, 2006

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Russia signs key trade deal with US By Associated Press November 20, 2006 HANOI -- Russia and the United States signed a key trade agreement yesterday removing the last major obstacle in Moscow's 13-year journey to join the World Trade Organization. USTR official release.

U.S., Russia Sign 800-Page WTO Deal (Moscow Times) Russia and the United States on Sunday signed the long-awaited bilateral deal that paves the way for Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization after 13 years of diplomatic wrangling.

Asia

11/17/06 - US, China talking beef again   WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. and Chinese negotiators have quietly begun discussing ways to resolve differences that have stymied U.S. beef exports to China, a market that U.S. industry believes has vast potential.

Korean protesters disrupt public testing of U.S. beef A public inspection of the first shipment of U.S. beef to reach South Korea since the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States in December 2003 was delayed due to protests by beef farmers and consumer activists.

Civic Groups Halt X-Ray Inspection of US Beef   (Korea Tiems) The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Thursday failed to conduct a public X-ray screening of the first batch of U.S. beef due to protests from civic groups.

U.S.

Exports impact US pork industry (PigProgress.net, Netherlands ) - Nov 16, 2006 ... pork industry profits from exports. Caspers says the US has enjoyed 15 years of record pork exports. He believes that the US is ...

Oceana

Aussie beef exporters keen to tap Malaysian halal mart(Business Times – Malaysia) ... export market worth A$5 billion (RM14 billion) per year. Beef exports to Malaysia are worth A$20 million (RM56 million) a year. ...

 

Russia

Russia signs key trade deal with US By Associated Press November 20, 2006 HANOI -- Russia and the United States signed a key trade agreement yesterday removing the last major obstacle in Moscow's 13-year journey to join the World Trade Organization. USTR official release.

U.S., Russia Sign 800-Page WTO Deal (Moscow Times) Russia and the United States on Sunday signed the long-awaited bilateral deal that paves the way for Moscow's entry into the World Trade Organization after 13 years of diplomatic wrangling.

Asia

11/17/06 - US, China talking beef again   WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. and Chinese negotiators have quietly begun discussing ways to resolve differences that have stymied U.S. beef exports to China, a market that U.S. industry believes has vast potential.

Korean protesters disrupt public testing of U.S. beef A public inspection of the first shipment of U.S. beef to reach South Korea since the discovery of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the United States in December 2003 was delayed due to protests by beef farmers and consumer activists.

Civic Groups Halt X-Ray Inspection of US Beef   (Korea Tiems) The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Thursday failed to conduct a public X-ray screening of the first batch of U.S. beef due to protests from civic groups.

U.S.

Exports impact US pork industry (PigProgress.net, Netherlands ) - Nov 16, 2006 ... pork industry profits from exports. Caspers says the US has enjoyed 15 years of record pork exports. He believes that the US is ...

Oceana

Aussie beef exporters keen to tap Malaysian halal mart(Business Times – Malaysia) ... export market worth A$5 billion (RM14 billion) per year. Beef exports to Malaysia are worth A$20 million (RM56 million) a year. ...