WORLD | WTO's Supachai Says Sanction Awards Are Undermining Global Trade Syst...

WORLD

WTO's Supachai Says Sanction Awards Are Undermining Global Trade System Disputes at the World Trade Organization that result in sanctions, such as a record $4 billion the European Union was given permission to impose on the U.S., threaten to undermine the trading system, new WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said. More...

AMERICAS

Canadian Pork Producers Face Tough Times, Too - 11/01/2002  Market access, environmental issues and country-of-origin labeling lead list of common concerns.

Mexican plants flee to China, endangering $77 billion industry MONTERREY, Nuevo Leon - Teresa Colunga, a 41-year-old widow with three school-age children, barely scrapes by on the 738 pesos (US$73.40) a week she makes at Royal Philips Electronics NV's computer monitor... Full  Story

Analysts: Inflation may be blown away by hurricanes' wake - The News Staff - Private sector economists on Thursday said Banco de Mexico is unlikely to meet its inflation target for 2002 because of rising prices for agricultural produce, electricity and services. Banco de... Full  Story

Free trade deal in the balance The new Brazilian government is likely to block plans for a free trade area of the Americas, leaving the US to sign individual deals.

EUROPE-RUSSIA-ME

Euro breaks $1 barrier The single European currency edges past $1 for the first time in 3 months as currency traders fret over weak US jobs figures.

Grain Exports Up Tenfold The Moscow Times - Russia boosted its grain exports almost tenfold year on year in the first eight months of 2002.

Foreigners Facing Yet More Visa Headaches
MOSCOW - A new law regulating the activities of foreigners living and working in Russia is meant to make life easier for everyone - expats, their employers, tourist agencies and ministries alike.....

USA

Pork Checkoff's 'positive effect' In the wake of a Federal District Court decision that found the Pork Checkoff unconstitutional, the National Pork Board is now pointing to a June 2000 study they say shows all pork producers receive "a positive and significant rate of return" on their investment in the Checkoff. The results of the study indicated that the Pork Checkoff Program on average made producers better off than they would have been without the program. 10/31/2002 09:28 a.m. CDT

Pork Checkoff Decision is Just the Most Recent Challenge - 11/01/2002 Litigation over the 'other white meat' may have other commodity checkoff programs skating on thin ice, as courts question impact on 'free speech.'

Less Than a Penny a Person - 11/01/2002  New beef advertising program expected to reach more than 92% of adults in the target audience an average of 13 times.

New USDA Data Promotes Ground Beef - 10/30/2002 Some ground beef can now be called lean.