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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Grassley Defends WTO Compliance of Ethanol Tariff
Senator Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab to investigate whether the U.S. ethanol import tariff violates the rules of the World Trade Organization. Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is sending a letter to Schwab emphasizing the compliance of the tariff with WT... Continued...

Monday, August 18, 2008

How investors inflate commodities' bubble
Commodities - the stuff that feeds us, runs our cars, heats our homes and provides the basic materials of everyday life - recently enjoyed one of the great bull runs of modern investment history, nearly doubling in price in the space of a year. In the past month, though, prices of a wide range of... Continued...

World Bank chief urges resumption of WTO talks
The head of the World Bank added his voice on Monday to those calling for a revival of last month's abortive world trade talks. World Bank President Robert Zoellick said that the July meeting, which foundered on a proposal for a safeguard to help farmers in poor countries withstand a flood of imp... Continued...

Saturday, August 16, 2008

NAFTA Affects Mexico's Food Sovereignty
Mexico, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has resulted in Mexico losing its food sovereignty and increased poverty, experts warned in this capital. Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the National Institute for Forestry, Ag... Continued...

Friday, August 15, 2008

Food aid left off the table
When sudden food price increases started to make headlines last summer, an estimated 852 million people were already living with crippling hunger, which the United Nations defines as continuously getting too little food to maintain a healthy and minimally active life. The UN's Food and Agriculture O... Continued...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

U.S. Family Farmers Applaud Demise of Doha Negotiations
The National Family Farm Coalition welcomed with elation the recent failure of the Doha Round negotiations at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. NFFC, an organization representing family farmers in the United States and a member of Via Campesina, an international coalition of family farmers, pe... Continued...

Friday, August 8, 2008

WTO talks: Should countries trade?
In the light of the recent failure of Doha round of negotiations at the WTO, this question is not as silly as it may sound. In Geneva the US (which normally precipitates a breakdown of talks) felt that developed countries were not interested in giving additional market access while the developing co... Continued...

Thursday, August 7, 2008

South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports
Guest: Michael Hansen, senior scientist for Consumers Union. He speaks to us from Seoul, where he is testifying before the South Korean National Assembly at a special committee hearing on BSE. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now, finally, to another story about Korea. For the past two months, protesters ... Continued...

FarmFest: Farm bill does not end federal ag work
REDWOOD FALLS, Minn. — Despite newly enacted federal farm policy that is supposed to last for five years, more agriculture-related work remains to be done in Washington. Most important is to make sure the Bush administration and its successor implements what Congress passed, top farm experts told... Continued...

A look at McCain, Obama farm policies
Major farm policies advanced by presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama: ___ McCAIN _Opposed a $300 billion farm bill approved by Congress this year over President Bush's veto. Opposes subsidies to divert corn into ethanol production. _Supports trade expansion through negotiatio... Continued...

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

EPA Expands Study of Pharmaceuticals in Waterways
WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2008 (ENS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to conduct a detailed study of the disposal methods used by hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospices and veterinary hospitals that wish to discard unused pharmaceuticals. The EPA is seeking more inf... Continued...

Don’t cry for Doha
Will they or won’t they? Will the world’s trade ministers eventually sign a new multilateral trade agreement that reduces agricultural subsidies and industrial tariffs, or will they walk away empty-handed? The saga has been ongoing since November 2001, when the current round of negotiations was laun... Continued...

What caused WTO collapse? It was cotton subsidies, stupid!
In an editorial entitled 'The Next Step for World Trade' (Aug 2, 2008), the New York Times wrote: "The battle lines for the new world order were exposed at the World Trade Organization this week. The breakdown of the Doha round of trade negotiations over a clash between the United States and Chi... Continued...

Overzealous Lamy also to blame for WTO talks collapse
GENEVA: The usual blame game continues over the collapse of the WTO mini-ministerial. The US is blaming India and China, particularly India, for adopting a rigid stance on special safeguard mechanisms (SSM) and the developing countries accusing the US for refusing to budge from its stance on agricul... Continued...

Dow showing there may be great plastic in future
Like just about everyone who depends on oil to run their cars or heat their water, the nation's largest chemical maker, Dow Chemical Co., has been hit hard by the soaring cost of it. Now, with help from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Dow is embarking on a project to figure o... Continued...

Obama 's unplugged energy policy
Given the continuing U. S. housing and financial crises, the presidential race is becoming more and more about the economy. However, neither housing nor finance is amenable to the kind of catchy, populist policy fixes required by campaign grandstanding. Energy, by contrast, is, and provides full sco... Continued...

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Australia to Hold Tender to Purchase Water for Murray-Darling
Sydney -- Australia's government will next month hold a new tender to buy back water from farmers in Queensland state to boost flows in the Murray-Darling Basin, home to almost half the nation's farms. The tender will be the first part of a A$350 million ($324 million) commitment to purchase wate... Continued...

Oil: Campaigners seek an end to production of CO2-intensive 'unconventional fuels'
Shell, BP and other oil companies at the centre of the tar sands revolution in Canada are facing a backlash from the Co-operative and other members of the ethical investment community determined to bring a halt to these operations for environmental reasons. A joint report from Co-operative Invest... Continued...

International Briefing: OIL FROM TAR SANDS TO FLOW TO U.S.
Two major energy companies will spend $7 billion to nearly double the amount of crude flowing through a pipeline from Canada's tar sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, highlighting intense demand for crude that was once too expensive to pull from the ground and process. Alberta, Canada-based TransCanada... Continued...

Earth Search to Acquire General Synfuels International
; LENGTH: 724 words DATELINE: LAKESIDE, Mont. July 21 LAKESIDE, Mont., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earth Search Sciences, Inc. ,(OTC:ESSE)(BULLETIN BOARD: ESSE) today announced the acquisition of General Synfuels International, Inc. (GSI) and its patented technology to recover hyd... Continued...