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Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Trade-Canada: Numbers Up, Workers Down After 10 Years Of Nafta
Inter Press Service | By Mark Bourrie | December 31, 2004 North America's trade deal drove down the real wages of Canadian workers by about 20 percent -- if they did not lose their jobs altogether, says globalisation critic Murray Dobbin, author of a critical book about Canada's new prime minister... Continued...

Tuesday, December 30, 2003

The Unkept Promise
The New York Times | December 30, 2003 There is a deceiving sense of timelessness to the stillness of rural life. The jungles of Mindanao offer few clues as to whether it's the early 20th century, or the early 21st. Nor do the highlands of Guatemala, the Mekong Delta in Vietnam or the cotton-rich... Continued...

US Delegation Arrives In S Korea For Beef Talks Amid Farm Protests
AFX European Focus | December 30, 2003 A US delegation arrived here to negotiate the resumption of trade in US beef, officials said with prospects for a deal apparently clouded by a number of ongoing farm and trade-related protests. Apart from protesting efforts to get South Korea to re... Continued...

U.S. Misses WTO Deadline On Payments
The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec) | December 30, 2003 The United States missed a Saturday deadline from the World Trade Organization to repeal a law that gives millions of dollars in tariff revenue to companies, exposing the United States to sanctions from the European Union, Canada and Japan. Inte... Continued...

The End Of World Trade As We Know It?
South China Morning Post | By M.J. Akbar | December 30, 2003 No matter what your point of view, it was obvious that the collapse of the most recent round of global trade negotiations, held in September in Cancun, Mexico, marked a crisis in the march towards a truly global trade order. ... Continued...

Monday, December 29, 2003

S Korean Farmers Rally To Protest Free Trade Agreement With Chile
AFX European Focus | December 29, 2003 Thousands of farmers took to the streets here to protest at a free trade agreement with Chile, urging parliament not to ratify the accord signed 10 months ago, witnesses said. A crowd of some 5,000 farmers chanted slogans and waved banners as they ... Continued...

Reform, Revitalization Of United Nations To Face New Global Threats Stressed During 58th General Assembly
United Nations | December 29, 2003 Page 1 of 2 Sobering world events set the stage for the fifty-eighth United Nations General Assembly, as the Organization grappled with the divisions that emerged among Member States over the path to war in Iraq last spring, and the devastating blow on 19 Aug... Continued...

U.S. Uses Trade Deal To Sway Economy: Reappearance Of ""Hub And Spoke""
National Post's Financial Post & FP Investing | By Peter Morton | December 29, 2003 With all the distractions of late -- Iraq, terrorism threats, mad cow disease -- it is hardly surprising that few people even in the trade business noticed that the U.S. administration quietly signed a tentative ... Continued...

Candidates Criticize Bush on Beef Safety
Washington Post | By Mike Allen | December 29, 2003 CRAWFORD, Tex., Dec. 28 -- President Bush's stewardship of the nation's food supply was attacked Sunday by Democratic presidential candidates who charged that the case of mad cow disease in a Washington state Holstein could have been discovered... Continued...

Saturday, December 27, 2003

Dean Urges Gov’t. Aid for Beef Industry
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | December 27, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean says the Bush administration missed an opportunity to soften the impact of the country's first mad cow scare and that the American beef industry should receive federal aid to weather the cris... Continued...

Friday, December 26, 2003

A Coming Subsidy Storm WTO Clause""s Expiration Will Add Pressure To Farm Policy Debates
Omaha World Herald | December 26, 2003 The debate over agricultural subsidies is probably about to get a lot hotter. A long-tanding clause in the World Trade Organization agreement, which protects countries' ag subsidies from WTO disputes, expires at the end of the year. That may not lead to a... Continued...

Thursday, December 25, 2003

U.K. Lab Confirms Mad Cow Case in U.S.
The Associated Press | December 25, 2003 WASHINGTON Dec. 25 ‹ A British lab provided initial independent confirmation Thursday that the United States has its first case of mad cow disease, U.S. agriculture officials said. Federal investigators labored to trace the path the infected animal took ... Continued...

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

NAFTA Has Been a Big Flop
Philadelphia Inquirer | By Mark Weisbrot | December 24, 2003 NAFTA, CAFTA, do we hafta? In last week's Central American Free Trade Agreement talks, NAFTA, now almost 10 years old, was being put forth as a success story by the World Bank and other international organizations. But that is mu... Continued...

US-CAFTA Talks Back On Track In January
Latinnews Daily | December 24, 2003 Costa Rica will relaunch talks with the US over the Central American free trade agreement (Cafta) on 5 January. The Costa Rican government pulled out of the final round of Cafta talks on 16 December after the US made a last-minute demand that the country open ... Continued...

Borders Should Be Closed to Assess BSE Situation
Organization for Competitive Markets | December 24, 2003 Lincoln, NE ~ The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) today asked that the U.S. government close all borders to imports of live cattle, beef, pet food and both raw and manufactured livestock feed in light of the suspected case of bov... Continued...

Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Trade Year A Battle Between Multi And Bilateral Trade Deals
AAP NEWSFEED | By Shane Wright | December 23, 2003 CANBERRA AAP - The running street battles of Seattle may not have been repeated in the sun-drenched hotels of Mexico's Cancun. But the results of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting at Cancun this year were just the same as that in Seattl... Continued...

WTO ""Peace Clause"" Protecting U.S., EU Farmers Expiring
Associated Press Worldstream | By NAOMI KOPPEL | December 23, 2003 The "peace clause" that for nine years has protected the US$1 billion in daily subsidies paid to farmers in wealthy nations is about to expire, and some countries are threatening to file their first legal challenges to the paymen... Continued...

Monday, December 22, 2003

Economic Pain of Mad Cow Widespread as Crisis Enters 2004
The Canadian Press | By Judy Monchuk | Dec. 22, 2003 CALGARY (CP) - In a world where super-sized is the norm, the $1.27 cheque Todd Fraser recently received for selling his cow wouldn't pay for a junior cheeseburger. "It's not even worth the diesel to haul her in to market," said Fraser, whos... Continued...

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Canadian Companies May Sue If They Are Excluded From Bidding On Iraq
The Globe and Mail | By CHARLES GASTLE and TODD WEILER | December 16, 2003 Last week, the Bush administration announced that Canadian companies would be excluded from any consideration as a primary bidder for the reconstruction of the infrastructure within Iraq. The exclusion of Canadian compani... Continued...

Friday, December 12, 2003

Where Free Trade Hurts
Business Week | By Paul Magnusson in Washington, Frederik Balfour in Phnom Penh, and Michael Shari in Jakarta | December 15, 2003 Thirty million jobs could disappear with the end of apparel quotas BODY: By Cambodia's modest standards, Tuch Phearom is a success story. For the past four years sh... Continued...

Brazil""s Wise Old Man
Newsweek | By Maria Christina Caballero | December 15, 2003 It's been almost a year since Fernando Henrique Cardoso finished out his second term as president of Brazil and left office. But few would expect retirement to slow the 72-year-old politician down. Nothing else has before. In the late 19... Continued...

Thursday, December 11, 2003

DataCenter: Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) Resource List
DataCenter | December 11, 2003 The Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP) is a mega-development project for Southern Mexico and Central America promoted by the governments of the region and the Inter-American Development Bank. It has garnered strong opposition in the region. This web list includes resources in... Continued...

Monday, December 8, 2003

Globalization""s Impact on Latin America
The Houston Chronicle | By JOHN OTIS | December 07, 2003, ASSAI, Brazil - With their cracked leather uppers and wafer-thin soles, the donated work boots heaped in the corner of this Brazilian farm cooperative look like Salvation Army rejects. Yet six jobless cotton pickers rummage through th... Continued...

Pressure to Protect Trade Not Easing
Associated Press | By Martin Crutsinger | Dec. 7, 2003 WASHINGTON - There is no sign of a quick easing of pressure on President Bush to provide trade protection for besieged U.S. industries, especially with his re-election race ahead and manufacturing employment still in free-fall. Experts sa... Continued...

Agricultural Subsidies Targeted
Washington Times | By Jeffrey Sparshott | Dec. 8, 2003 U.S. and European agricultural subsidies, worth billions of dollars to farmers, will be open to attack at the World Trade Organization as soon as next month. Trade analysts do not foresee an onslaught of disputes but do expect some countr... Continued...

EU Rejects Application To Import Syngenta GM Corn, Keeps Moratorium
AFX European Focus | December 8, 2003 An EU panel of experts has rejected an application to import Syngenta AG's 'Bt-11' genetically modified (GM) sweetcorn, effectively postponing a decision on whether to lift a ban on biotech crops, the European Commission said. Beate Gminder, spok... Continued...

Opponents Of Upcoming Davos Forum Plan To Block Access To Participants
Agence France Presse | December 8, 2003 Opponents of the World Economic Forum in Davos said Monday they will disrupt the annual event this January by blocking the access to participants. The "Swiss anti-WTO coordination" said it plans to respond to the "militarisation" of the 2004 forum, wher... Continued...

EU Complains to WTO about India
BBC News | Dec. 8, 2003 The European Union has accused India of misusing trade legislation and unfairly protecting manufacturers from imports. Brussels has complained to the World Trade Organization that India is not following the correct procedure when hearing anti-dumping cases. Europea... Continued...

Chinese Premier Tells U.S. to Keep Politics out of Trade
Agence France Presse | Dec. 8, 2003 NEW YORK (AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, on an official US visit, warned Washington against politicising Sino-US economic disputes and sought to soothe US concerns over its massive trade deficit with China. Wen, who earlier in the day had rung the openi... Continued...

Sparks Still Flying in Transatlantic Trade Dispute
Christian Science Monitor | By Peter Ford | Dec. 8, 2003 PARIS - European leaders hailed President Bush's retreat from import tariffs on steel Friday, welcoming it as a sign that Washington is ready to abide by international rules despite the US administration's reputation abroad for "America Fir... Continued...

Sunday, December 7, 2003

Little Hope of Progress in Crucial WTO Round Expected at December Meeting
Agence France Presse | Dec. 7, 2003 GENEVA (AFP) - Attempts to get countries back to the negotiating table to relaunch WTO trade talks by a December 15 deadline are in trouble, and diplomats doubt much progress will be made until next year at the earliest. "Due to a lack of time, I do not bel... Continued...

Thursday, December 4, 2003

Bush Raises Steel Money Before Tariff Decision
Reuters | By Randall Mikkelsen | Dec. 2, 2003 PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Bush picked up $850,000 in campaign contributions in America's steel industry heartland on Tuesday even as he prepared to lift tariffs that have been helping steelmakers. Supporters of the tariffs lodged a last-dit... Continued...

Bush Decides to Lift Steep Steel Tariffs
Associated Press | By Martin Crutsinger | Dec. 4, 2003 WASHINGTON - Facing the threat of a trade war, President Bush has decided to lift steep tariffs he imposed on foreign steel 20 months ago, Republican and industry officials said Thursday. But he will soften the blow on the domestic steel ... Continued...

Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Bush, in ""Steel City,"" Skips the ""T"" Word
Los Angeles Times | By Maura Reynolds and Richard Simon | Dec. 3, 2003 PITTSBURGH - Here in "Steel City," President Bush didn't say a word in public Tuesday about the hot political issue of the day: his expected decision to lift the tariffs he imposed on imported steel last year. But it was on... Continued...

Slouching Toward A Trade War?
BusinessWeek | By Paul Magnusson and Rich Miller in Washington, with Dexter Roberts in Beijing, Michael Arndt in Chicago, and Marcia Vickers in New York | Dec. 1, 2003 The Bush Administration doesn't often blink, but when it does, the financial markets take notice. With world equity and currency ... Continued...

Mexico Now Feels Pinch of Cheap Labor
Washington Post | By Mary Jordan | Dec. 3, 2003 SANTA ANA CHIAUTEMPAN, Mexico -- The "China threat," as people around this textile town call it, struck here last week, costing 80 jobs in a factory that makes blankets. "Maybe next time, I'll be the one who gets fired; China is going to make Me... Continued...

Tuesday, December 2, 2003

Bush Avoids Talk of Tariffs in Speech to Auto Workers
Los Angeles Times | By Edwin Chen and Warren Vieth | Dec. 2, 2003 CANTON, Mich. - President Bush pivoted from Iraq to the economy on Monday but, in a speech to auto workers, offered no hint of his coming decision on the issue foremost on the minds of his audience: whether he will extend his tari... Continued...

U.S.-China Trade Tensions Rise
The Christian Science Monitor | By Ron Scherer | Dec. 2, 2003 NEW YORK - The Bush administration is starting to target the "Made in China" label. After listening to businesses complain about losing orders to Chinese companies, the US is starting to impose tariffs on a wide range of Chinese p... Continued...

World Bank Again Giving Large Loans to Indonesia
New York Times | By Jane Perlez | Dec. 2, 2003 JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 1 - After several years of reduced support because of government corruption, the World Bank has decided to increase its loans to Indonesia, even though the bank says corruption is still rampant. The new loans, some of whic... Continued...

Monday, December 1, 2003

Advisers Urge Bush to Drop Steel Tariffs
Associated Press | By Lara Jakes Jordan | Dec. 1, 2003 WASHINGTON - Top White House advisers are recommending that President Bush roll back steep tariffs on foreign-made steel to avoid a global trade war, administration and industry officials said Monday. A senior Bush adviser, speaking on co... Continued...

European Commission Says No Sign of US Steel Tariffs Lifting
Agence France Presse | Dec. 1, 2003 BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission said it had yet to be notified by the United States that Washington was lifting its controversial steel import tariffs, deemed illegal by the World Trade Organization. With a deadline looming this month on retaliator... Continued...

WTO: Japan""s Rules on U.S. Apples Unfair
Associated Press | Dec. 1, 2003 WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick welcomed on Monday a decision last week by a World Trade Organization appeals panel that Japan's restrictions on American apples were illegal. The panel rejected all parts of Japan's appeal of a July 15 rul... Continued...

Friday, November 28, 2003

US Wins Extra Time before WTO Adopts Ruling against Steel Tariffs
Agence France Presse | Nov. 28, 2003 GENEVA (AFP) - The European Union and seven other countries have agreed to delay the adoption of a WTO ruling against US steel tariffs, in a possible sign that Washington is preparing to drop the measures and avoid retaliatory sanctions, officials indicated. ... Continued...