TRADE:   Europe Grapples With the Future of ACP Sugar Imports
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BRUSSELS, Mar 9 (IPS) - The European Union (EU) has imported sugar at  preferential prices from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries  since the 1970s; but, failed sugar reform within the union and  the prospect of unlimited imports from Least Developed Countries  (LDCs) in the near future have put a question mark over this  arrangement.
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Imperial Sugar appears to be a lot sweeter than it was a year ago, but challenges remain.
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The restoration of special trade concessions means that Serbian sugar producers will now be able to export sugar at around 600 euros (US$724) per tonne, up from 200 euros (US$241) per tonne.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Caribbean governments have alleged that the  European Union is trying to prevent them from signing trade deals  with other poor countries on their own terms.
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LONDON - As we recover from the battle for the last piece of pumpkin pie over the Thanksgiving holiday, consider the much bigger food fight brewing between the United States and the European Union.
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The country is split over a possible permanent trade deal with the US.
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The World Trade Organization ruled that as much as half of European Union sugar exports are illegal, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said, handing a victory to his country as well as Brazil and Thailand.
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Joining the European Union has proved profitable for sugar farmers in Poland, but this could be about to change.
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While the market in Central and South America is growing faster than the U.S., Asia, and most of Europe, it still faces some challenges that need to be overcome.
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Brazil&#39;s Ministry of Foreign Relations is commemorating two World Trade Organization decisions that were favorable to Brazil. The decisions, which are now official, concerned EU and US subsidies on sugar and cotton, repectively.
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Trade, apart from peace and prosperity, is always held up as the great EU success story. If only the EU could get its act together in other areas, such as foreign affairs, it would be a global power, the argument runs.
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Splits appeared within the European Union over the role of the blocâs trade chief, Peter Mandelson, in getting global trade talks moving again last weekend. Mr. Mandelson and other ministers from trade powers met Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, and agreed to push ahead with negotiations aimed at getting a deal for the World Trade Organizationâs Doha round. The round was suspended last July as a result of big differences, chiefly over farm trade, and it risks running out of time soon. France, a longtime defender of Europeâs agricultural interests, criticized Mr. Mandelson over the Davos meeting, accusing him of going beyond his authority. Franceâs criticisms were echoed by Austriaâs farm minister. Germany, which holds the European Union presidency, supports Mr. Mandelson, said Michael Glos, the German economics minister.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 7 (IPS) - The European Commission and a grouping of   countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the  Pacific are no  nearer an agreement on trade liberalisation after their  latest  effort.
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As the Kyoto climate protocol comes into effect, European industries fear losing a competitive edge to U.S. rivals.
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WASHINGTON Ã - The US sugar industry is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the nomination of Kellogg Co. Chief Executive Carlos Gutierrez to be the new secretary of the Commerce Department.
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The European Union on Monday formally proposed an overhaul of its banana import program at the World Trade Organization with a tariff that has been criticized by exporters from Latin America and their competitors in Africa and the Caribbean.
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KAMPALA, Aug 29  (IPS) - Coffee producers in Uganda suffer from an unfair  trade relationship with Europe, even though their beans produce  some of the best quality coffee in the world, says the Ugandan  coffee industry&#39s governing body.