EU ponders sugar reforms
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EU agriculture ministers are to discuss urgent reforms to Europe's heavily subsidised sugar industry.
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Netherlands ministers are due to meet to decide whether to hold a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty.
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European Union foreign ministers gather Friday to assess whether the EU&#39;s new treaty of reforms can be finalised on time next month amid fears that Poland could block an agreement.
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The European Parliament suggests a possible solution to a dispute over the definition of vodka.
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Wine producers from new European Union members in central and eastern Europe say that EU&#39;s plans to reform the wine sector will come at their expense and could have &quot;dramatic&quot; implications.
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The European Union launched talks Monday to finalise a treaty of badly-needed reforms, amid concerns that Poland might open a political can of worms by demanding major changes.
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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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The EU says it could suspend accession talks with Turkey and other countries if they backtrack on reforms.
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The European Union said Wednesday it would consider appealing a World Trade Organization ruling that found its subsidies to European sugar producers violate global trade rules.
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The World Trade Organisation said that existing reforms to the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy fell short of liberalising farming and called for more cuts in support for EU farmers.
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BELGRADE, Feb 12 (IPS) - Sweet talk on the joys of European Union (EU)  membership is quite a favourite among leaders of the Balkans,  particularly in their public appearances. But when it comes to  serious talk, the EU looks quite far.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) - An EU âaction planâ to soften the blow from  proposed sugar reforms is not good enough, some of the poorest  developing countries say.
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Ireland's lone sugar processor Greencore Sugar is to cease operating at its Carlow production facility in anticipation of the pending EU reform of the sugar industry, Tom Armitage reports.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 4 (IPS) - The Brazilian government and farmers celebrated a  third triumph so far this year against the farm subsidies shelled  out by the industrialised North after the World Trade  Organisation (WTO) handed down an interim ruling Wednesday that  found that the European Union (EU) is illegally dumping millions  of tons of subsidised sugar on the world market.
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The European Union told the World Trade Organization on Monday that its appeal against WTO's sugar subsidies ruling will be filed Jan. 13, trade officials said.
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From Commons grilling on public sector reform to a missed lunch at the heart of Europe
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Europe's longstanding scheme to   subsidize school milk may soon come in for an overhaul to stop   too much public cash being spent on less healthy high-fat dairy   products, European Commission officials said on Monday.