US pushes Asia to slash farm subsidies, open up services sector
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The United States pushed Asian economies to make significant cuts in farm subsidies and open up their services sector to ensure the success of multilateral trade talks.
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The Bush administration proposed changing the name of food stamps, the premiere U.S. anti-hunger program, and some of the rules for qualifying for federal help for buying food on Wednesday.
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Continued robust expansion in developing countries will help offset a slowdown in the United States this year amid concerns of a possible recession in the world's largest economy
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The recent trips by President Bush and Secretary Rice signal a US push for a holistic, regional solution.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush plans to seek  support from China and other key allies at the Asia-Pacific  summit to help resurrect talks with North Korea over its  nuclear weapons program, White House officials said on Friday.
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The U.S. government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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Trying to tighten the federal budget, the Bush administration on Wednesday proposed to reduce farm payments $18 billion over the next five years.
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The United States is set to offer  "all appropriate assistance" to Asian countries hit on Sunday  by a powerful earthquake and the giant waves it generated, a  White House spokesman said.
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The United States should abandon its   $20 billion-a-year farm subsidy system in favor of programs   that protect farmer income through insurance policies and land   stewardship, a blue-ribbon panel said on Wednesday.
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US companies such as FedEx Corp. and New York Life Insurance Co. are pleading with President George W. Bush to start discussions on a Pacific Rim free-trade bloc as he heads to this weekend&#39;s regional economic summit.
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A proposal that would cut billions in government subsidies to U.S. farmers is unlikely to inject new momentum into the Doha round of global trade talks.
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A few years ago, American aid to Lebanon was measured in the number of dairy cows a U.S. program gave to farmers. Now it is in the hundreds of millions of dollars, plus military help, as Washington tries to prop up a government seen as threatened by Iran and Syria.
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The United States is focusing on providing clean water and basic sanitation in South Asian areas hit by an earthquake and tsunamis, to try to prevent illness and more deaths among survivors.
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US President George W Bush has announced that a delegation of experts led by Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel to Asia on Sunday to assess the need for further US assistance.
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US president proposes stimulus package of about $145b to stave off recession as economy struggles
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The Bush administration proposed changes yesterday to a little-used agricultural guest-worker program that would provide incentives for farmers to hire foreigners legally.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 15 -- The United States, under a barrage of criticism from developing countries, agreed today to accept a framework for future climate change talks that would compel industrialized countries to provide measurable technological and financial aid to lesser-off nations if they...