Finland, ACP countries united against EU sugar reform
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Sugar-producing developing countries and Finland hope for a more moderate reform of the sugar market than hitherto proposed.
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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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BRUSSELS, Nov 10 (IPS) - Trade unions are coming together to protest EU  proposals on liberalising services in the internal market.
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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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Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Thursday spoke against suggestions to transfer to government the final authority to deploy Finnish troops as part of the European Union's rapid response force.
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France, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden are violating European Union law by favoring chips made by Intel over rival AMD when they buy computers, the European Commission said in formal charges filed on Wednesday.
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BUDAPEST, Aug 15 (IPS) - The European Union has agreed on a document to  reform itself institutionally, but Brussels is beginning to  understand it will have to get used to tough opposition from some  of its Eastern European member states.
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During the Ryder Cup, European nations put aside historical rivalries and stand united for their shared team.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 8  (IPS) - Sugar producing countries and civil society groups  have cautiously welcomed a WTO  ruling against the European  Union's controversial sugar regime as a "triumph"  for  most developing countries, but warn that poorest sugar  producers could be hit  hardest.
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Prime Minister and President disagree on globalisation policy Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) takes a much more positive view of the consequences of globalisation than President Tarja Halonen.
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International health experts meeting in Norway accused the sugar industry of concealing the risks that the sweet stuff poses to people's health worldwide.
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Finland believes that in a much globalized world, peace and prosperity are deeply related, while the only tool to solve the problems is multilateralism, Tarja Halonen, president of the Republic of Finland said ...
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BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (IPS) - European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson  has distanced himself from a pledge to enable African countries  revise a series of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)  recently clinched with Brussels.
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Latin America's agricultural giant scored two trade victories Wednesday against rich countries' farm subsidies after the World Trade Organization agreed with Brazil that its farmers have been hurt by government assistance for U.S. cotton farmers and European Union sugar beet growers.
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Twenty European Union countries are opposed to compromise proposals on agriculture floated by a World Trade Organisation mediator as part of a bid to rescue global trade talks, France said on Monday.
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Finland's Speaker of Parliament Paavo Lipponen (SDP), who served as Prime Minister during eight of the ten years that Finland has been a member of the European Union, feels that the period of Finnish EU ...
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Islamic republic says draft resolution presented by EU countries to IAEA is contrary to Paris accord. TEHRAN - A draft resolution presented by European countries to the board of the UN&#39;s nuclear watchdog runs