EU farm chief wraps up Washington listening tour
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The European Union's agriculture commissioner said she had used talks here to listen to the new Democratic majority in Congress rather than to negotiate on the WTO.
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GEORGE W.Bush is extending an olive branch to Europe with a vow to work for a Palestinian state by 2009 and is promising a trans-Atlantic visit to key capitals soon after his inauguration in January.
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The president said he had directed the secretary of state to work with Europeans to 'âdevelop further sanctions.â'
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Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns will likely be leaving for Washington to be the next secretary of agriculture. President George W. Bush names Nebraska Gov.
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President Bush today named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the 28th US Secretary of Agriculture. Johanns was midway through his second term as Governor when the announcement was made.
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EU ministers ended 18 months of squabbling on Tuesday over new rules for organic farming and came up with a labeling system that will tell consumers exactly what they are buying on the supermarket shelves.
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The European Union's incoming agriculture commissioner said Wednesday that the bloc's multibillion dollar farm subsidy program should remain under the control of the EU's head office and not be handed back to national authorities.
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BRUSSELS, Aug. 26 -- The United States will have to wait until next year to see its fight with the European Union over biotech foods resolved, as the World Trade Organization agreed to an E.U. request to bring scientists into the debate, officials said Thursday.
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&#39;&#39;Sono pronto a farmi da parte e quindi do le dimissioni per favorire il percorso della Commissione Barroso&#39;&#39;. Lo ha annunciato il ministro delle Politiche comunitarie, Rocco Buttiglione, in una conferenza nella sede dell&#39;Associazione stampa estera.
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Europe&#39;s farm chief unveiled an  ambitious five-year plan on Wednesday that offers generous cash  rewards to winemakers to encourage them to dig up some of their  grape vines, hoping to drain the EU&#39;s substantial &quot;wine lakes.&quot;
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European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson wrapped up three days of &quot;exploratory&quot; meetings with US leaders aimed at reviving the WTO's stalled drive to tear down commercial barriers.
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Ottawa -- Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell is meeting with his US counterpart today in New York to lobby for an end to the costly mad-cow crisis, which began 15 months ago with the discovery of single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy on a ranch
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US Treasury Secretary John W. Snow began a European tour yesterday, aiming to highlight the need for stronger economic growth in Europe as Washington tries to blunt criticism over massive
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President Thabo Mbeki will tomorrow leave for his official visit to Belgium, the Netherlands and the European Union (EU), Ronnie Mamoepa, the foreign affairs spokesperson, said.
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Brussels could help Nokia workers who lose their jobs when the mobile phone giant closes a factory in Germany to shift production to Romania, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosso said in an interview to appear on Monday.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, in concluding her visit to the Netherlands yesterday, addressed members of her delegation, primarily business-persons. She expressed hope that contacts made with Dutch ...
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(WHITE HOUSE) - President Bush said his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture is &quot;a faithful friend to America&#39;s farmers.&quot;.