EU needs to deepen agriculture reform to be world trade friendly: WTO
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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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BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (IPS) - Europe is undermining its own efforts to strengthen  African agriculture by foisting free trade on the continent, a  Ghanaian farm leader has complained.
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The European Union cannot accept an agreement to resolve WTO free-trade talks on &quot;any terms,&quot; EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Tuesday after France promised to veto any deal threatening French agriculture.
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German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer on Friday said the European Union and South America should be &quot;more flexible&quot; in their efforts to establish the world&#39;s biggest free-trade area.
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The EU asks the WTO to intervene in its attempts to open the Indian market to wine and spirits exports.
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Europe must ensure biofuels do not become an environmental threat in coming years, the EU trade chief says.
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Negotiators met Friday at the World Trade Organization for formal farm talks, capping a weeklong series of informal discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.
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The European Union called Monday for more movement from its partners in World Trade Organisation talks after WTO chief Pascal Lamy injected a sense of urgency into attempts to revive the negotiations.
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Negotiators gathered Friday at the World Trade Organization for formal farm talks, capping a weeklong series of informal discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has again declared some European Union sugar exports illegal, dealing a new blow to the bloc&#39;s lavish system of farm subsidies, a trade source close to the case said Wednesday.
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Higher level political involvement,  including regular summits, is needed to inject dynamism and  efficiency into the World Trade Organization (WTO), a body once  dubbed "medieval," according to a report on Monday.
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The European Union&#039;s chief agricultural trade negotiator has urged Washington to make new concessions on subsidies to US farmers, saying the move was crucial to reviving stalled talks on liberalising global commerce.
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World trade talks have made a lot of  progress in the past year but the final outcome will depend  largely on the willingness of advanced developing countries to  open their markets, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said  on Monday.
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THE HAGUE, Sep 28  (IPS) - The EU should introduce fair trade rules as the  best way to promote development,  experts said at a conference  here Tuesday.
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The European Union is likely to  toughen up entry requirements next week for U.S. long-grain  rice to avoid an unauthorized biotech strain, possibly making  EU governments conduct compulsory rather than just random  testing.
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The European Union said Wednesday it was looking forward to including Florida oranges and other U.S. products in its system of protecting traditional regional foods following a World Trade Organization ruling on the issue.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has again declared some European Union sugar exports illegal, dealing a new blow to the bloc's lavish system of farm subsidies, a trade source close to the case said Wednesday.