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More Transparency Needed From China

geneva/reuters China must make its farm sector more transparent and fairer to foreign competition, the United States told the World Trade Organization s agriculture committee Sept. 29, as it reviewed China s first decade in the world trade body. Despite years of U.S. complaints, China still charged 13 per cent value-added tax on imported wheat,
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Algeria Invites Interest From Farmland Investors

Algeria has for the first time formally invited expressions of interest from investors, including foreigners, seeking to acquire stakes in the country s farming sector. Agriculture in Algeria, an energy-exporting former French colony, has been largely closed to foreign investment but the government is cautiously opening up the sector to try to increase productivity and
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WTO Should Seek Smaller-Scale Doha Deal

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The long-running Doha round of talks will fail to reach a deal to broadly liberalize global trade this year, and should instead seek a smal ler-scale agreement in the near term, Australia s trade minister said last Friday. The Cairns Group of 19 agricultural exporters, including Australia, Canada, Brazil and Argentina, met in Saskatoon last
Livestock

Cairns Group Looks To Break The Impasse

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Representatives of more than 25 countries are in Saskatoon this week looking for a way to break the deadlock in the WTO negotiations. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and his Australian counterpart are chairing the two-day Cairns Group meeting from Sept. 7 to 9. The group, which held its inaugural meeting in the Aussie city, has
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Brazil: The World’s 21st Century Breadbasket

Brazil has for centuries been known as a leading producer and exporter of the world’s breakfast foods – orange juice, coffee, sugar and cocoa. But over the past 2-1/2 decades since the opening of the economy to foreign investment, Latin America’s largest economy has also become a leading producer of important grains and meats, through
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Emerging Fast-Food Nation Indonesia Props Up Wheat Market

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Indonesia will be crowned top Asian wheat importer this year, as higher incomes turn Southeast Asia’s largest economy into a fast-food nation and help to keep global prices on the boil. As affluent Indonesians turn away from rice, their country is vying with Japan to be Asia’s leading wheat buyer, while the latter battles economic
Livestock

Australia Lifts Ban On Live Cattle To Indonesia

CANBERRA/REUTERS Australia’s government removed a monthlong ban on live cattle exports to neighbouring Indonesia July 7, saying it was satisfied the A$320-million trade could resume after a furor over mistreatment of livestock. The minority government has been under pressure from ranchers to overturn the ban, put in place after television footage showed cattle being beaten,
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Will The New Recipe Work?

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On Feb. 4, Prime Minister Harper and U.S. President Obama created a U.S.-Canada Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) with a mandate to reduce regulatory red tape at the border. The leaders pledged to remove barriers to the trade of goods between the two countries, with specific reference to food. Food and agricultural products were highlighted because
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COOL Outcome At WTO Still Has Long Way To Go

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Don’t expect the U.S. country-of-origin labelling dispute to be over any time soon, despite a reported World Trade Organizat ion panel rul ing against it. A final outcome could still be years away, even if Canada does win the WTO case, said Kevin Grier, a livestock analyst with the George Morris Centre. “It’s going to
Beef cattle, News

Wto Backs Canada On COOL

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Canada appears to have won at least a partial victory in challenging a U.S. country-of-origin rule for labelling meat sold in grocery stores. Media reports last week said a World Trade Organization dispute panel ruling favours a trade challenge by Canada and Mexico against the COOL regulation. If so, it would overturn key portions of

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