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U. S. finalizes meat label rule, WTO dispute looms

By Charles Abbott December 18, 2008

The White House is on track to finalize rules that require country-of-origin labels on meat sold in U. S. grocery stores and are challenged by Canada as a violation of world trade rules, officials said Dec. 10. Labelling became mandatory on Sept. 30 under an interim rule. The Agriculture Department says it will allow a

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Instability feared without world trade deal

By Jonathan Lynn December 18, 2008

“If we don’t buy all that stuff from China, they’re not going to buy it themselves, no matter how much the government spends.” – Economist Richard Baldwin World Trade Organization (WTO) members need to lock in existing levels of liberalization rather than pushing for further gains, or they jeopardize a Doha trade agreement and risk

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Crunch time again at WTO

By Alex Binkley December 11, 2008

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says he and Trade Minister Stockwell Day are ready to fly to Geneva for a ministerial meeting this month aimed at reaching an agreement on a new international trade deal. “We’re ready to go,” the minister said in an interview when asked about reports that WTO negotiations during the last few

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Possibility of renewed WTO talks

By Allan Dawson December 11, 2008

The moribund World Trade Organization (WTO) talks that collapsed in Geneva in July might yet be resurrected this month – if only there’s a solid chance for a deal. “If it doesn’t work in December I think the general opinion is it won’t happen again for another six months,” Graham Clarke, acting executive director of

Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Cattle producers plan COOL survival strategy

By Ron Friesen December 11, 2008

Canadian livestock producers have finally succeeded in getting the federal government to initiate a World Trade Organization challenge to the U. S. country-of-origin meat labelling rule. Their task now is to live with COOL while the WTO case makes its long and torturous way through the system. It could take up to three years to

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Skim milk powder surpluses rise again

By Ron Friesen December 11, 2008

A perennial problem with surplus milk powder stocks has re-emerged to plague Canada’s dairy industry. Year-end stocks of skim milk powder are five times higher than they were for the previous year, according to the Canadian Dairy Commission. This increase comes at a time when falling world milk prices restrict the commission’s ability to remove

Hogs, News

Canada takes COOL to WTO

By Ron Friesen December 4, 2008

“… a needless and expensive thickening of the border.” – Gerry Ritz Canada has launched a WTO trade action against the U. S. mandatory country-of-origin meat labelling rule. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Stockwell Day made the announcement at a news conference in Ottawa Monday. The Canadian government has initiated formal

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WTO diplomats push for trade deal — again

By Jonathan Lynn December 4, 2008

Trade negotiators will step up work for a new global pact following a call from the weekend G20 summit but have not agreed on a date for ministers to come to Geneva to seek a breakthrough, diplomats said Nov. 17. Leaders of the G20 group of major rich and emerging economies agreed recently to try

Cereals, News

Throne speech light on details for farmers

By Alex Binkley November 27, 2008

“We will invest billions of dollars in renewable energy sources, including biofuels, wind, solar, geothermal and tidal power.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper Agriculture got more mention than usual in the throne speech and the first remarks by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the start of the new Parliament last week, but with scant few

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Potash miners ratify deal:

November 20, 2008

About 500 miners and processing workers at PotashCorp’s Allan, Cory and Patience Lake mines near Saskatoon, represented by the United Steelworkers, have approved a new three-year contract retroactive to May 1. Last Thursday’s vote ends a 99-day strike which by itself strengthened market fundamentals for potash producers, by limiting supplies. Workers get raises and other

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California researchers create nitrogen-fixing wheat

Tag Archives World Trade Organization

U. S. finalizes meat label rule, WTO dispute looms

Instability feared without world trade deal

Crunch time again at WTO

Possibility of renewed WTO talks

Cattle producers plan COOL survival strategy

Skim milk powder surpluses rise again

Canada takes COOL to WTO

WTO diplomats push for trade deal — again

Throne speech light on details for farmers

Potash miners ratify deal:

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