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United
States Wins in WTO Challenge to Canadian Dairy Subsidies |
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Appellate
body decides that
Canada continues to provide illegal subsidies to its dairy
industry, even after revising its practices due to previous
losses. WTO findings
establish a precedent that will help prevent other countries
from adopting similar export subsidy schemes harmful to U.S.
agricultural industries. (12/20/02) |
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WTO
Committee Chair Releases Overview
of Negotiations on Agriculture |
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Comprehensive
and substantive review of possible modalities to be conducted
at a negotiations session of the Agriculture Committee next
month. (12/18/02) |
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United
States Files WTO Case on Monopolistic Canadian Wheat Board |
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Aggressive
pursuit of fair trade for American farmers includes
challenging Canada's
requirements to segregate imported grain in their grain
handling system and a discriminatory policy that affects U.S.
grain access to Canada's rail transportation system. (12/17/02) |
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More
Information About the Upcoming Ministerial Conference
and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology Now Available |
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More
information is now available about the upcoming ministerial
conference on agricultural Science and Technology announced
early this month by Secretary Veneman. (12/16/02) |
U.S.
and Chile Conclude Historic Free Trade Agreement |
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The U.S.- Chile
FTA is the first comprehensive trade agreement between the United States
and a South American country.
 Statement
by Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
(12/11/02)
Press
Release from USTR (12/11/02)
Summary
of the Agreement (.pdf)
Benefits
to the United States (.pdf) |
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Veneman
and China's Minister of Science and Technology Sign Protocol
on Cooperation in Agriculture Science and Technology |
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Agriculture
Secretary Ann M. Veneman and China’s Minister of Science and
Technology Xu Guanhua today signed a Protocol on Cooperation
in Agriculture Science and Technology. The
protocol will encourage collaborative research in such
important areas as agricultural biotechnology and the
agricultural environment.
Text of Protocol
(12/10/02) |
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Veneman
Announces Agricultural Science and Technology Ministerial
Conference |
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Announces
plans for ministerial-level conference to be held June 23-25, 2003 in Sacramento, Calif.,
during speech to the International Food Policy and Research
Institute. Transcript
of remarks.
(12/06/02) |
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U.S.
WTO Proposal on Export Credits |
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The
United States has proposed disciplines on export credits, credit guarantees, and export credit
insurance. |
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U.S.
Agricultural Exports Forecast at $57 Billion for Fiscal Year 2003 |
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The
forecast is $3.7 billion over the $53.3 billion for
fiscal 2002. (12/02/02)
Read
the full report at ERS
FAS
Analysis of Report Forecast |
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Featured
Reports |
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12/31
U.S.
Un-manufactured Tobacco Exports January Through October
12/31 New
Aquatic Product Regulations for The People's Republic of China
12/31 U.S.
Seafood Exports Slightly Down in October 2002
12/31 Greece
Retail Food Sector 2002
12/20 Building
Natural and Cultural Components in the Caribbean:
Wood Products
12/20 United
Kingdom Fishery Products Annual 2002
12/20 Vietnam's
Emerging Markets: Wood Products
12/17 Argentina:
Heavy Rains Have Affected Wheat
12/17 Recent
Adjustment of the NDM Support Price Opens the Possibility of
Commercial
Exports if International Prices Continue Rising
12/16 Russia
and Ukraine: Cold Snap in Winter Grain Zone
12/16 Argentina:
Peanut Area Declines
12/13 Global
Crop Watch
12/12 Cotton:
Uzbekistan FAS Trip Report 11/2002
12/11 China's
Cotton
Consumption Forecast Grows Despite Stagnant World Demand
12/11 U.S.
Rice Exports: Record 2003 Forecast
12/11 U.S.
Share of World Soybean Exports Continue to Decline
12/06 Brazil Coffee Crop in 2002/03 Revised Upward to 51.6 Million
bags
12/06 Global
Crop Watch
12/04 Dairy,
Livestock and Poultry Quarterly Trade Update: FY 2003
Forecast at
Record
Despite Downturn in Poultry Sector
12/02 China:
Trip Report, September 2002
12/02 Malaysia:
Irregular Rainfall Balances to Average for Palm Oil
12/02 U.S.
Exports of Horticultural Products To Countries of the Proposed
FTAA
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World
Production, Market and Trade Reports |
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USDA
Schedules
2003 Release Dates
for World Market and Trade Reports
12/31 Tobacco:
World Markets and Trade
12/31 Fishery
Products Monthly Circular
12/26 U.S.
Planting Seed Trade
12/20 Wood Products: Third Quarter
Trade Edition
12/17 Dairy: World Markets and Trade
12/16 Dairy:
Monthly Imports
12/11 Cotton: World Markets and Trade
12/11 Grains: World Markets and
Trade
12/11 Oilseeds: World
Markets and Trade
12/10 Early release
-- Cotton Data PDF
Excel
12/10 World
Agricultural Production -- PDF
Data
12/06 Tropical Products:
World Markets and Trade
12/02 World Horticultural
Trade and U.S. Export Opportunities
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Federal
Register Notices |
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12/20 Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of
Currently Approved Information Collections
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Export
Sales |
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Archival export sales
reports are kept only one month. |
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