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Australia and New Zealand Criticize the US Subsidies to Dairy Exports [25 May 2009]  
The US move to re-introduce subsidies to 92,000 tons of dairy exports including milk powder, butter and cheese has been decried by both major dairy producing nations New Zealand and Australia. Prime M  ...More
Tags: Australia     New Zealand     agriculture    
Indo-US FTA will be a Reality if Agriculture is excluded [30 Jun 2009]  
FICCI president Harsh Pati Singhania while concluding his week-long trip to the US stated that instead of waiting for long, it was in the interest of both the countries to move forward with an Indo-US  ...More
Tags: Indo-US     fta     agriculture    
New Mexico Gov Calls the Trade Mission to Cuba Productive [26 Aug 2009]  
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson after meeting up with the top political and trade representatives of Cuba to promote agri-business has stated the exchanges among them were ‘very positive’. Richard  ...More
Tags: New Mexico     Cuba     agriculture    
US Farm Bureau Laments Trade Deal Delays Ahead of Annual Meet [08 Jan 2010]  
An official of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the largest farm organization in the US said delays by Obama administration to strike trade deals with potential countries and blocs were cau  ...More
Tags: US    AFBF    Barack Obama    trade    FTA    agriculture    ASEAN    
US-Mexico Truck Dispute Enters Hope Highway [10 Feb 2010]  
A meeting between two top government representatives from the US and Mexico suggests the Obama administration’s revocation of the pilot program will be lifted soon to end the one year old trade spat.  ...More
Tags: US    Mexico    economy    NAFTA    agriculture    
New Nature-friendly Plastics to Revolutionize Global Industry [23 Feb 2010]  
A versatile bio-degradable plastic being developed by a group of scientists at the Imperial College London is all set to transform the packaging industry as well as the healthcare. According to the r  ...More
Tags: plastics    industry    EPSRC    food    agriculture    
Vietnam Dismisses Taiwanese Charges on Chinese Goods [26 Feb 2010]  
A Vietnamese trade representative to Taipei rebutted the allegations of dried day lily from China being routed through his country to bypass Taiwanese restrictions on Chinese agricultural products. Hi  ...More
Tags: Vietnam    DPP    VECO    Taiwan    agriculture    
US-Cuba May Hammer out a Deal Soon Despite Divergences [27 Apr 2010]  
The two events, the legislation passed by the US House of Representatives easing travel and trade restrictions and recent municipal election in Cuba suggest the US will end the 48yr-old embargo agains  ...More
Tags: US    Cuba    Barack Obama    rice    agriculture    
US Rice Farmers Let down by South Korea FTA [23 Dec 2010]  
A senior official from the US Rice Federation informed in an interview that the recent FTA between the US and South Korea had been a disappointment. While speaking to the Farm Press, Bob Cummings, sen  ...More
Tags: Rice     Grain Trade     US Farmers     Agriculture     FTA