BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil revealed on Monday a preliminary list of U.S. patents and intellectual property rights it could restrict unless both countries settle a long-standing dispute over U.S. cotton aid. It is the second set of measures Brazil has unveiled in ...
A sharp drop in world prices has almost halved cotton production in Africa over five years, the African Cotton Association announced Wednesday, saying the sector faced an "acute crisis." The price drop along with soaring costs for agricultural inputs have forced African ...
Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory. After meeting with Brazilian Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge and cabinet chief ...
A US senator on Tuesday warned advocates of escalating a trade dispute with Brazil that the South American giant would have "a lot of friends" around the world if Washington took such action. "You would be shocked at how much international support ...
Brazil said Monday it would raise tariffs on 591 million dollars worth of US products in the latest twist in its showdown over US cotton subsidies it has blasted as unfair. The list of about 100 products included luxury consumer items such ...
Brazil announces trade sanctions on US goods like cars, fruit because of US cotton subsidies Brazil announced trade sanctions on a range of American goods Monday in retaliation for the United States' failure to eliminate billions in illegal cotton subsidies — a ...
PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's food safety agency has used partial evidence to approve genetically modified crops, including a GM potato developed by BASF, and should overhaul its methods, a French environment minister said. France has previously invoked environmental risks to suspend cultivation ...
Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying the film is unfair to many of the nation's farmers and shouldn't ...
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Flood of post-quake donated and subsidized US rice dismays Haitian farmers Haiti's rice farmers are dismayed. It's nearly harvest time in this fertile valley where the bulk of Haiti's food is grown, and they're competing once again with cheap U.S. imported rice. ...
