World Trade Organization

RDA-based approach to maximum vitamin levels breaches WTO rules, says CRN

28-Oct-2011 By Elaine Watson

Countries that set maximum levels of vitamins in supplements based on RDAs (recommended dietary allowances) are out of step with the latest science and are violating three different World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, according to a legal analysis...

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GM: Breaking the stalemate

23-Jun-2008

Food industry voices are joining those of politicians in the GM debate, hailing the controversial technology as the answer to the food supply crisis. But the hearts and minds of consumers must still be won.

EU, US heading for conflict over dairy taxes

14-Mar-2008 By Chris Jones

The European Commission's ambassador to the United States, John
Bruton, has strongly criticized proposals that would tax imported
dairy products to pay for US promotional programs.

Friesland rethinks Dutch dairy production

15-Jun-2007 By Neil Merrett

Friesland Foods this week announced plans to scale down
its production facilities in the Netherlands in a bid to brace
itself for wide scale changes within the EU's dairy market.

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WTO's failure is food industry's loss

31-Jul-2006

The short sighted failure of greedy WTO trading partners to achieve
any sort of meaningful agreement on global agricultural tariffs is
bad for Europe's food industry.

CAFTA has no impact on supplements law, says AHPA

01-Aug-2005

The American Herbal Products Association is endeavoring to quell
fears that the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),
passed on Thursday, will have an impact on US dietary supplements
regulations, writes Jess Halliday.

Shrimp trading dispute sends glucosamine prices skyward

25-Jun-2004

Glucosamine prices are currently soaring as major producer
countries are hit by a shortage of raw materials that looks set to
continue well into next year, reports Dominique Patton.

WTO investigates protected products

17-Oct-2003

Global tugs of war continue in the trade zone with the the WTO
agreeing to demands from the US and Australia to examine Europe's
rules on the protection of place and product names.

World trade talks fail

16-Sep-2003

Global trade talks collapsed at the weekend with rich and poor
countries in a clash over farm aid as developing nations held out
for a better deal.

EU food industry supports 'balanced framework'

09-Sep-2003

On the eve of the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, the
Confederation of the food and drink industries of the EU, the voice
of the €600 billion European food and drink industry, urges WTO
members to come to a balanced framework...

WTO, winners and losers

27-Aug-2003

As the countdown to the September rendez-vous for WTO global trade
negotiations in Cancun in Mexico begins, European agriculture
commissioner Franz Fischler shares his views on globalisation and
the market economy, and in particular,...

Food safety too politicised, claims think-tank

04-Jul-2003

Food safety is making international headlines as the United States
and the European Union continue to take dramatically different
positions over this contentious issue. A food policy think-tank
raises concerns that these transatlantic...

US biotech WTO move knocked by EU

14-May-2003

So, they went ahead and did it anyway. Despite imminent changes to
the European legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs),
re-iterated by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy just this week,
the US has gone ahead and filed...

China set to lift organic output

03-Apr-2002

Chinese farmers are likely to increase organic output in a bid to
find lucrative new export markets, reports the China Daily.
Increasingly high non-tariff barriers by importing countries have
made it hard for China to export many...