Attaché Report -
EU loses appeal in WTO EU Sugar Export Subsidies Panel
(.pdf)
The EU has lost its appeal on the WTO Sugar Panel, with the Appellate
Body upholding that both C sugar exports (over quota production) and ACP
re-exports should be counted against the EU’s WTO export subsidy limits.
(04/28/05)
Attaché Report -
Least Favored Nation: Impact of EU Trade Agreements on U.S.
Agriculture (.pdf)
Liberalized trade between the European Union and third countries
will continue to grow and have an adverse effect on U.S. producers.
(04/25/05)
USDA Seeking Teachers for Global Agricultural Program
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture today reminded teachers that it is accepting
applications until April 28 for the Foreign Agricultural Service's TEACH
Program to promote awareness of agricultural and environmental sciences
in U.S. schools (04/21/05)
Technical Experts Travel To Japan And Korea To Facilitate Resumption Of U.S.
Beef Exports
Agriculture Secretary Mike
Johanns today announced that a team of experts on Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE) will travel to South Korea and Japan as part of the
continuing efforts to resume U.S. beef and beef product exports.
(04/18/05)
The Forces Shaping World Cotton Consumption After the Multifiber
Arrangement
The elimination of the MFA is
helping reduce clothing prices in the United States and the EU and effecting
a shift in industrial demand for cotton to China, India, and Pakistan.
(Report by the Economic Research Service, USDA; 04/15/05)
USDA Grants Trade Adjustment Assistance To Lychee Producers In Florida
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service
recertified a petition for lychee producers in Florida under the Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for farmers program. The producers may apply for
TAA benefits through July 11, 2005. (04/12/05)
USDA Grants Trade Adjustment Assistance To Shrimp Producers In Arizona
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service
recertified a petition for shrimp producers in Arizona under the Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for farmers program. The producers may apply for
TAA benefits through July 11, 2005. (04/12/05)
Transcript of remarks by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
regarding The Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade
Agreement
(04/11/05)
Statement by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding U.S. Rice Sale to
Iraq
(04/07/05)
Taiwan Reopens Market For U.S. Beef Products
The USDA today announced that Taiwan is lifting its ban on U.S.
boneless beef from animals under 30 months of age effective April
16, 2005.
(04/07/05)
Canada, Mexico And United States Release
Harmonized North American BSE Strategy
Science-based
framework of risk management measures for BSE was developed to help
normalize trade in ruminants and ruminant products within North America and
to promote an international BSE strategy consistent with World Organization
for Animal Health (OIE) guidelines. (04/01/05)
Transcript Of Tele-News Conference With Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns
At The 27th Ministerial Of The Cairns Group - Cartagena, Colombia
(03/31/05)
Statement By Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Cairns Ministerial
And Colombia Bilateral (03/31/05)
U.S., Canadian Agriculture Officials Issue Joint Statement During Cairns
Group Ministerial
Minister Andy
Mitchell, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Secretary Mike Johanns, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, met in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss BSE and
other matters of
mutual importance to agriculture in their two countries.
(03/31/05)
U.S. Officials
Discuss Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement During
March 28 Webcast
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns, Under Secretary
for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services J.B. Penn and Chief U.S.
Agriculture Negotiator Allen F. Johnson held a tele-news conference
on a variety of agricultural issues including the Central
American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). (03/28/05)
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USDA Grants Trade Adjustment Assistance To
Concord Grape Producers In New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service approved a petition
filed by Concord juice grape producers in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
for benefits under the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for farmers
program. The producers may apply for TAA benefits between March 28, 2005,
and June 27, 2005. (03/28/05)
