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May 10, 2004
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Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks   |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2005
Brian Gorman |
The Cotton Effect The WTO's ruling against U.S. cotton subsidies may mean changes for agricultural-product firms. It's a point that investors may want to keep in mind. |
Food Processing
September 2007
Cal Dooley |
Power Lunch: Reform, don't just renew, the farm bill This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions. |
Salon.com
May 1, 2002
Damien Cave |
Old McDonald had a subsidy Congress is set to hand over $170 billion to farmers. But to one grower of fava beans in California's Central Valley, the money isn't just bad economics -- it's an outright insult... |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Trade Dividend The giant and competitors in agricultural biotechnology should enjoy rising sales in the developed world as subsidies come down. Investors, take note. |
Reason
November 2001
Michael W. Lynch |
Money for Nothing: The Joys of U.S. Farm Policy Why is there a stigma attached to using government-financed stamps to purchase food but no stigma attached to accepting government money to grow the food in the first place? American farm policy is filled with such stumpers... |
Reason
February 2006
Griswold, Slivinski & Preble |
Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc. |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007 |
Farm Bill Under Fire After months of movement through Congress in relative obscurity, the Farm Bill is igniting controversy. Everyone, it seems, is finding something in it not to like. |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004 |
A Breakthrough In Trade Talks? Efforts to unblock stalled multilateral trade talks received a boost with a surprise May 10 offer by the European Union to do away with billions of dollars in agricultural export subsidies. |
Reason
March 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Subsidy Creep American produce growers should get the same treatment as corn and wheat farmers if our farm policy is to be equitable, predictable and beyond challenge. |
Reason
November 2007
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Zombie Farmers A July report from the Government Accountability Office found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture paid more than $1 billion in subsidies to 172,801 dead farmers during a six-year period. |
Reason
July 2005
Matt Welch |
Welfare Queen Farm subsidies for the filthy rich: Britain's queen received approximately $1.3 million in farm subsidies... Ted Turner nets a minimum of $698,127... etc. |
Reason
December 2007
Kerry Howley |
Data: Green Acres Willie Nelson's crusade to save the family farm has never been so relevant to Park Avenue. Here is a map that represents Manhattan residents raking in federal agricultural subsidies. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
TradeTension As the volume of world trade grows, trade disagreements also are growing in complexity and number. Here are some key trade disputes that manufacturers should have on their radar. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Boeing's WTO Dilemma A WTO ruling on the Boeing-Airbus dispute could hurt Boeing in the long term. This could be bad news for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
March 25, 2010
Rich Smith |
Boeing vs. Airbus: Surprise! It's a Tie Actually, that's no surprise at all. |
Reason
December 2005
Ronald Bailey |
Data: Escape from Poverty In 2000 the world's eight richest nations set the Millennium Development Goals... Average annual global per capita income fell, in real dollars, from $445 in 1 A.D. to $436 in 1000 A.D. By 1820 it had increased to $667... etc. |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Clements et al. |
Oil Subsidies: Costly and Rising Reducing subsidies worldwide can bring substantial environmental benefits and create much-needed fiscal space |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Brian Gorman |
U.N. Plants Seed for Agribusiness Its endorsement of biotech foods could clear the way for agribusiness in the developing world. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
Collapse in Cancun: The World Trade Agenda Gets Sidetracked Despite a recognition that free trade in theory leads to greater global prosperity, participants at Cancun fell into two general, and opposing, camps. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Alan Bjerga |
Farmers Anxious About USDA's New Policies Organic food, nutrition, and broadband programs are trumping farm payments under Agriculture Secretary Vilsack's initiatives |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Simon Johnson |
The (Food) Price of Success Higher global demand for calories brings inflationary pressure and more. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2005
Roy Mark |
Ag Proposal Could Benefit IT Trade Talks IT trade groups praise U.S. efforts to spark stalled trade talks on broadening the global tech marketplace. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 17, 2003
Cynthia D. Churchwell |
Lessons From a Nasty Trade Dispute Even if the World Trade Organization rules in favor of your country's government, it may not mean the end of a business dispute. Harvard professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro explain why. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Paul Magnusson |
Betting The Farm On Free Trade Bob Stallman is at the center of a storm over the future of American agriculture. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Brian Gorman |
Monsanto's Fallow Wheat Field Monsanto halts development of its controversial genetically modified spring wheat. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2009 |
Business vs. the White House Obama's budget is spurring companies to protest everything from its planned health-care reform to curbs on emissions. |
The Motley Fool
May 9, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Ethanol Hype Fuel AGCO? Farmers aren't as wild about ethanol as traders are ... yet. Investors, with stock prices already up in anticipation of something that'll take a little to work out, be careful to do your own due diligence. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2010
Rich Smith |
Boeing Bags a Big One But has anyone bothered to look inside the WTO ruling? |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Rich Smith |
For Boeing, the Waiting Might Mean Winning Flummoxed by the "complexities" of the case, the World Trade Organization has been forced to postpone issuing even a preliminary decision on Airbus' long-running complaint against Boeing. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2002
Jennie L. Phipps |
Farm Bill Gives Tractor Sales Traction China deal also sparks hope in troubled farm-equipment sector, which is adding new technologies to entice buyers. |
Reason
April 2008
Radley Balko |
Data: Handout Bonanza The Cato Institute researched the total number of subsidies handed out by the federal government since 1970. This chart shows their findings. |
Inc.
January 2005
Elizabeth Wasserman |
Happy Birthday, WTO? An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs. |
BusinessWeek
October 6, 2003
Mark L. Clifford |
Trade: "We Would Like a Fair Deal" India's Commerce & Industry Minister, Arun Jaitley, talks about the failure in Cancun and the future of trade talks. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Dadush & Nielson |
Governing Global Trade The multilateral system that has underpinned world trade for over 50 years is facing serious challenges. |
Food Engineering
February 26, 2007 |
Regulatory Watch The Bush Administration is pushing more than 65 new proposals as part of this year's farm bill., which is getting mixed reviews. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Second Time the Charm? Eight years after an ill-fated initial merger attempt, Monsanto is once again trying to buy cottonseed specialist Delta and Pine Land in an all-cash $1.5 billion proposed merger. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Whitney McFerron et al. |
Those Amber Waves Are Fueling Exports Foreign demand for U.S. grain keeps rising, and farmers have cash to spare. |
Reason
June 2006
Bruce Bartlett |
The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover. |
Delicious Living
October 2007
Frederick L. Kirschenmann |
Eating Fossil Fuels: An Unsustainable Equation When the cost of oil and natural gas goes, farmers have a hard time making ends meet. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: iPath DJ-UBS Grains Index Fund The release of the yearly "Prospective Plantings" report puts this ETF in focus today. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2010
Rich Smith |
Shame, Shame on EU Caught red-handed giving illegal subsidies, Europeans remain defiant. Airbus received $15 billion in illegal "launch aid loans" and $5 billion in other illegal support from European governments. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Bjerga & McFerron |
U.S. Weather Woes May Mean Higher Food Prices With corn fields under water and wheat withering in Western heat, grain prices could soon soar, boosting already high worldwide food costs |
InternetNews
August 23, 2005
Roy Mark |
U.S. Ordered to Clarify Online Casino Rules The World Trade Organization has given the United States until April to clarify its laws permitting Internet betting on horse racing but banning all other types of online gambling. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003 |
Behind Brazil's New Assertiveness Foreign Minister Celso Amorim explains the rationale for its much tougher positions on world and regional trade |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2009
Carol Matlack |
The New Protectionism One country's bailout is another's industrial subsidy. Rising tension could lead to damaging trade wars. |
Science News
February 24, 2007 |
Timeline: From the February 20, 1937, issue Giant spots visible now on the face of the sun... Farm wastes may put money in farmers' pocketbooks... |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2008
Ivanic & Martin |
Ensuring Food Security Trade policy must be complemented by other measures to ensure food is available to all. |
U.S. Banker
September 2009
Anthony Malakian |
Waving the Yellow Flag Agricultural loans are performing better than other credits, but signs of weakness are all around. Will the farm sector be the next shoe to drop? |
Food Processing
July 2011
Dave Fusaro |
Editor's Plate: Time to End the Ethanol Insanity The food vs. fuel debate is tipping our way; don't let the momentum die. |
