USDA review of EU cotton policies In reviewing EU cotton policies the USDA reports that 'support for cotton production is a sensitive subject in the EU since cotton "productio... 31/03/2005
The EC's long-term perspective for EU sugar-sector reform Addressing the European Parliament on March 10th 2005 in Strasbourg, Mariann Fischer Boel, the Agriculture Commissioner, highlighted the inevitabi... 31/03/2005
Commissioner Mandelson launches an action plan for trade and development In a speech at the London School of Economics in early February 2005, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson put forward what he referred to as 'an... 28/02/2005
Commissioner rejects a quota-managed system According to a USDA report at the opening of International Green Week in Berlin on January 20th 2005, Commissioner Fischer Boel stressed that suga... 28/02/2005
Commissioner Mandelson on putting development 'at the heart' of EPAs In a statement to the Civil Society Dialogue Group on January 20th 2005 the EU trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson set out what he sees as essentia... 31/01/2005
Chancellor Brown raises the need for an 'infrastructure fund' Speaking in Mozambique during his week-long Africa tour the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister), Gordon Brown, spoke of the need for... 31/01/2005
Commissioner Mandelson highlights the need for early EU support During his visit to the Caribbean at the beginning of January 2005, Commissioner Mandelson maintained that the EU 'will not back down on plans to... 31/01/2005
EU restructuring assistance plans are leaked On January 10th 2005 Reuters reported on the EC proposal for support to ACP sugar sectors in the light of sugar-sector reform. 31/01/2005
EU initiatives in support of west African cotton producers The EC has indicated its preference in the context of the 'cotton initiative' for supporting 'cotton strategies rather than isolated projects' acc... 31/12/2004
EC reiterates its call for action on commodities On June 11th 2004 the EC issued a press release announcing its intention to launch a "comprehensive action plan to help developing countries... 14/11/2004