The EU commodities plan and cotton-sector initiative are approved Commission proposals for a commodities action plan and cotton initiative were approved by EU Ministers on April 27th 2004. The main objective of t... 19/09/2004
EU talks up the Mercosur interest in a deal with Europe Speaking in Buenos Aires on April 29th 2004, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler pushed for an early agreement in both the WTO agricultural ta... 16/09/2004
Sensitivity of sugar-sector reform is emphasised Sugar-sector reform is ‘very sensitive’, since any reform ‘will have repercussions on the sugar-producing developing countries’, according to the... 14/09/2004
LDC proposal for improved sugar access The LDC sugar group presented a proposal to the European Commission on March 3 rd 2004 designed ‘to safeguard their current and future access to t... 14/09/2004
Banana access to be expanded In the light of the impending enlargement of the EU, import quotas for bananas are to be revised. The volumes involved will be based on historical... 14/09/2004
USDA annual report on the EU sugar sector According to this USDA report, in 2002/03 EU sugar production rose 15% to 18.66 million tonnes. Indications are that the area under sugar has been... 20/05/2004
USDA overview of the EU rice regime The USDA Global Agricultural Information Network released a report on March 5th 2003 detailing how the EU's rice regime operates. It sets out how t... 20/05/2004
A new cereals import regime is agreed The European Commission reached an agreement with the USA and Canada on November 12th 2002 on a new import regime for medium... 20/05/2004
Reviews of the EU sugar sector The semi-annual report (October 2002) of the US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service on the EU sugar secto... 20/05/2004
The ACP secretariat calls for withdrawal of the challenge to the EU sugar regime The ACP secretary-general issued a statement on October 22nd 2002 expressing concern over the Brazilian and Australian WTO challenge... 20/05/2004