Mexico: A Consistent Trade Partner 

By Alan Kluis

Mexico, our good neighbor to the south, is not only a staunch ally (one of our largest trading partners), but it's also a growing market for U.S. exports....

China: Customer Or Competitor? 

By Alan Kluis

In earlier Trade Watch articles I've identified nations that are major customers or competitors. In the case of China, they're both. China has become...

The Road Warrior of Agriculture 

Dave Kohl

Global Change Impacts the Home Front
Recently I was in Prince Edward Island in the Atlantic Province of Canada. I conducted a number of media interviews along with a rousing seminar ...

Brock Online Notes 

Argentine Tax Threatens Soy Output
Argentine soybean farmers’ production plans for this year are already set, but according to the leader of one of the country’s largest agribusiness companies ...

U.S. APPEALS WTO RULING 

Compiled By Sherry Collins

The U.S. is appealing a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that U.S. cotton subsidies violate international trading rules. The U.S. states in a letter...

U.S. Of Europe? 

By Meghan Sapp

In a bid to make its agricultural system more efficient and less subsidy dependent, the European Union (EU) is writing its own freedom to farm. First,...

Exports Take A Hike 

USDA's final U.S. agricultural export forecast for fiscal 2004 pegs sales at a record high of $62 billion, up $500 million from the agency's May estimate...

Understanding WTO 

By Terence Stewart and Dennis Nuxoll

After marathon sessions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a consensus for ongoing global trade negotiations in August. While this doesn't result...

Brock Online Notes 

Canada Backs Off on Wheat Sales
The Canadian Wheat Board is being cautious about selling high-protein wheat because poor weather has foiled hopes for a top-quality crop, but has not withdrawn offers from the world market, a spokesperson told Reuters News Service ...

Brock Online Notes 

WTO Rejects U.S. Appeal On CWB
The World Trade Organization's top trade court on Monday rejected a U.S. appeal of an earlier ruling that cleared the export policies of the Canadian Wheat Board, sources told Reuters News Service...