Row over EU sugar regime rages on.(News)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  October 20, 2004 ;     269 words ......Australia, Brazil and Thailand against the EU sugar regime. In response, the European...further considered that exports of EU sugar produced outside the quotas ('C sugar...internal reasons. It will make the EU sugar sector more competitive.'' EU Trade...

Coping with the Fallout for Preference-receiving Countries from EU Sugar...

The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......produced in the EU, yet reform of the EU sugar policy will result in both winners...to adjust to the adverse effects of EU sugar policy reform and contributes to the...countries, development, EBA initiative, EU sugar reform, trade preferences face=+Bold...

EU/WTO: WTO INTERIM REPORT RULES AGAINST EU SUGAR DUMPING.(Brief Article)

European Report;  September 1, 2004 ;     336 words ......using export refunds which compensate EU sugar producers for lower prices on the...countries and a death knoll for unfair EU sugar export subsidies, which undermine...Commission tabled a radical overhaul of the EU sugar regime on July 14. It plans to cut...

Thailand to protest against EU sugar subsidy in WTO

Xinhua News Agency;  August 30, 2002 ;     257 words ...Thailand to protest against EU sugar subsidy in WTO BANGKOK, Aug. 30 (Xinhua...sector has resulted in the dumping of EU sugar in the world market and lowering of...Brazil and Australia. "We think the EU sugar subsidy breached the WTO rules," said...

EU sugar subsidies violate trade rules, says WTO

Xinhua News Agency;  October 15, 2004 ;     156 words ...EU sugar subsidies violate trade rules...Friday that the European Union's (EU) export subsidies on sugar violated...trade rules. The quantity of EU's export sugar which has received...The panel concluded that the EU has acted inconsistently with...trade dispute concerning the EU's ...

Doha deal needed to clarify response to EU sugar reform.(sugar producers )

Agra Europe;  June 23, 2006 ;     415 words ......the reform of the sugar regime as EU sugar producers wait to see what will be...He clarified that the reform of the EU sugar regime, which will involve a 36% cut...period in 2010-11, three-quarters of EU sugar production would be in the hands of...

Talks on EU Sugar Subsidies Begin

AP Online;  November 22, 2002 ;     377 words ......discussions were likely, but warned a formal challenge to the EU under WTO dispute settlement procedures could come soon. There...WTO in September. They asked the global body to rule that EU subsidies give unfair trading advantages to former European...known as the ACP. They also are protesting subsidies to ...

Bitter harvest: How EU sugar subsidies devastate Africa

Belfast Telegraph;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......he has, is the £1.34bn a year EU sugar regime. Aid agencies are calling for...today on how it intends to reform EU sugar subsidies, after a ruling by the World...the trade distortions caused by the EU sugar scheme.Landowners in some of the richest...

EU sugar reform--an uphill battle for survival for the ACP.(Analysis)

Agra Europe;  February 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ......be within Europe, the reform of the EU sugar regime will seriously undermine the...of their economies. The 36% cut in EU sugar prices over four years will result...payable on an ex-mili basis to the EU sugar beet sector is applicable on a cif...

TRADE-EU: SUGAR REFORMS TURNING BITTER

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  March 8, 2004 ;     668 words ......this week that liberalisation of the EU sugar market planned for 2006 could seriously...preferential quotas. Under the current EU sugar policy producers from the EU are guaranteed...Leadbeater said. "It is time the EU sugar cartel of major processors and big...

Fed: Aust to lodge objection with WTO over EU sugar subsidies

AAP General News (Australia);  September 27, 2002 ;     250 words ......Aust to lodge objection with WTO over EU sugar subsidies CANBERRA, Sept 27 AAP - Australia...which would allow it to question the EU over its sugar subsidy program. The...statement. The WTO action will force the EU to consider the interests of other sugar...

EU sugar reform foretells price fall in four years

Xinhua News Agency;  November 24, 2005 ;     277 words ...EU sugar reform foretells price fall in four years...end almost 40 years of protectionism for EU sugar farmers. The EU's executive European Commission...cut. According to Thursday's informal deal, EU sugar farmers will be compensated for 64.2 percent...

FARM COUNCIL: BATTLE LINES DRAWN OVER EU SUGAR REFORM.

European Report;  November 24, 2004 ;     515 words ......Germany favour a stronger market-oriented overhaul of the EU's sugar sector. Virulent letter. Ten of the EU's less competitive sugar-producing countries expressed their...warning of the devastating effect the reform would have on the EU's sugar industry. The signatories are Mediterranean ...

Reluctant consensus growing on EU sugar reform.(Agriculture Council)

Agra Europe;  September 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Reform of the EU sugar regime engendered the most...the need for reform of the EU sugar regime began to emerge from a meeting of EU and non-EU stakeholders in...million [euro] promised by the EU, assured Louis Michel, Commissioner...

EU Sugar Official Tells Sweetener Symposium: European Sugar Support Price...

PR Newswire;  August 7, 2001 ;     638 words ......little change in the European Union's (EU) sugar regime over the next five years, despite...Commission decided to roll over the EU sugar regime for the next 5 years, from...budgetary or consumer pressure to reduce EU sugar support prices. He noted that sugar...