Stories for July 16th 2005

Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

US opens border to Canadian young cattle

A United States federal court ruled that meatpackers can again import Canadian cattle ending a two year ban imposed after Canada admitted its first case of mad cow disease.
Cattle must be under 30 months old.

Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina-Uruguay dispute over cellulose project

Uruguay will go ahead with the establishment of two cellulose plants along the river Uruguay which it shares with Argentina in spite of Buenos Aires alleged environmental objections that have reached the World Bank, one of co financers of the billion plus US dollars project.

Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Moderate optimism in pre-WTO discussions

World Trade ministers meeting in China have moved to more flexible positions on reducing agricultural tariffs, thus making possible advances in long-stalled World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, according to Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allgeier.