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Trade News Bulletin - Issue 128, 8 May 2008

Table of Contents

Rice Imports in Africa to Increase As Food Prices Continue to Rise 2-3

EAC Countries Asked to Remove Controls 4

Trade among East African Community Members Increases 5

Kenya to Import Tonnes of Maize from Uganda 6

Japan Wants to Strengthen Trade Relations with Country 7

Sen. Clinton Calls for WTO Action against OPEC 8

Gov’t rejects WTO draft fisheries pact 9

Mexico Wins WTO Legal Battle with US 10

No trade-offs against WTO: Kamal Nath 11

Japan, Switzerland Petition WTO on Food Exports, Minister Says 12

No immediate WTO deal: Mary Coughlan 13-14

India unlikely to soften on farming in WTO talks 15-16

WTO Tells Japan to Comply on Korean Memory Chip Tariff by Sept. 17

EU says WTO progress has to happen now 18

The Farm Bill and Free Trade 19-20

Europe threatens carbon tax on Third World 21-22

Brown warns of WTO trade talks urgency 23

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