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$147 million fund for Brazil's cotton farmers aims to end long-running WTO dispute Steve Baragona | Washington, DC 28 April 2010 The U.S. has agreed to establish a $147 million dollar fund to help cotton farmers in Brazil and other countries improve

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BBC Learning English London Life Farmers' Markets Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life. Today's topic is a relatively new kind of market which is now very popular in London and across Britain. Markets have been around for centu

2017年CRI Idaho farmers hope to export fresh potatoes to China

Idaho provides one-third of all of the potatoes in the US. Given that China is its 4th largest export market, local farmers are expecting a more favorable trade relationship to be built between the two countries. Second-generation potato farmer Doug

2018年CRI Fearing trade war, US farmers worry about uncertain pork market

U.S. farmers are suggesting they're worried about their future amid the trade frictions between China and the United States, particularly in the American pork sector. China is the third largest importer of American pork. However, there are concerns t

2018年CRI Interview with US National Pork Producers Council Spokesperson

Interview with the U.S. National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Spokesperson Jim Monroe. Chinese authorities have begun imposing tariffs worth an estimated 3 billion US dollars on US goods in response to the Trump administration's duties on imported C

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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: November 11, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Consider the life of a crop farmer. One year, the growing conditions are excellent. Th

VOA标准英语2010-African Farmers Growing Organic Foods for

A melon field is pictured at a farm in the village of Djilakh, 80km south of Dakar, Senegal on 22 Apr 2008 (file photo) African farmers are making more money producing organically grown crops for European markets, where demand for healthier food is g

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VOA英语2010年-US Passes Sweeping Food Safety Law

Congress has passed sweeping legislation aimed at making the U.S. food supply safer. The bill gives the government broad new powers to inspect processing plants, order recalls and impose stricter standards for imported foods. And, rather than having

VOA标准英语2011--Trade Barriers Impede Food Security

Trade Barriers Impede Food Security When the food crisis began several years ago, with soaring prices and supply shortages, governments agreed to invest much more in agriculture. And with predictions of a global population of nine billion by 2050, th

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Congress has passed sweeping legislation aimed at making the U.S. food supply safer. The bill gives the government broad new powers to inspect processing plants, order recalls and impose stricter standards for imported foods. And, rather than having

2018年CRI Trade war a blow to U.S. pork producers: spokesperson

Any time there is any potential restriction on our export opportunities, hog farmers and U.S. pork producers are very concerned. They are certainly concerned about the emerging trade war with China, and again, the Chinese market is very important to

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. A couple of weeks ago Legal Lad did a show about homeowners associations. What you didn't hear was that behind the scenes, Steve, one of our copy editors, debated whether to put an apostrophe in the wo

VOA常速英语2008年-Farmers Face Problems Despite Higher Food Price

By Brian Padden Washington 24 April 2008 Farmers around the world would seem to benefit from rising food prices. But as VOA's Brian Padden reports, rising costs, limited natural resources and government restrictions prevent many farmers from getting

VOA常速英语2008年-Ethiopian Farmers Have New Market for Products

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 03 March 2008 Ethiopian agriculture is about to take a giant step forward from the age of the donkey cart to the digital age. At least that is the hope of a group of visionaries who are launching a revolution in how Ethi

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Less demand for pork after the festive season of China's traditional Lunar New Year usually causes a price dip, but this year the market has seen an unexpected surge in hog prices. Statistics show that the hog price is nearly 20 yuan per kilogram, a

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Market 市场 What do people do at a market. 人们在市场上做什么呢？ People can buy and sell goods at a market. 人们能在市场上进行商品买卖。 A long time ago, each town had a market. 很久以前，每个市镇都有市场。 I

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has amended several of his positions since inauguration. One thing has remained consistent, though, Trump's belief that the United States is getting a raw deal from international trade agreements. STEVE INSKEEP, H

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2015年CRI U.S. Farmers Welcome Xi's Visit for Vast Market, Exports

John Kiefner has owned a farm for several decades in central Illinois. These days, he has been following news about the Chinese president's state visit. Kiefner says new cooperation in agriculture between China and the US will bring a lot of change t