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Conforming to the WTO.(Letter to the Editor)
I was rereading THE NEW AMERICAN issue "The Crushing Force of the WTO" (January 10, 2005) and listening to the news concerning the Bush budget. I perked up when it was announced that the proposed budget included a planned reduction in farm subsidies. Some farm subsidies in the United States have come into conflict with Article 13 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It seems that the recent ruling clears the way for "the EU, ...
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