Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Blair, others urge U.S and France to end subsidies on farm exports

And the international news desk checks in again: From the Independent - Online Edition - Blair calls on rich nations to end deadlock on trade
Tony Blair has tried to break the deadlock over a world trade agreement by calling on rich nations to set a date for ending their export subsidies. The Prime Minister used his annual foreign affairs speech to appeal to France and the United States not to let their desire to protect their own farmers scupper a chance to seal a historic agreement on global trade that would allow millions of people in the poorest countries to escape poverty.
From what I understand, this is one position that Tony Blair isn't taking much heat on (compared to his stand on the Iraq war).

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