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To: shaggy eel; Carry_Okie
Zoellick said that U.S. subsidies are capped by WTO rules at $19 billion annually, far below the $60 billion the EU can provide to its farmers or the $30 billion in Japanese subsidies.

And you want our farmers to compete in this free market. Not to mention all the stuff Mr. Okie talks about.

9 posted on 07/25/2002 10:00:24 PM PDT by farmfriend
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To: farmfriend
40 percent of the country is in drought,many farmers are struggling and now were going to compete directly with 12 dollar a tonne oranges,its only good news for Con Agra and others when they buy out the farms for a penny.
11 posted on 07/25/2002 10:12:26 PM PDT by Crazymonarch
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