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Rich countries must abandon farm subsidies and give more market access to poor states if the Doha trade talks are to succeed, the head of the World Bank said today. Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz made his appeal amid fears that the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting of ministers in Hong Kong was in jeopardy because of the absence of progress on farm subsidies. Writing in the Financial Times, Wolfowitz said the need to reduce protection on agriculture was a central element of the Doha talks. He warned that unless serious concessions were made by all sides, the Doha talks would...

Free Trade: Rep. James Moran (news, bio, voting record) leans left and serves a large Salvadoran-American constituency. He's also a serious man who recognizes a growing potential for instability and conflict in the Americas.The Democrat from Virginia supports the Central America Free Trade Agreement. Unlike most in his party, Moran knows this isn't "Bush's" treaty. It's America's long-term interest no matter who's in office 10 years from now. It's about much more than just trade. From his point of view, it's something very unlike what Democrats see as the Bush approach to national security. Rather than a cold war, a...