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World Trade Talks Collapse After 7 Years
newshoggers.com - 8/1/2008
World Trade Talks Collapse After 7 Years
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By Cernig Seven years worth of World Trade Organisation talks have collapsed in a day, and most of those involved seem to be pointing the finger at the U.S.  You might have missed it if you were following the media's chase after the Mccain campaign's lead to determine if Obama is more like Paris or Britney, but it's going to affect your own weekly shop far more. The British news ...

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Firedoglake:  Trade Talks Crash on the Shoals of Farm Subsidies, Sensible People Yawn

Suburban Guerrilla:  user Trade Talks Crash on the Shoals of Farm Subsidies, Sensible People Yawn

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Trade Talks Crash on the Shoals of Farm Subsidies, Sensible People Yawn
Firedoglake — ... So, it looks like the Doha round, after 7 years, has failed. As anyone paying even a slight bit of attention anticipated, it did so because Americans and Europeans don't want to allow other countries to protect their farmers and internal food markets from subsidized competition by the West, nor is Europe or the US willing to reduce subsidies in any meaningful way. ...

user Trade Talks Crash on the Shoals of Farm Subsidies, Sensible People Yawn
Suburban Guerrilla — ... So, it looks like the Doha round, after 7 years, has failed. As anyone paying even a slight bit of attention anticipated, it did so because Americans and Europeans don’t want to allow other countries to protect their farmers and internal food markets from subsidized competition by the West, nor is Europe or the US willing to reduce subsidies in any meaningful way. ...

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