Washington won't cut farm subsidies alone

  • 2003-02-20
TOKYOSounding a warning to the European Union and Japan, a U.S. trade representative said on Feb. 16 that the United States will not cut farming subsidies and tariffs unilaterally. "The message to our colleagues is we are not going to disarm unilaterally," Robert Zoellick told a news conference in Tokyo at the end of a three-day meeting here between 22 World Trade Organization countries and regions."And frankly, that is something they need to consider because the United States is a wealthy country, and if it needs to spend money on farmers it will. We are willing to cut tariffs, so we hope ...
 
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