EC criticises US farm bill proposal

US government proposals for a new Farm Bill do not go enough to cut domestic support payments, the European Commission said today…

US government proposals for a new Farm Bill do not go enough to cut domestic support payments, the European Commission said today.

"If we are to have a successful outcome to the Doha Round, the US will need to propose more ambitious cuts and disciplines in trade-distorting domestic farm subsidies," the European Union executive's agriculture spokesman, Michael Mann, said.

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