Author (Person) | Minder, Raphael |
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Series Title | Financial Times |
Series Details | 17.6.05 |
Publication Date | 17/06/2005 |
Content Type | News |
The European Union's Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has insisted that the EU is ready to abolish agricultural export subsidies worth about €3.2bn a year, in return for similar concessions by more advanced developing countries on industrial tariffs. His comments were partly in response to a scathing report by Oxfam (see Related URL) criticising the EU and the United States for continuing to make large payments to their farmers. |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe |