31. July 2004 · Comments Off on Farm Subsidies To Be Cut · Categories: General

Wow, I can hardly believe it’s an election year! I simply can’t see Kerry not trying to make political hay over this in the farm belt:

GENEVA, July 30 – The United States yielded to pressure from developing countries on Friday and agreed to make a 20 percent cut in some of the $19 billion in subsidies it pays to American farmers each year, as members of the World Trade Organization met round the clock here to win approval for a new deal governing world trade.

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