PROPOSED DOHA DEAL INDICATES ON COMING MAJOR LIBERALISATION OF WORLD FOOD MARKETS

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DETAILED proposals for the World Trade Organisation Doha Development Round food liberalisation food talks have been released. For food production subsidies, they suggest the EU cuts by 75% or 85%; the US and Japan 66% or 73%. Regarding tariffs, for rich countries these would fall 48-52% for lowest duties, and 66-73% for the highest tariffs.

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