A round for free. How rich countries are getting a free ride on agricultural subsidies at the WTO

Agricultural dumping has a devastating effect on poor countries. The Uruguay Round at the WTO was supposed to cut the subsidies that lead to dumping, but it failed to do so - as did reforms of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy and US agricultural policy. Now history is set to repeat itself: the Doha Round of negotiations is again giving rich countries a free ride to continue dumping subsidised produce on poor countries. Oxfam believes that the WTO meeting in Hong Kong must put an end to this hugely damaging practice.

OXFAM: Press Release, 16 June 2005: Rich countries set to fail poor in world trade talks, warns Oxfam http://theconnexion.net/wp/?p=1284

OXFAM: Briefing Paper, No.76: Summary http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/trade/bp76_modalities_and_dumping.htm

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