Tuesday, June 26, 2007

US Congress pushed on world impact of farm policy

(Reuters) - Congress must consider more carefully the impact of U.S. farm policy on the developing world, agriculture experts say in a forthcoming report which argues that copious subsidies at home may only further impoverish poor nations and stunt future export markets.

"It's the furthest thing from their mind," said Robert Thompson, one author of a report to be launched on Thursday by the International Food and Agriculture Trade Policy Council, a Washington-based group.


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