The European Union has offered to stop subsidising farm exports in a move aimed at reigniting world trade talks. European trade commissioner Pascal Lamy has written to members of the World Trade Organisation outlining the plan. An agreement will depend on other WTO countries such as the US, Canada and Australia being willing to follow suit.
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