Brussels, 09/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The "quid-pro-quo" proposed by the Union in negotiations over agriculture were well received by a certain number of countries traditionally hostile to the European approach, whereas there was scepticism with signs of defiance on the part of the developing world (see EUROPE of 7 February, p.9). But, although the Fifteen's approach no longer raises outcries, Japan's, also based on the multi-purpose nature of agriculture, ran into a wall of indignation and...