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The EU's gesture towards the poorest countries is politically significant and could facilitate a new WTO round, but is has nothing to do with the agricultural policy or the food strategy that the world needs

Honour at stake? The "message" has gone out. The European Union has made the gesture recommended by Pacal Lamy in favour of the world's poorest countries, by totally opening up its border to their products. The European Commissioner was right to place emphasis on its political, psychological and symbolic importance, as in fact that is how it is perceived by the media, including some newspapers that shy from the rhetorical. Suffice it to look at heading in the Financial Times, presenting the...