Brussels, 25/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - On the first day of his visit to Japan (see above) Commissioner Franz Fischler explained on Thursday to members of the powerful Ja-Zenchu union of Japanese agricultural cooperatives that defending EU farmers did not mean that the EU had to erect trade barriers. Outlining the draft mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Fischler said that that market support measures, which had led to massive price distortions for internal prices and...