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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8409

27 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/agriculture
Lamy welcomes President Chirac's suggestion on subsidies for agricultural exports to developing countries

Brussels, 26/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner Pascal Lamy has welcomed French President Jacques Chirac's call for industrialised countries to suspend subsidies for the export of agricultural products to poor countries as a positive contribution to strengthening the EU's position in the negotiations in the Doha world trade round. Chirac's proposal, made at last week's Francophone African summit in Paris, was "good news and a sign that the potential contradiction between the...

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