22/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Last Friday, the WTO ruled against the United States for subsidies to its cotton producers, an important victory for Brazil (the country which brought the issue before the WTO in October 2002) and developing countries as a whole. "This verdict is extremely important for the future of behaviour in terms of agricultural subsidies, and we this it could have repercussions on other ongoing negotiations", said the Brazilian government. The cotton panel of the WTO thus...