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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9850

28 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha
US farm subsidies to decline in 2010

Brussels, 27/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The draft United States budget for 2010, unveiled on Thursday 26 February 2009, will reduce direct payments to the biggest farms (those with annual turnover of over $500,000), reduce subsidies for high income farmers and scrap an aid programme for cotton farmers, a sensitive issue for farmers in Africa. These savings will be balanced by the introduction of a child nutrition programme worth a billion dollars a year. Savings in other areas will reduce the...

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