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US offers further cut in farm aid, Brazil says not enough (AFP)




US Trade Representative Susan Schwab holds a graphic showing farm subsidies the during a press conference at the World Trade Organisation headquarters in Geneva. Industrialised countries and emerging economies failed to find common ground on global trade Tuesday, with Brazil shooting down a US proposal a day after a European initiative went nowhere.(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - The United States offered to cut its annual farm subsidies further by 2.0 billion dollars to 15 billion dollars in a bid on Tuesday to spur WTO talks forward, but Brazil said this was not enough.





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