Comments by the MOFTEC and the Ministry of agriculture on the agricultural bill passed by the United States
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Last Update: 2002-05-22
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Introduction: Xinhua Beijing, May 21 (reporter Zhang Yi) in response to the recently passed agricultural bill of the United States government, the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation and the Ministry of agriculture commented that the implementation of the bill will further distort international agricultural trade, the Chinese government will pay close attention to relevant developments, and reserve the right to take further measures in accordance with the WTO agreement On May 13, the president of the United States signed a new agriculture bill Under the bill, the United States will subsidize agriculture by up to $190 billion over the next 10 years We are very concerned about this We have also noted that WTO members, including the EU, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others, have expressed dissatisfaction and protest against the practice of the United States The review pointed out that the Doha Ministerial Declaration of WTO authorized members to conduct a new round of negotiations on trade liberalization of agricultural products We believe that the implementation of the act will further distort international agricultural trade, deviate from the commitment of the U.S government to promote the liberalization of agricultural trade, and will have a negative impact on the ongoing new round of WTO negotiations on agriculture (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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