Agricultural subsidies to affect world food production
BRAZIL: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Thursday
agricultural subsidies in industrial countries will affect food
production across the world.
In an interview with state radio, Amorim said the world food crisis
is closely linked to agricultural subsidies in developed nations as they
discourage food production in developing countries.
The latest Doha Round of world trade talks, which started last month
in Geneva, collapsed as underdeveloped countries urged for more cuts to
farm subsidies in industrial countries, while developed nations
complained about developing countries' failure to open up their markets
for industrial products.
Amorim said an agreement in the Doha Round could eventually stimulate
agricultural production in developing countries, adding that the
Brazilian government doesn't believe it has been irrevocably closed.
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed resuming the
Doha Round of talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday, while in
China for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Amorim said Brazil has suffered a great deal from a lack of agreement
in the Doha Round, but several other countries are in a much more
difficult situation than Brazil.
Rio De Janeiro, Friday, Xinhua |
