Yes!

[andrewducker]

The WTO just ruled that US farm subsidies are illegal. And they look likely to rule the same way about EU subsidies.

Now _this_ would make a huge difference to poverty in the third world.

Comments

[guyinahat.livejournal.com]

About bloody time!
Let people who can farm cheeply do so.

But of course, I don't live in the country, so I 'don't understand'.

almost

[josephgrossberg.livejournal.com]

Unless, of course, it's genetically modified food, which is much easier for developing-world farmers to grow profitably.

That is,

[nosrialleon.livejournal.com]

if the US honors the ruling, which it won't.

Re: That is,

[worldforger.livejournal.com]

Exactly. The US only honors agreements that favor it, and doesn't even bother to leave organizations when it decides to flaunt their rulings.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

It would also make a difference to poverty in the first world. Hmm... Wouldn't this hit Poland hard?