This is an opinion item.
| Author(s)
|
Richard Holbrooke
|
| Source
|
The Wall Street Journal
|
| Date
|
February 15, 2007
|
| URL
|
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117150866048809457.html
|
| Quote
|
|
"Two weeks ago the administration proposed ending subsidies for 80,000 wealthy farmers, substituting trade-distorting subsidies with cash payments to farmers, and trimming traditional agriculture programs by $4.5 billion over the next decade. These proposals, if approved, would directly benefit some of the poorest people on earth, save lives and ultimately reduce American foreign aid"
|
|
|
Add or change this opinion item's references
This item argues for the position Wealthy countries should cut farm subsidies on the topic Doha round.
