On 6/6/06 4:40 PM, "Dave Gneiser" <bonniedave@dotnet.com> wrote:
>>>> Cut subsidies and there would not be surpluses
Thanks Dave for being so honest and backing up (below) exactly what Kiwis
have been telling you for decades.
> From the Toronto Star
> Since 1986, when global trade negotiations began in earnest, Africa's share
> of world exports has plummeted by 60 per cent. Most of its 54 nations have
> become poorer, less industrialized and less able to support themselves.
BECAUSE
> In Africa, local markets are being flooded with mass-produced [subsidised
EU
> and USA] Western exports. Domestic farmers can't compete, let alone export
> their meagre produce.
Every month we read about a country suffering because of US dumping of maize
in particular.
> Canada is strongly behind the drive. Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed,
> during last winter's election campaign, to "strengthen rules-based
trading
> arrangements and expand free and fair market access."
>
> A few months later, however, Trade Minister David Emerson assured Canadian
> farmers that their interests would be protected and their marketing boards
> (for grains, poultry, dairy products and some fruits and vegetables) would
> be defended.
> The United States and the European Union are playing the same game, but
> using bigger weapons. They are locked in a noisy showdown over agricultural
> tariffs and subsidies.
>End of Toronto Star item.
Thanks again Dave, but it is a pity it took so long and that you have wasted
so much of our time since you started your attack on us several years ago.
Our statements have been confirmed from other sources so as far as I�m
concerned the subject is now closed.
Best wishes,
Vaughan Jones
Hamilton
Waikato
New Zealand
