Tuesday, April 17, 2007

S.Africa and other exporters seek removal of trade "barriers"

(Reuters) - Leading agriculture exporting countries began formal talks in Pakistan on Tuesday to push for deeper cuts in farm subsidies and removal of trade barriers in a global treaty currently under negotiation.

The meeting of the Cairns Group of 19 member states comes a week after the so-called Group of Six (G6) major trading powers -- Australia, Brazil, the European Union, India, Japan and the United States -- said in New Delhi that they would push for a new global free trade treaty by the end of this year.


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