Brazil Says US Farm Bill Violates Trade Rules

The ink is barely dry on the new law governing U.S. farm subsidies, but already the measure faces a legal challenge on the grounds that it violates international trade rules. Brazil says farmers in other countries will suffer as a result of unfair protection given to U.S. producers in the new Farm Bill that U.S. President Barack Obama signed February 7. Brasilia has announced plans to reopen a case before the World Trade Organization - a case that the new agriculture legislation was...

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