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Article: What EU offers to developing countries.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- April 14, 2004
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Byline: Commissioner FRANZ FISCHLER
WE will only make headway in Doha Development Agenda if developing countries are convinced that they are not getting a rough deal from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and trade liberalization. If the poorer countries are to benefit, they need much better market opportunities, they need support to meet international production standards, they need a steep cut in trade-distorting agricultural subsidies in rich countries, including the European Union (EU), they need special treatment.
That is precisely what the EU is proposing.
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