Domestic Subsidies To Press World Cotton Prices

The problem of the state will stop WTO from reaching any agreement at any time.

He said, "we will speak out loud and clearly, and if our interests are not protected, we will never sign the agreement."

Statements were made by the state (Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso and Chad).

The four countries want industrialized countries, especially

To reduce domestic subsidies, they said.

Domestic subsidies are pressing the world.

The price sacrifices the interests of the less developed countries.

Director general Lamy is considering a ministerial meeting this month to finalize the global trade integration agreement.

Diallo said,

The problem must be put on the table.

It may be a secondary problem, but for us,

It's a matter of life and death.

It is the cornerstone of our development policy.

In the total output value of four African cotton producing countries,

It accounts for about 7%. "

Diallo said, we hope that this Ministerial Conference will put cotton on the top of the agenda, and can not be ignored as it did in July.

Instead, it is eager to reach a comprehensive trade agreement under the framework of the WTO Doha round.

The collapse of the talks in July was caused by the divergence between developed and developing countries in raising the protective tariff to protect the poor farmers' mechanisms.