In world trade, cotton fields aren't level: global trade meeting fails African farmers.(World)(World Trade Organization conference, Cancun, Mexico)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: October 10, 2003| Author: Durran, Mary | Copyright information

Things were looking up for the trade delegations of Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin and Chad as they arrived in Cancun for the fifth ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization.

Although the U.S. trade delegation of 650 outnumbered the trade delegations from Africa's 40 countries, the West African ministers felt at least that public opinion was on their side.

To the ministers, the issue of 25,000 U.S. cotton farmers receiving subsidies that were destroying t...

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