1. Federal farm subsidies are riddled with hypocrisies. 2. France launched a bitter attack on EU proposals to reduce farm subsidies. 3. Republicans would put a first-ever annual limit on farm subsidies. 4. Under the conditions of the GATT trade agreement, farm subsidies would be gradually phased out. 5. We hear about farm subsidies and the social wage. 6. A meeting of agriculture ministers in Luxembourg today has so far failed to reach agreement over farm subsidies. 7. The Commission of the European Communities refused to single out farm export subsidies as a specific target for reform. 8. It featured the removal of state subsidies for public organizations and cuts in public spending, but increased farm subsidies. 9. SAFE will campaign for EC farm subsidies to be switched away from agri-business style agriculture to less intensive, more environment-friendly forms of farming. |