1. Also, the European Union will begin subsidizing wheat exports again after taxing them for the past nine months, a French wheat official said. 2. Analysts say that the offshore tax havens clearly violate WTO rules that prohibit nations from subsidizing exports to make them more competitive. 3. And Chavez has consistently flaunted his friendship with Fidel Castro, recently agreeing to subsidize petroleum exports to Cuba. 4. All are government-backed agencies with the power to control farm imports and subsidize exports. 5. For instance, a truce has been reached in a fight that goes back at least a decade over American industry complaints that Canadians unfairly subsidize lumber exports. 6. If the government does not subsidize exports, American farmers will be playing on an uneven field in world markets and lose market share to subsidized foreign producers. 7. Lawmakers from wheat states want the Clinton administration to begin using the so-called Export Enhancement Program to subsidize the export of grain, chiefly wheat. 8. Others took issue with the United States for subsidizing farm exports, which they believe makes it more difficult for farmers in underdeveloped countries to stay in business. 9. Proceeds from inflated prices within the EU are used to subsidize sugar exports to non-EU countries. 10. Producers pay a levy which subsidizes exports and any additional production above national quotas may be exported without the benefit of subsidies. |