Africans press for resolution of cotton & related issues
21 Jul '05
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A group of African countries continued to press for progress on their initiative by the end of the month, when the Cotton Sub-Committee met on 18 July 2005. They said they were disappointed that other members had not responded in writing to the African Group's proposed “modalities”.
The EU replied that it had responded to the proposal at earlier meetings and had already formally proposed to “front load” (i.e. act quicker on) those parts of an agriculture deal that would apply to cotton. The US described the actions it is taking to get rid of the subsidies that had been ruled to be illegal in a recent dispute.
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