The EU states it will eliminate the US$4 billion it spends annually to encourage agricultural and dairy exports if the U.S. and other nations will do the same. The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos announced in Ghana that the EU has a more market oriented agricultural sector now and added that the EU will not include export subsidies in its final report on a Common Agricultural Policy for the 28 member body.
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