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June 2000

EU Moves Toward Exports Without Subsidies (pdf format)

A confluence of market dynamics has narrowed the spread between higher EU and lower world prices for wheat and barley. Further declines in EU prices expected under the Agenda 2000 reforms have the potential to close the spread altogether, eliminating the need for export subsidies and helping them comply with WTO constraints on subsidized exports.

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