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EU trade commissioner Mandelson says US food aid is designed to support US farmers (Photo: European Community, 2005)

EU-US clash on food aid at WTO summit

The first day of a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit saw an open clash between the EU and the US, with EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson accusing the United Nations of supporting US food dumping in the developing world.

The anger of the EU delegation was fuelled by an advertisement by the UN World Food Program in the Financial Times on Tuesday (13 December).

The advertisement calls upon delegations present at the WTO meeting not to limit food aid possibilities to poor...

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EU trade commissioner Mandelson says US food aid is designed to support US farmers (Photo: European Community, 2005)

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