Minister with Jean Glavany, French Minister of Agriculture
"Export subsidies are the most distorting of trade measures. New Zealand's diary and beef industries lose millions of dollars each year because of other countries' export subsidy practices.
"There is no justification for these policies to continue. This point is accepted by the vast majority of WTO members - many of whose domestic markets are disrupted by others' use of export subsidies. I therefore expect the Cairns Group's proposal to generate much support in the negotiations."
See news release in the Executive database.
