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If the U.S. Eliminated Its 'Safety Net' for Farmers, Would Other Nations Follow?
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(OPEN):
SOME OPPONENTS OF U-S FARM-POLICY BELIEVE THAT ELIMINATING
FARMERS' "SAFETY NET" WOULD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE, FOR FOREIGN
NATIONS--AND WOULD HELP FURTHER A FREE-TRADE AGENDA. BUT, JOHN
GILLILAND--A TRADE-EXPERT WITH "AKIN GUMP" [LONG
"A"], IN WASHINGTON--DISAGREES...
(GILLILAND):
"UNILATERALLY ELIMINATING OUR
FARM-POLICY--WITHOUT FIRST SECURING COMMENSURATE GAINS, FROM OUR
TRADING-PARTNERS--WOULD BE FOOLISH."
(BRIDGE):
AND, FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS ARE UNLIKELY TO REFORM THEIR
PROGRAMS--ACCORDING TO GILLILAND...
(GILLILAND):
"FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS HAVE THEIR OWN MARKET-ACCESS BARRIERS AND SUBSIDIES, FOR THEIR OWN
REASONS--FOR EXAMPLE, [TO] SUPPORT THEIR OWN FARMERS, [OR] PRESERVE THEIR OWN RURAL-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
AND, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SIMPLY ELIMINATE THEIR OWN FARM-SUPPORTS AND MARKET-ACCESS
BARRIERS--BECAUSE THOSE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE AT HOME WOULD STILL BE THERE."
(BRIDGE):
INSTEAD OF "UNILATERAL
DISARMAMENT", GILLILAND EXPECTS CONGRESS TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S POLICY, IN THE NEXT
"FARM BILL"...
(GILLILAND):
"I THINK THE CORE-PRINCIPLES IN OUR FARM-POLICY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
AND, THAT WOULD BE: NEEDING A STRONG 'SAFETY NET', RELIABLE ACCESS, CREDIT- AND RISK-MANAGEMENT, AND A TRANSPARENT AND PREDICTABLE SET OF RULES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON, RIGHT NOW, ARE ACTUALLY TO STRENGTHEN THE
'SAFETY NET'--AND FIND WAYS FOR IT TO WORK BETTER."
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FOR THE "INTERNATIONAL SWEETENER SYMPOSIUM" IN SAN DIEGO, I'M
ERIC JON MAGNUSON.
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