CAP reform deal faces pressure at talks

Chief Business Correspondent

Top American trade official Shaun Kelly warned that in coming to Cancun with the CAP reforms decision already taken, the EU was making it difficult for open negotiations to take place. Mr Kelly made it clear, in a conference call from Washington in advance of the talks, that the US had “ambitious plans” to advance the cause of free trade around the world at this mid-point in the negotiations by opening up access to markets across the globe.

Mr Kelly also rejected the suggestion that the serious taxes imposed on imported steel into the US was against the spirit of the WTO.