Concern as Britain prepares to make further concessions on agriculture

BRITAIN is prepared to make further concessions on agriculture in the world trade talks, an Irish member of the European Parliament has warned.

Ministers from some 50 countries, about a third of the World Trade Organisation membership, began a series of bilateral and group sessions in Geneva yesterday ahead of a formal meeting today.

The delegations are under pressure to approve deep cuts to farm subsidies and steeply lower tariffs in agriculture and manufacturing.