WTO threat to our food supply

I WAS dismayed at the document recently released by the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs calling for the abolition of all forms of subsidies to farmers.

WTO threat to our food supply
Fri, 16 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

The rich industrial nations do not want to open up world trade out of any major altruistic feelings for the poorest of the poor.

Their reasons are twofold.

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